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‘Very rare’ oarfish washes up on beach, sparking doomsday fears: ‘We’re cooked, aren’t we?’
A rare “doomsday” oarfish has washed ashore yet again — this time in Australia, sparking fears that a catastrophe could be ...
‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
After emerging from cloistered isolation in 1865, following more than 200 years of violent harassment by Japan’s insular ...
Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor in Hamilton for documentary screening
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Plutonium Paradox: The Nuclear Core That Killed Its Makers - And Was Never Meant To Exist
The dangerous 'Demon Core' was never used. In 1946, it was melted and repurposed for nuclear research, but its deadly ...
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Spider count drops at Marine base in Japan with 279 venomous pests exterminated
Venomous spiders have also been found off base. Last year, 122 were exterminated in Iwakuni city, according to city data.
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Clamping down: Once Japan, now China
From Japan’s semiconductors to China’s AI, the US has long responded to economic challengers with tariffs, restrictions, and narratives of threat to national security. But will the playbook that once ...
Outcry in Japan over Chinese bias at Canadian history museum: ‘lies into truth’
With exhibits on Unit 731 and wartime atrocities, critics in Tokyo warn the museum is eroding Japan's 'credibility and ...
Pentagon Will Celebrate Pride Month by Renaming Ship Honoring Gay Rights Icon
According to a Tuesday report from Military.com, the U.S. Navy is preparing to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a Navy support ...
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89
Shigeo Nagashima, a Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who spent more than three decades as a player and manager for the Yomiuri Giants, died Tuesday. He was 89.