KASAI, Hyogo Prefecture--The usual quiet in an area ... likely in February 1945 as the tide of the war had turned against Japan. The Hakuro (white heron) special attack unit involving instructors ...

Cloudy with a high of 68 °F (20 °C). Winds from N to NNE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 ...

Nobody needs to be reminded today of the astounding precision and accuracy of his completed map of Japan. Nevertheless, I was stunned anew to learn that until as recently as the Showa Era (1926 ...

Japan's meteorological agency has published a map showing which parts of the country could be struck by a tsunami in the event of a megaquake in the Nankai Trough. The color-coded map shows the ...

A strong, 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Japan on Monday ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that ...

But the journey was not without its setbacks. With no map, they mistook Miyazaki in southeastern Kyushu for Shikoku, Japan’s fourth-biggest island, which is linked by bridges to the country’s ...

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