One injured in fire near railway station in Tokyo, train services disrupted
Tokyo: A fire broke out in the vicinity of a Japan Railway (JR) station in Tokyo on Sunday, affecting train services on part of the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line, with 800 passengers evacuated, according to local media reports.
5 dead as Japan plane catches fire after collision with coast guard aircraft at Tokyo airport
Tokyo/IBNS: Five people aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground resulting in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, media reports said.
All 367 passengers and 12 crew members escaped miraculously after Japan Airlines aircraft burst into flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday (January 2, 2024).
Tokyo: Two airplanes collide at Haneda airport
Tokyo/UNI: Two passenger jets appeared to have collided near a taxiway in Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday, according to Japan's transport ministry.
6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Japan today
Aomori/Japan: The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Aomori in northern Japan on Tuesday.
Japan: Activists protest against atrocities committed against Uyghur community in China
Tokyo: Few activists gathered in Japan's capital city Tokyo on Dec 3 to protest against the atrocities committed against the Uyghur community in China.
Tokyo begins issuing same-sex couples certificates
Tokyo: Japan has begun rolling out a partnership certificate scheme to same-sex couples -- allowing them to be treated as married couples for certain public services for the first time, but falling short of marriage equality.
Japanese police looks for bullet that killed country's former PM Shinzo Abe
Tokyo/UNI: The Japanese police have found only one of the two bullets that fatally wounded former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech on July 8, media reports said Friday.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's funeral on Tuesday
Tokyo/UNI: Day after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death, his body returned to his home in Tokyo. His funeral will be held on Tuesday.
Japan: Tibetan community members observe National Uprising Day, demonstrates outside Chinese embassy
Tokyo: Members of the Tibetan community observed the 63rd anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day by holding an anti-China demonstration outside the Chinese embassy here on Saturday.
Man attacks Tokyo train with knife, starts fire; 10 injured
Tokyo/IBNS: At least 10 people were injured and another critically hurt after a man attacked a train with a knife and started a fire in Tokyo on Sunday, AFP reported citing local media.
Biden thanks Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for hosting Summer Olympics
Washington/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: US President Joe Biden thanked Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Tokyo lodges protest over Chinese ships' entry into Japanese Coastal Waters: Reports
Tokyo/Sputnik: Tokyo has lodged a protest with Beijing after two Chinese ships entered the Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Kyodo news agency said on Saturday.
Tokyo lodges protest with Beijing over Chinese ships' entry into Japanese coastal waters
Tokyo/Sputnik: Tokyo on Tuesday lodged a protest with Beijing after four Chinese ships entered the Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said.
Japan: Tokyo witnesses demonstration against Chinese atrocities
Tokyo: Nearly 3,000 people, including the Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, protested against atrocities and human rights violations by China by marching from different parts of Tokyo on Saturday.