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Shisui, Chiba Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, the 25th of the year, rose to 14 on Monday, a week after related heavy rain struck Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures near Tokyo. On Monday, a woman in her 20s

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, the 25th of the year, rose to 14 on Monday, a week after related heavy rain struck Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures near Tokyo. On Monday, a woman in her 20s in the

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Precipitation was observed in Central Tokyo for 33 consecutive days from Aug. 27 through Monday, due in part to rains brought by fronts and typhoons, tying the record for the longest such spell since statistics were first compiled

(Adnkronos) – The heavy rains that hit western Nepal have caused severe floods and landslides, destroying homes and infrastructure, forcing – according to government authorities – nearly 750 families to leave their homes and causing over 20 casualties. The emergency comes just

(Adnkronos) – The candidate for the office of mayor-governor of the city-state of Berlin, Elif Eralp, and the Berlin section of her party (Die Linke) have initiated legal action against the federal Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, for a statement in which he

(Adnkronos) – Over 80 people, mostly women, have been kidnapped by armed gangs in two separate attacks launched on Saturday and Sunday in northern Nigeria, where armed gangs have been carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom for years. On Saturday, at least

(Adnkronos) – Swedish Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson has stated that she was unable to form a government with the other three parties of the left bloc after the general elections on September 13. “Based on the discussions I have had, I

Shanghai, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Duskin Co. on Monday opened a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai, returning to the Chinese market after a hiatus of some seven years. The company withdrew from mainland China in 2019. The new take-away outlet is located

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Police in Gunma Prefecture have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife’s 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim’s 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Surigae will likely travel in a northeasterly direction near the Izu island chain, south of Tokyo, on Thursday after moving over waters south of the Shikoku western and Tokai central Japan regions between Tuesday and Wednesday, the