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2010-03-14 16:40

Strong earthquake rattles buildings around Japan (AP)

Seismic chart indicating the registered tremors of a powerful earthquake. A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, seismologists have said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.


2010-03-14 12:26

Strong 6.6 magnitude quake hits northern Japan (AFP)

File photo shows members of a Japanese earthquake rescue team. A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, said the Japanese government, which did not issue a tsunami warning.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, but no tsunami warning was issued, US and Japanese authorities said.


2010-03-14 12:26

Strong earthquake rocks central Japan (AP)

AP - A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.

2010-03-14 08:12

New Zealand activist brought to Tokyo prosecutors (AFP)

A video screengrab issued by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research shows the Sea Shepherd vessel, the Ady Gil, following its collision with a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters. Japan's coast guard has handed over detained New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune to Tokyo prosecutors, who will decide whether to indict him for boarding a Japanese whaling ship.(AFP/HO/Institute Of Cetacean Research/File)AFP - Japan's coast guard on Sunday handed over a detained New Zealand anti-whaling activist to Tokyo prosecutors, who will decide whether to indict him for boarding a Japanese whaling ship.


2010-03-13 19:27

Asia, Pacific nations vow to fight threats to civil aviation (AFP)

Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara (C) delivers a speech to open the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Aviation Security in Tokyo. Asia and Pacific nations vowed Saturday to fight emerging terror threats to commercial aircraft by boosting international security standards and measures, including screening technology.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Asia and Pacific nations vowed Saturday to fight emerging terror threats to commercial aircraft by boosting international security standards and measures, including screening technology.


2010-03-13 15:15

Moderate quake srikes off Japan: USGS (AFP)

Seismic chart indicating the registered tremors of a powerful earthquake. A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, seismologists have said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu on Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.


2010-03-13 11:00

Japan coastguard inspects whale boat with arrested activist (AFP)

The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship on Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month. Peter Bethune, a member of the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who had been in Japanese custody since he boarded the ship, was arrested when the vessel docked in Tokyo on Friday.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.


2010-03-13 11:00

Seven dead in Japanese nursing home fire (AFP)

A policeman is seen in front of a nursing home for the elderly (gray roof with chimneys) in Sapporo, northern Japan, on March 13. Seven residents of the nursing home agad in their 60s to their 80s died when the blaze swept through the wooden building.(AFP/Jiji Press)AFP - Seven residents of a private nursing home for the elderly were killed in a pre-dawn fire in northern Japan on Saturday, police said.


2010-03-12 22:17

Japan's Crown Prince visits rhinos in Kenya (AFP)

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito visits the enclosure of two of the highly endangered Nothern White Rhinos at the Ol-Pejeta conservancy at Nanyuki, approximately 300 kilometres north of Nairobi. Prince Naruhito said his country appreciated collaboration with Kenya and would continue to partner it in various areas of development.(AFP/Tony Karumba)AFP - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito Friday visited endangered rhinos at a game reserve in Kenya's Rift Valley before planting a tree here with Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai.


2010-03-12 05:31

Japan whaling ship with NZ activist aboard arrives in Tokyo (AFP)

In this 2006 picture captain Pete Bethune is pictured standing next to the alternative-fueled high-speed powerboat Earthrace, later to be renamed the Ady Gil, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bethune was arrested in Japan on Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)AFP - A Japanese whaling ship with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist aboard on Friday sailed into Tokyo port where he was expected to face arrest for trespassing on the vessel, an AFP reporter saw.


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