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Hamilton in no hurry to win Formula One title in Mexico

10:22 am October 14, 2019

Suzuka (Japan): Lewis Hamilton said he was in no hurry to win a sixth world championship after the title battle was reduced to a two-horse Mercedes race at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Formula One circus moves on to Mexico in two weeks’ time where Hamilton, enjoying a 64-point lead over Valtteri Bottas, can wrap […]

North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

North Korea slams Japan for fishing boat collision

6:37 pm October 12, 2019

Seoul: Pyongyang accused Tokyo Saturday of deliberately sinking a North Korean fishing boat that collided with a Japanese patrol vessel earlier this week in waters claimed by North Korea. Around 60 people were rescued on Monday after the vessel sank following the collision, according to Japanese media. The ship is believed to have been fishing […]

Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant

At Fukushima plant, a million-tonne headache: Radioactive water

1:57 pm October 5, 2019

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan): In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant’s operators and Japan’s government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements. What to do with the enormous amount of water, which grows by around 150 tonnes a day, is a […]

Typhoon heads to northeast Japan after some damage in south

2:55 pm September 22, 2019

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon was heading northeast to Japan’s main island of Honshu on Sunday after lashing parts of the country’s southern islands with heavy rains and winds that caused flooding and some minor injuries. Typhoon Tapah was passing near Nagasaki in southern Japan on Sunday afternoon after hitting other parts of southern Japan, including […]

Powerful typhoon triggers blackout in southern Japan

8:12 pm September 21, 2019

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon hit Japan’s southern Okinawa islands Saturday, cutting power to more than 15,000 homes and grounding hundreds of flights. Tapah — packing wind gusts of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) per hour — is now moving north and is expected to progress through the sea separating South Korea and western Japan. […]