Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
Japan's economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event of a long-anticipated megaquake off its Pacific coast, ...
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Pentagon Set to Upgrade U.S. Forces Japan Headquarters
The Pentagon has begun the first phase of upgrading U.S. Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters, announced Secretary of ...
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EDITORIAL: Diplomacy, not missiles, the key to security in southwest Japan
A coastal surveillance unit is based on Yonagunijima, Japan’s westernmost island, just 100 kilometers from Taiwan. The GSDF has deployed guard and missile units on the other three islands.
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U.S. needs Japan's guarantee to use bases in Taiwan war: Pentagon adviser
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. needs to ensure that it will be able to obtain permission from Japan to use U.S. bases in the country ...
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APWP for southwest Japan from the Early Cretaceous to Miocene (with an associated 95% confidence limit) (IMAGE)
A standstill polar position during 110–70 Ma suggests tectonic quiescence of southwest Japan. This standstill was followed by two large tracks during the Cenozoic.
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Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...
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Mazda to build module pack plant in southwest Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mazda Motor said on Monday that it will build a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City in southwest Japan. The new plant ...