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At least 30 green sea turtles are found dead off a beach in Kumejima, Japan, with many having been stabbed in the neck. The green sea turtle is an endangered species.
2022-07-14

Thirteen are killed and 34 others injured after a bus carrying Erasmus exchange students returning from the renowned Falles fireworks festival in Valencia, crashes near Freginals, Spain. The regional government of Catalonia said in a statement that, "... according to the latest data, the ill-fated bus had students from Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine, Holland, Belgium, France, Palestine, Turkey, (and) Greece."
2016-03-20

Typhoon Neoguri hits the main Japanese island of Honshu causing flooding, landslides and three deaths.
2014-07-10

At least seven people die following a bus crash in Japan's Gunma Prefecture north of Tokyo. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120429_07.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-04-29

The "Yomiuri" reports that Japan and the United States have given up on plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Okinawa by 2014.
2011-05-7

Japan is hit by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock one month after the main earthquake, knocking out power to Fukushima I for nearly an hour.
2011-04-11

Over 14,000 people are still missing in Japan, a month after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-11

Japan's National Police Agency states that the official death toll from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami has passed 10,000 with 17,053 missing.
2011-03-25

Reported Japanese child abuse reaches its highest level since records were first taken a decade ago.
2010-08-5