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Breaking News Alert: Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits off northeast Japan coast
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has hit off the northeast Japan coast, prompting a tsunami warning, the Associated Press reports.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Tsunami Hits Japan After 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Coast

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck off the coast of Japan on Friday afternoon local time, according the United States Geological Survey.

Local Japanese television broadcast images of cars, trucks and buildings being swept away by a tsunami in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture, according to The Associated Press. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na

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March 11, 2011

Huge Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Off Japan’s Coast

By MARTIN FACKLER and KEVIN DREW

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TOKYO — A devastating tsunami hit the coast of northeast Japan on Friday in the aftermath of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles offshore, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. The earthquake triggered widespread power blackouts, and tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific Ocean from Russia to Hawaii.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the disaster caused major damage across wide areas, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Kan added that nuclear power plants in the stricken area had not been affected… http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12japan.html?hp

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Sunday, November 07, 2010

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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Washington Post: Toyota announces recall of 437,000 Prius

National News: Toyota announces recall of 437,000 Prius, other hybrid cars worldwide

News Alert: Toyota announces recall of 437,000 Prius, other hybrid cars worldwide 02:07 AM EST Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Toyota is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems, company President Akio Toyoda announced at a press conference Tuesday in Tokyo.

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Toyota recalls hybrids worldwide Toyota announces recall of about 437,000 Prius, other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems. Associated Press 2:19 a.m. ET

By YURI KAGEYAMA The Associated Press Tuesday, February 9, 2010; 2:19 AM

TOKYO -- Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.

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Sunday, April 05, 2009

North Korea launches rocket by Jean H Lee AP

N. Korea launches rocket, defying world pressure

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By JEAN H. LEE The Associated Press Sunday, April 5, 2009; 12:29 AM

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative rocket launch Sunday that the U.S., Japan and other nations suspect was a cover for a test of its long-range missile technology.

Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. (0230GMT) Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean and U.S. governments said. The multistage rocket hurtled toward the Pacific, reaching Japanese airspace within seven minutes, but no debris appeared to hit its territory, officials in Tokyo said.

The U.N. Security Council approved an emergency session for Sunday afternoon in New York, following a request from Japan that came minutes after the launch.

The South Koreans called it "reckless," the Americans "provocative," and Japan said it strongly protested the launch.

The launch was a bold act of defiance against President Barack Obama, Japanese leader Taro Aso, Hu Jintao of China and others who pressed Pyongyang in the days leading up to liftoff to call off a launch they said would threaten peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

South Korea's presidential Blue House said the launch poses a "serious threat" to stability on the Korean peninsula and that it would respond to the provocation "sternly and resolutely." President Lee Myung-bak ordered the military to remain on alert, the Blue House said.

"We cannot contain our disappointment and regret over North Korea's reckless act," presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters Sunday. He said the launch of the long-range rocket "poses a serious threat to security on the Korean peninsula and the world."

North Korea claims its aim is to send an experimental communications satellite into orbit in a peaceful bid to develop its space program.

The U.S., South Korea, Japan and others suspect the launch is a guise for testing the regime's long-range missile technology _ one step toward eventually mounting a nuclear weapon on a missile capable of reaching Alaska and beyond.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

20070912 Reuters: Japanese PM Abe announces resignation By Yoshiyasu Shida

Reuters: Japanese PM Abe announces resignation By Yoshiyasu Shida

This is a bit of a setback…

Reuters: Japanese PM Abe announces resignation

Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:07 AM EDT

By Yoshiyasu Shida

TOKYO (Reuters) - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, struggling after a bashing at the polls and suffering low support rates, said on Wednesday that he would resign.

The hawkish 52-year-old Abe took office just one year ago promising to boost Japan's global security profile and pursue economic reforms and growth.

Media reports of the surprise decision caused the yen and stocks to slip, on concerns about political uncertainty.

On Sunday, Abe had indicated that he would step down if he failed to extend a Japanese naval mission supporting U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.

Opposition parties, which won control of parliament's upper house in the July poll and can delay the enabling legislation, had been preparing to grill him on the topic in parliament on Wednesday afternoon.

"The timing is astonishing. It's a huge surprise. He said he would risk his job in passing the antiterrorism law, so I don't know why he is resigning before making the effort," said Koichi Haji, chief economist at NLI Research Institute.

The LDP and its junior partner suffered a drubbing in the July election, and his support ratings have floundered amid a row over pensions and a series of financial scandals involving cabinet ministers.

LDP Secretary-General Taro Aso, a close Abe ally who shares most of his hawkish views on security policy, is generally seen as frontrunner to succeed as LDP president and hence, prime minister.

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