Japan has logged a record amount of leftover money from the previous year’s budget due to greater than expected tax revenue, the finance ministry said on Monday, a windfall likely to fuel politicians’ …
SoftBank Pays $1.6 Billion for Yahoo Japan Rights
SoftBank’s internet business Z Holdings Corp said on Monday it has agreed to pay Verizon Communications Inc 178.5 billion yen ($1.61 billion) to secure the rights to Yahoo branding and technology in …
Search and rescue underway after mudslide leaves two dead, 20 missing in Japan
Rescuers are searching for survivors Monday morning after a dangerous mudslide swept homes in the city of AtamI, Japan. The mudslide was triggered by unusually heavy downpours.
Rescuers seek 80 missing people after deadly landslide in Japan seaside town
Torrential rains triggered a landslide but officials wonder if deforestation and development also contributed.
Japan’s landslide rescue, with about 80 missing
Rescuers in Japan on Monday searched for 80 people still missing, two days after landslides tore through the Japanese seaside city of Atami.Video footage captured by rescue teams showed an injured …
Japan searches for dozens missing in resort town mudslide
Rescue workers are slogging through mud and debris looking for dozens unaccounted for after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at least three people …
More than 100 people feared missing in deadly ‘tsunami’ mudslide in central japan
Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Monday, two days after a devastating “tsunami” of mud swept through a coastal city, killing at least three and leaving more than 100 feared …
Number of missing in Japan landslide climbs to more than 100
Number rose after officials in Atami checked residential registers rather than relying on reports of missing people following mudslide …
Three dead, 113 missing in Japan after heavy rains trigger landslides
At least three people were found dead and more than 100 were missing after torrential rains triggered landslides in the central Japanese city of Atami over the weekend, a local official and media said …
Rescuers fight time, weather in Japan landslide; some 80 missing
More than a thousand Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses and buried roads on Monday two days after landslides tore through a seaside city, fighting time and poor weather to search for …