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Japan braces for powerful typhoon, dozens of flights canceled
Tengrinews.kz - Japan is preparing for the powerful typhoon Shanshan, which threatens to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country, according
28 August 2024
Japanese passenger hospitalized after Swiss flight’s emergency landing in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - A Swiss airplane made an emergency landing at Astana airport, resulting in a Japanese passenger being admitted to intensive
19 August 2024
600 flights canceled: powerful typhoon approaches Japan
Tengrinews.kz - Typhoon Ampil is rapidly gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean and moving north towards Japan. 600 flights have been canceled,
15 August 2024
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida will step down
Tengrinews.kz - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic
14 August 2024
President Tokayev and Prime Minister Kishida discussed earthquake in Japan
Tengrinews.kz - The President of Kazakhstan had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida.
09 August 2024
Japan's Prime Minister canceled visit to Kazakhstan due to earthquake
Tengrinews.kz - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has canceled his visit to Kazakhstan due to a potential earthquake.
09 August 2024
Tsunami threat declared after powerful earthquake hits Japan
Tengrinews.kz - A powerful earthquake has struck Japan, and a tsunami warning has been issued.
08 August 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister to visit Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official visit on August 9-10, at the invitation of President
08 August 2024
6.2 quake hits western Japan
The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.
21 October 2016
Four-in-10 Japanese are virgins: poll
More than 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins and almost three-quarters of men are not in any kind of relationship.
19 September 2016
Japan's first lady visits Pearl Harbor
The wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor, bombed by Japanese planes nearly 75 years ago.
22 August 2016
Japan agrees to lease military aircraft to Philippines
Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines to counter Beijing's increasing regional influence
03 May 2016
Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite
Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.
28 April 2016
Figure skating: Japan's Hanyu fumes at rival for 'intentional' collision
Japan's Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu accused Denis Ten of Kazakhstan of deliberately colliding with him during practice.
31 March 2016
Japan loses track of pricey black hole satellite
Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.
28 March 2016
Religious duel in Japan: Pastor rock vs. Buddhist monk blues
The band Boxi Rocks features Sekino and three other pastors, who don church robes during their raucous performances.
25 March 2016
Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend
Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs -- to the United States.
18 March 2016
Mutations, DNA damage seen in Fukushima forests: Greenpeace
Conservation group Greenpeace warned that the environmental impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis five years ago on nearby forests is just beginning to be seen.
04 March 2016
Technology, ancient and modern, can help buildings survive quakes
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan highlighted what is needed to build a structure that can withstand seismic shocks.
08 February 2016
World's first 'robot run' farm to open in Japan
A Japanese firm said Monday it would open the world's first fully automated farm with robots handling almost every step of the process.
01 February 2016