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Japan issues tsunami alert after series of strong quakes off its western coast-
By AFP TOKYO: Japan issued tsunami alerts and told people to evacuate coastal areas after a series of strong quakes ...

Major Japan quake triggers tsunami waves, residents told to run-
By AFP TOKYO: Tsunami waves over a metre high hit Japan on Monday after a huge earthquake that damaged homes, ...

Japan lowers its tsunami warning but still tells people not to go home after a series of earthquakes-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday, but ...

Japan quake death toll rises to 48-
By Associated Press WAJIMA: The death toll from the earthquakes in Japan on Monday rises to 55. The series of ...

5 dead as Japan Airline aircraft catches fire on runway post collision with another plane at Haneda-
By AFP TOKYO: Five people on board a Coast Guard aircraft died after a runway collision with a Japan Airlines plane ...

Japan Airlines pilots had no ‘visual contact’ before collision-
By AFP TOKYO, JAPAN: Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames just after all 379 passengers and ...

Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78-
By AFP NANAO: More than 50 people were reported missing Thursday as Japanese rescuers battled to reach hundreds still cut ...

Japan police arrest a knife-wielding woman after 4 people are reported injured
A woman wielding a knife injured four passengers on a train in Akihabara, Tokyo on Wednesday night.At least three stabbed ...

Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 62 dead-
By Associated Press SUZU: Rescue workers and canine units urgently sifted through rubble in the winter cold Wednesday in what ...