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Japan

Aichi Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Shiga Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Tohoku Region Kanagawa Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Akita Prefecture

Mobile Battery Reportedly Ignites on Tokyu Toyoko Line Train, Forcing Brief Full-Line Halt

A rapid firefight left no injuries and exposed the fire risk of portable lithium-ion batteries on crowded trains.

Four Found Dead Off Manazuru Coast as Separate Rescue Leaves 13-Year-Old in Cardiac Arrest

Multiple Multi-Vehicle Crashes in Japan Leave One Dead and Several Injured

Golden Week Expressway Jams Decline From Last Year

Head-On Crash on Japan’s Route 306 Injures 13, Including Youth Handball Team

Crow Incidents Briefly Disrupt Tohoku Shinkansen Operations

Sendai Labor Office Recognizes First Asbestos Workers’ Comp Case Linked to Cosmetics Sales

Gasoline-Tainted Kerosene Sold at Gifu Station Prompts Fire Investigation and Public Warning

Taiwanese Volunteer Diver Dies in Chōsei Mine Recovery Operation, Searches Suspended

Tokyo Shuttle Firm’s Ex-Chief Arrested Over Illegal Taxi Operations Tied to Fatal Hit-and-Run

Four Hospitalized After Early-Morning Kei Car Collision at Aichi Intersection

Suspected Chemical Blast at Nagoya University Lab Injures Three

Kintetsu Express Strikes Car Near Kyoto, One Dead as Services Halted

Onahama Port Logs Season’s First Pacific Saury Landing in Fukushima

Two Elderly Suspects Arrested in Separate Japan Incidents: Osaka Stabbing and Kumamoto Scissors Threat

Shinmoedake Erupts With 5,500-Meter Plume in Kyushu

Smoke on New N700S Shinkansen Linked to Converter Malfunction