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Japan

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Australian Snowboarder, 22, Dies After Ski-Lift Accident at Japan’s Tsugaike Mountain Resort

The resort has halted the chairlift pending a police investigation.

Tokyo Cash Couriers Targeted in Ueno Heist as Hong Kong Arrests Six in Linked-Case Inquiry

Record Snow Paralyzes Hokkaido Transport, Stranding Thousands

Japan Confirms Tour Helicopter Wreckage Inside Mt. Aso Crater

Air Canada to Launch Only Nonstop North America–Sapporo Flights From Vancouver in Winter 2026

TEPCO Postpones Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor Restart After Alarm Glitch

Rare Power Outage Cripples Tokyo’s Busiest JR Lines During Morning Rush

Tokyo Police Arrest Man Over Fatal Kabukicho 'Duel' Under 1889 Law

Japan to Be Panda-Free by Late January as Zoos Turn to Costumed ‘Panda Keeper’ Tours

Japan’s M6.2 Off Shimane Spurs Dozens of Aftershocks, Peru Registers M5.6

Strong, Shallow Quake Shakes Japan’s Shimane Prefecture as JMA Warns of Aftershocks

Tea Leaf Spill From Truck Triggers Deadly Pileup on Japan’s Route 50

Aoyama Gakuin Sets Outbound Record to Lead Hakone Ekiden After Day 1

Utsunomiya Line Service Restored After Train-Car Collision and Partial Derailment

Tokyo Card Shop Robbed in Smash-and-Grab With ¥30–40 Million in Cards Stolen

China Ends Taiwan-Perimeter Drills as Japan Grapples With Safety and Social Strains

Magnitude 6.0 Offshore Quake Strikes Near Noda, Japan

Saitama Confirms Avian Flu, Orders Culling of 240,000 Hens in Season’s 12th Case

Boy, 5, Dies After Arm Is Trapped in Hokkaido Ski Travelator

Suspect Arrested in Chiba After Takadanobaba Stabbing of Salon Worker