Super Komachi

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, may be forced to scrap all of the 120 cars of its Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train services that were damaged in flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis, which ravaged mainly central and eastern Japan over the weekend. The 19th…

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We put the peoples lives first, he said. Hagibis hit Japans main island on Saturday with strong winds and historic rainfall that caused more than 200 rivers to overflow, leaving thousands of homes flooded, damaged, or without power. Rescue crews on Tuesday w…

NAGANO, JAPAN - The toll of death and destruction from a typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan climbed Tuesday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the disaster response and eventual reconstruction.Prime Min…

NAGANO, Japan (AP) The toll of death and destruction from a typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan climbed Tuesday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the disaster response and eventual reconstruction. Prim…

Japanese rescuers on Tuesday raced against the clock to locate 14 people still missing after a catastrophic typhoon over the weekend killed at least 72 others and paralyzed numerous areas with flooding. Those unaccounted for in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis, a…

Japanese rescuers on Tuesday raced against the clock to save more than a dozen people still missing after a catastrophic typhoon over the weekend killed at least 68 people and paralyzed numerous areas with flooding. At least 15 others remain unaccounted for …

(Newser) The toll of death and destruction from a massive typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan continued to climb Tuesday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the ongoing disaster response and eventual rec…

NAGANO, Japan The toll of death and destruction from a massive typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan continued to climb Tuesday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the ongoing disaster response and eventual…

Updated October 15, 2019 09:28:14 Back in March, I went to a country I adore, Japan, to film a documentary. Not on the Olympics or robots or sushi trains this was going to be about me. Japan is where my Dad was born, where half my genetic history lies and…