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02 Oct 2022

5.7 magnitude quake hits Kyushu region of Japan, no casualties reported

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Japan's Kyushu island on Saturday No casualties have been reported so far

16 Sep 2017

Typhoon Talim to make landfall in Japan's Kyushu island

Typhoon Talim is scheduled to make landfall in the Japanese island of Kyushu on Sunday, the weather agency announced on Saturday.

12 Jul 2017

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe promises to help victims of floods; death toll up to 25

Torrential rain that began a week ago set off landslides and sent rivers surging over their banks on the southwestern island of Kyushu, at one point forcing more than 400,000 people from their homes.

10 Jul 2017

No girls allowed: Japan's men-only island gets UNESCO nod

The tiny landmass of Okinoshima is permanently manned by a Shinto priest who prays to the island's goddess, in a tradition that has been kept up for centuries.

05 Oct 2016

Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan

Authorities issued storm and heavy rain warnings on Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan, after it hit a South Korean resort island causing flight cancellations and flooding streets.

19 Apr 2016

Searchers find body in twin Japan quakes, raising toll to 45

Some 100,000 evacuees endured chilly weather and another large aftershock overnight that hit the southern island of Kyushu, near the city of Kumamoto.

16 Apr 2016

Japan quake breaches the historic walls of 400-year old Kumamoto Castle

The deadly earthquakes that struck the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Thursday and Saturday breached the walls of Kumamoto Castle which had previously withstood bombardment and fire in its four centuries of existence.

15 Apr 2016

Rescuers scramble for survivors after deadly quake hits Japan

Tens of thousands of people fled their homes after the 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday night.

07 Dec 2015

Japan's Mt Aso erupts, spews smoke 700 metres into air

Monday's eruption marked the first time Mt. Aso had erupted since October 23, with the latest eruption sending plumes of smoke about 700 metres above the first crater of Mt. Nakadake, which is one of the five peaks comprising the volcano.

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14 Nov 2015

7.0-magnitude quake hits off southwestern Japan, small tsunami reported

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Saturday, triggering a minor tsunami in the southern part of Kagoshima prefecture, Xinhua reported.

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