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Live giant squid caught on camera
TOKYO (AP) — After years of searching, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time. The three-meter (nine-foot) invertebrate was filmed from a...
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World's oldest woman dies at 115
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female just last month has died at 115. Koto Okubo died Saturday at a nursing home in Kawasaki City, according to city official Mitsuhiro Kozuka....Tags: Japan, Public Officials, Politics, Medical Specialization, Nursing
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UN urges protection for elderly as world grays
TOKYO (AP) — The fast aging of Japanese society is evident as soon as one lands at Tokyo's Narita airport and sees who is doing the cleaning. Young people tend to take such menial jobs in other countries, but here they are often held by workers...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Politics, Social Issues, Nursing Homes, Feminism
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Strong earthquake hits northeast Japan, no tsunami
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake registering magnitude 6.2 has struck off Japan's northeastern coast, but there was no risk of a tsunami. There were no immediate report of injuries or damage from the temblor. Japan's Meteorological Agency says...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Japan, Natural Disasters
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Auto crisis worsens as Japan shutdowns drag on
AP Business WritersTOKYO (AP) — The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami are about to get worse. In the weeks ahead, car buyers will have difficulty finding the model they want in certain colors, thousands of auto plant workers...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Ford, Tennessee, Volvo, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Huge jump in radiation inside Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO (AP) — Officials in Japan say the radioactivity in water at a hobbled nuclear plant is testing 10 million times higher than normal. Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters Sunday that leaked water in Unit 2 of the...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Nuclear Power
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Home from Japan, South Bend native says evacuation wasn't easy
MISHAWAKA -- The disaster in Japan is over for a South Bend woman who arrived home Wednesday. We talked to Stacey Shafer in Japan last week via Skype about the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Stacey, overseas for work and school, is adjusting to...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan, Health, Insomnia, Physical Conditions
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Japan to ration electricity with rolling blackouts
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power says it will ration electricity with rolling blackouts in parts of Tokyo and other Japanese other cities. The planned blackouts of about three hours each will start Monday. They are meant to help make up for a...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Japan utility: Nuke fuel rods were fully exposed
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese utility says fuel rods at a troubled nuclear reactor have been fully exposed. The exposure happened at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant — the latest reactor to lose its ability to cool down. The other two...Tags: Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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U.S. starts evacuating Americans out of Japan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to any part of the...Tags: Politics, White House, U.S. Department of State, Weather, Government
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Strong quake strikes central Japan, felt in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Meteorological Agency says a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the central, mountainous part of the country hours after a massive quake hit off the country's northeastern coast. Dozens of aftershocks have rattled Japan's...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes, Japan, Disasters and Accidents
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Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" by images of devastation in Japan following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami, and pledged U.S. assistance to help the country recover. "Our hearts go out to our friends in...Tags: FEMA, White House, Chisinau (Moldova), U.S. Department of State, Disasters and Accidents
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