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# North Korea

'Brendan, we have to get out of here': Irishman in Japan recalls panic over missile alert

North Korea sent a ballistic missile over Japan as part of tests.

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Aug 29th 2017, 8:45 PM

# Japan

Concern growing for boy (7) abandoned in bear-inhabited forest

The search is proving frustratingly difficult due to a lack of clues, according to rescuers.

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May 31st 2016, 10:13 AM

# hokkaido

Boy (7) missing in Japan after parents leave him in a bear-inhabited forest as a punishment

The child hasn’t been seen in three days.

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May 30th 2016, 10:59 AM

# Japan

7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes northern Japan

Though the quake rocked towns in the northmost region of the country, no injuries have been reported.

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Apr 19th 2013, 10:29 AM

# Earthquake

New Co Clare seismometer detects 1.1-mag Donegal earthquake

The new seismometer at the Cliffs of Moher is also sensitive enough to have recorded this morning’s 6.9-mag quake in Japan.

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Mar 14th 2012, 1:02 PM

# Japan

Japan removes tsunami alert after 6.9-mag earthquake

The quake struck shortly before 9:10am Irish time, around 150 miles off the country’s north-eastern coast.

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Mar 14th 2012, 11:40 AM

# Japan

Japanese nuclear power plant reopens

Japan has started producing nuclear energy again at a plant on its northern island. Meanwhile, workers in the south are still trying to cool reactors at Fukushima enough to shut the plant.

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Aug 18th 2011, 2:38 PM