Japan’s justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes. Earlier this month, the ministry launched an unusual partnership with the streaming giant’s “Badly in Love,” releasing a poster starring its Season 2 cast members, including […]
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A man who killed five people by setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009 was hanged Friday in Japan’s first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ‘s government as the country faces growing calls for more transparency and the abolition of capital punishment. Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka […]
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3 lions die at Tokyo zoo from suspected heatstroke as Japan bakes in “cruelly hot” summer
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Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity. Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40 degrees Celsius in recent weeks, qualifying for the […]
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The death toll has grown to at least 34 people in southwestern Japan after a powerful earthquake on Tuesday, according to the prefectural government of Kumamoto, on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, where the quake struck. The disaster destroyed homes, triggered an explosion at a mall and caused a factory chimney to collapse. Two days […]
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Rescuers are still searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people. Four people died inside a shopping center that collapsed from an explosion one hour after the quake struck. Anna Coren reports. A look at the aftermath in Japan following deadly earthquake #aftermath #Japan #deadly #earthquake
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Japan earthquake death toll hits 18 as teams race to find people missing in damaged mall and paper factory
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Kumamoto, Japan — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern Japan. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu, also […]
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Deadly earthquake devastates southern Japan
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Deadly earthquake devastates southern Japan – CBS News Watch CBS News Around-the-clock rescue efforts are underway in Japan following Tuesday’s deadly earthquake. It struck southern Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture. Anna Coren reports. Deadly earthquake devastates southern Japan #Deadly #earthquake #devastates #southern #Japan
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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Tuesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Dozens of people are injured, officials say. Ramy Inocencio reports. Dozens injured, buildings damaged after powerful earthquake strikes Japan #Dozens #injured #buildings #damaged #powerful #earthquake #strikes #Japan
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A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A tsunami alert was issued. The alert was for a one-meter-(about one yard) high tsunami, according to the Reuters news service. Reuters said the quake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture. The temblor measured at the highest possible level of seven on Japan’s […]