The ship that was carrying lumber sank three and a half hours after it sent a distress call around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday night, according to reports
Cargo vessel sinks between Japan and South Korea, rescue crews pick up 14 of the 22 crew members
A cargo ship between Japan and South Korea sank early on Wednesday. Rescue crews from the two countries have saved at least 14 of the 22 crew members.
Seller faces £200,000 court bill after wrongly denying there was Japanese knotweed in garden
“Had that evidence stood alone, he would have amply satisfied me of his reasonable belief that there was no Japanese knotweed at his property.” But he went on to say that Mr Henderson’s case had been …
Man nabbed over liquid-spattering on kimono during Japan celebration
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of damaging property after a number of people were spattered what appear …
Japan cuts economic view as exports to Asia weaken
People make their way at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon …
Report: Japan’s “hydrogen society” policy “has clearly been a complete failure”
Japan created a pioneering national hydrogen strategy, envisaging a carbon-neutral “hydrogen society.” But a Renewable Energy Institute report slams the policy as catastrophically misguided, with 70% …
From China to Japan, extreme cold is gripping East Asia. Experts say it’s the ‘new norm’
Tens of millions of people across East Asia braved a severe cold snap Wednesday as subzero temperatures and heavy snow brought travel chaos during the Lunar New Year holiday, with climate experts warning that such extreme weather events had become the “new norm.
Heavy snow causes havoc in Japan as cold snap sweeps through Asia
TOKYO (Reuters) -Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, disrupting train travel and leaving at least one person dead. An unusually cold weather front and extreme low pressure systems set snow falling and strong winds blowing across Japan from Tuesday after causing havoc in other Asia countries earlier this week.
Japan and North Korea sound warning as deadly cold snap sweeps across Asia
Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures
South Korea, Japan grapple with heavy snow chaos, delays
Thousands of travelers swarmed a small airport in South Korea’s Jeju island on Wednesday in a scramble to get on flights following delays by snowstorms as frigid winter weather gripped East Asia for …