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Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands urged to seek safety

A collapsed road near the Saji River is pictured in Tottori, western Japan, after Typhoon Lan hit the region in this photo taken by Kyodo on 16th August, 2023.

Tokyo, Japan Reuters Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move to safety as a slow-moving typhoon crossed Japan’s main island of Honshu not far from the ancient capital of Kyoto, cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes.  Typhoon Lan, approaching from the Pacific Ocean, made landfall […]

“Appalling” arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33

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TokyoReuters A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at least 33 people in the nation’s worst mass murder in nearly two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the attack in the city of Kyoto – the latest […]