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POLITICIAN'S BABY BANNED FROM MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY IN JAPAN
Ogata tried to stay but the Speaker of the assembly eventually persuaded her to take the infant out... READ MORE›
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JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO
Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... READ MORE›
7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR - VIDEO
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes... READ MORE›
RESCUE UNDER WAY AFTER MASSIVE TREMOR
Rescue efforts are under way in south-western Japan after a second powerful earthquake in two days hits the region, reportedly killing at least 15 people... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: SEARCH FOR KYUSHU SURVIVORS INTENSIFIES
The search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu has intensified... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED AS 7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR
But by 0256 GMT the centre said the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now mostly passed ... READ MORE›
MORE POWERFUL MAGNITUDE-7.3 QUAKE ROCKS KUMAMOTO, KILLS DOZENS
Another strong earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture early Saturday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, bringing the combined death toll since Thursday to at least 41... READ MORE›
JAPAN HIT BY SECOND POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE
He called off a visit to Kumamoto on Saturday after the new earthquakes struck... READ MORE›
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE KILLS DOZENS IN ECUADOR
The magnitude-7.8 quake was centered on Ecuador's sparsely populated fishing ports and tourist beaches, 170 kilometers 105 miles northwest of Quito, the capital... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE KILLS 77 IN ECUADOR, EMERGENCY WORKERS RUSH IN
The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
MAGNITUDE-5.4 QUAKE HITS JAPAN SATURDAY MORNING
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture on April 16, 2016, after the 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, killed nine people... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
2ND JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE LEAVES AT LEAST 6 DEAD, 400 INJURED
A powerful earthquake has struck near Kumamoto in southern Japan, barely 24 hours after a tremor collapsed houses and killed nine people... READ MORE›
ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE: AT LEAST 246 KILLED WITH MANY STILL TRAPPED
Ecuador's most devastating earthquake in 40 years has killed at least 246 people, with bridges buckling and buildings collapsing in Pacific coastal cities and fishing villages... READ MORE›
POWERFUL ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE LEAVES 77 PEOPLE DEAD
A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Ecuador's northwest Pacific coast, killing at least 77 people and spreading panic... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 40 ARE CONFIRMED DEAD IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKES
Aftershocks shook the area throughout Saturday, more than 100 of them strong enough to damage buildings, the Meteorological Agency reported... READ MORE›
IN PICTURES: AFTER THE KUMAMOTO QUAKES
Here is a selection of photos documenting the extensive damage, the rescue efforts and the difficult situation facing thousands of local residents who have had to leave their homes... READ MORE›
NAGOYA GROUP LOOKS TO SPREAD JUMP ROPE 'CULTURE' TO THE WORLD
After the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes last April, the group visited evacuation shelters in the area and distributed 200 jump ropes to cheer the children up... READ MORE›
US PRISONERS OF WAR HAD PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS AND LIVERS REMOVED DURING WWII, NEW JAPANESE EXHIBIT SHOWS
A Japanese university museum will break taboo with an exhibition on the infamous live vivisections of American POWs during the Second World War... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 246 AFTER 7.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE
People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta on April 17, 2016, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on April 16... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ISLAND IN JAPAN KILLING AT LEAST 9
The earthquake knocked an out-of-service Shinkansen bullet train off its rails, JR Kyushu Railway reported... READ MORE›
DESPITE ASSURANCES, QUAKES PROMPT CALLS TO SWITCH OFF JAPAN'S NUCLEAR REACTORS
Calls in and outside of Japan are growing to shut down the nations' only two operating reactors at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES: DRONE SHOWS EXTENSIVE LANDSLIDES
Hide Caption 10 of 28 28 photos Earthquakes strike Japan An earthquake caused a landslide in Minamiaso in Kumamoto Prefecture... READ MORE›
CONNECTIVITY NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA BECOME CRUCIAL LIFELINES IN QUAKE-HIT AREAS
-- said they had activated emergency public WiFi hot spots in Kumamoto Prefecture... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
A NEW SENSE OF FRAGILITY IN JAPANESE TOWN STRUCK TWICE BY QUAKES
MASHIKI, Japan -- People here said they had known that a network of fault lines ran under their town like veins... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA TO USE RARE POKEMON TO LURE TOURISTS BACK
A handout image made available 16 March 2011 by Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO... READ MORE›
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR JAPAN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS
Both Japan and Ecuador are on the seismically active ring of fire around the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›