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A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.
2024-08-8

The death toll from floods in Kyushu, Japan, rises to 49 people. The country is bracing for more heavy rain.
2020-07-6

The death toll from flooding on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu rises to 15, with six others missing.
2017-07-8

Severe flooding on the Japanese island of Kyushu has caused seven deaths with twenty people unaccounted for.
2017-07-7

Typhoon Malakas makes landfall on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu dumping heavy rain and causing flight cancellations.
2016-09-20

At least two rivers break embankments, causing floods on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Operations are underway to rescue 400 stranded people. On Honshu Island, at least 11 people, including nine elderly from a nursing home, have died.
2016-08-31

Japan's Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyushu restarts reactor no. 1. This is the first of 50-plus shut-down nuclear reactors to go back online since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The problems discovered in the reactor model after the disaster have not been fixed.
2015-08-11

Two people are dead after Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines. The storm is now headed for Japan.
2015-05-11

Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in the Japanese island of Kyushu causing the evacuation of 150,000 people and disruption to plane and train services.
2014-10-13

A tsunami alert is issued after a strong earthquake of preliminary 7.2 magnitude occurs off the coast of Honshu, Japan.
2011-03-9