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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (also known as The Bad News Bears 3) is a 1978 American sport comedy film released by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following The Bad News Bears and The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training.
January 24 – Japanese government states that it is seeking to verify a video that claims the killing of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by ISIL militants. [ 8 ] January 28 – Skymark Airlines files for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court , having liabilities of 71.09 billion yen ($603.6 million) [ 9 ]
The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner with a crimson-red circle at its center. The flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of the sun') but is more commonly known in Japan as the Hinomaru (日の丸, 'Ball of the sun').
Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, and is the eleventh-most populous country. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 38 million inhabitants as of 2016. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions.
Naruhito [a] (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan.He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. [1]
Yomiuri also publishes The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri), [28] one of Japan's largest English-language newspapers. [ citation needed ] It publishes the daily Hochi Shimbun , a sport -specific daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly magazines and books .
In July 2022, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved discharging the treated water into the sea. [196] Japan said the water is safe, many scientists agreed, and the decision came weeks after the UN's nuclear watchdog approved the plan; but critics say more studies need to be done and the release should be halted.
Damage in Sannomiya resulting from the Great Hanshin earthquake. Kasumigaseki Station, one of the many stations affected during the Sarin gas attack.. January 17 – The 6.9 M w Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.