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A city in northern Japan just recorded its coldest summer temperature in 128 years. It came 2 weeks after the same city hit one of its hottest temperatures ever.
A week after a heatwave scorched the Japanese island of Hokkaido, temperatures in the northern city…
Matthew Loh
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Powerful 6.6 earthquake hits Japan's northern island of Hokkaido
The quake's epicenter is about 27.3 kilometers (17 miles) east of the city of Tomakomai, which has …
Associated Press,Kelly McLaug…
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30 photos that show why Hokkaido, Japan, was just named the best destination in Asia by Lonely Planet
Snow-capped mountains for skiers and snowboarders, as well as hot springs, volcanoes, and cherry bl…
Sarah Schmalbruch
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Japan's 2nd-busiest airport was put on lockdown after a pair of scissors went missing from a store, where they were later found again
Two days after the scissors went missing, airport authorities said they'd been found pretty much wh…
Pete Syme
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Japan is encouraging Americans to visit with free domestic flights. Here's how to book.
Japan Airlines announced free domestic flights for tourists booking round-trip international flight…
Mikhaila Friel
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A Russian spy plane violated Japan's airspace 3 times, driving it to scramble its fighters and fire flares
Tokyo's defense ministry said the Russian surveillance plane violated its airspace repeatedly on Mo…
Chris Panella
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Japan got so spooked by Monday's market meltdown that it's now playing cool on more interest-rate hikes
Some analysts blamed the August 5 market meltdown on recent Japan's rate hike that tipped markets o…
Huileng Tan
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Over a dozen orcas were spotted struggling for air after getting trapped in ice sheets off northern Japan
A local wildlife organization said it saw about 13 orcas struggling for air off the coast of Hokkai…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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This $21.7 million ranch for sale in Montana once served as a hideout for a Soviet pilot who defected in a MiG-25. Take a look.
After defecting to the West in an MiG-25 and revealing Soviet Union secrets, Viktor Belenko lived i…
Kelsey Vlamis
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3 big mistakes people traveling to Japan make, according to someone who's visited 11 times
Travel blogger Grace Cheng has visited Japan 11 times and says people often spend too much time in …
Maria Noyen
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I'm a Canadian snowboarder and just went to Niseko for the first time. The Japanese ski town was fantastic but didn't compare to Whistler.
A Canadian snowboarder traveled to Niseko, Japan for a ski trip and, while impressed by the quality…
Tammy Kwan
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Video appears to show passengers shouting inside a Japan Airlines plane as it tried to land while engulfed in flames amid earthquake chaos
A Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway in Tokyo. All 379 crew and passengers…
Tom Porter
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Japanese elders are being left behind to face bear attacks
In 2023, Japan saw 212 attacks from brown and asiatic bears. Many of them were in the rural Akita p…
Hannah Getahun
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Japanese officials are putting bounties on all bears after an extreme surge in deadly attacks
Japan is experiencing its worst year of bear attacks in recorded history, with at least 167 people …
Matthew Loh
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A Russian woman lived with an inch-long needle in her brain for 80 years, likely because her parents tried to kill her as an infant, doctors say
The patient's parents likely tried to kill her when she was an infant during times of war, the Sakh…
Matthew Loh
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What it was like inside the burning Japan Airlines plane from the passengers who survived
Passengers shared what it was like to escape the crashed Japan Airlines flight. Everyone on board m…
Natalie Musumeci
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Scientists discovered the first fossil of its kind that shows 16-foot-long dinosaurs may have chirped like birds
Researchers discovered a throat bone from an older paleontology dig was actually a dinosaur's laryn…
Maiya Focht
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What we know about the Japan Airlines plane crash
Everyone on Japan Airlines Flight 516 survived the crash, while five Coast Guard members in the oth…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The police are searching for clues after a man's decapitated body was found in a Japanese love hotel
The man was found dead in a love hotel in Sapporo, Japan — a motel that offers hourly rates f…
Marielle Descalsota
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A Japanese cafe fired a waitress and accused her of mixing her blood into the cocktails she served
The cafe apologized to customers, saying the waitress' behavior was "absolutely not acceptable." Th…