Tohoku
Japan's Imperial couple, along with Princess Aiko, have postponed a visit to Tohoku due to cold symptoms. The trip was planned to inspect recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Baseball's global icon Shohei Ohtani has opened up about his upbringing in Iwate and how a cataclysmic disaster shaped both his youth and future. The event, one of Japan's deadliest disasters, profoundly influenced his life.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Aomori Prefecture late Monday, shaking the Tohoku region and Hokkaido and prompting tsunami warnings. The event evoked memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake for many residents, who fled to evacuation centers overnight.
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In diesem Fiskaljahr wurden 12 Menschen von Bären getötet, mit 108 Angriffen bis Ende September, was einen Schatten auf Japans herbstliche Outdoor-Aktivitäten wirft. Das Umweltministerium meldet 20.792 Bären-Sichtungen bis Freitag, was zu flächendeckenden Veranstaltungsausfällen führt. Wanderer sind zunehmend besorgt.