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Japan braces for more quakes, authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Japan's government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged ...
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Debates on disaster management lacking steam ahead of Upper House vote
References to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's project to establish a disaster management agency are scarce among political ...
5.4-magnitude earthquake rocks southwestern Japan islands
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the Tokara island chain in Japan''s southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Saturday, the latest in a series of temblors in the area, the ...
Japan’s doomsday prediction: July 5 comic book prophecy sparks panic, tourists flee, flights cancelled
A manga’s eerie prophecy predicting a July 5 quake has triggered mass panic in Japan, crashing tourism, cancelling flights, ...
Nankai Trough 'megaquake' could kill 300,000 people: Japan govt acknowledges risk, ramps up measures
The Nankai Trough megaquake could kill up to 300,000 people, according to an estimate. The risk of a magnitude 8 earthquake ...
Russia launches largest missile, drone barrage on Kyiv since war in Ukraine began
Hours after the barrage that killed one person and wounded at least 26 others, including a child, Ukrainian President ...
Is Manga's July 5 Earthquake Prediction Going To Come True? What We Know
A manga novel has predicted that a mega-earthquake will hit Japan today, July 5. The 2021 reprint of 'The Future I Saw' by Ryo Tatsuki warns that a "huge" tsunami will wash over countries in the ...