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Abe was transported by a medical helicopter to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara, where he was pronounced dead. [6] Leaders from many nations expressed shock and dismay at Abe's assassination, [7] which was the first of a former Japanese prime minister since Saitō Makoto and Takahashi Korekiyo during the 26 February incident in ...
2021 Fukushima earthquake. Multiple. The largest is an Mw 6.0. An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan. The M JMA 7.3 or M w 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST (14:07 UTC) on 13 February at a focal depth of 44.0 kilometers (27.3 mi). [6]
Events in the year 2021 in Japan . The second year was largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession, and would continue until October 1, 2021 (when the fourth state of emergency ends). Politically, Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida was officially elected as 100th Prime Minister of Japan ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Japan has resulted in 33,803,572 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 74,694 [1] deaths, along with 33,728,878 recoveries. The Japanese government confirmed the country's first case of the disease on 16 January 2020 in a resident of Kanagawa Prefecture who had returned from Wuhan , China . [ 3 ]
Arson. At around 8 p.m. JST on 31 October 2021, 24-year-old Kyota Hattori carried out a knife and arson attack on a Keiō Railway train as it was travelling to Kokuryō Station on the Keiō Line in Chōfu, a city in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. [2][3] He injured 17 people, one critically. [2][3] Japanese authorities later identified ...
The most devastating recorded natural disaster to affect Japan by death toll was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which killed ~105,000 and a further ~6,000 due to the Kantō Massacre in its immediate aftermath. Japan has also been the site of some of the 10 worst natural disasters of the 21st century. Many types of natural disasters occur in ...
The 2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election campaign began, campaigning for the Tokyo gubernatorial election officially kicked off Thursday with incumbent Gov. Yuriko Koike facing a record 21 challengers, as they focus on the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the metropolitan government's response to it.
Fukushima nuclear accident. Coordinates: 37°25′17″N 141°1′57″E. Fukushima nuclear accident. Part of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The four damaged reactor buildings (from left: Units 4, 3, 2, and 1) on 16 March 2011. Hydrogen-air explosions in Units 1, 3, and 4 caused structural damage. [1] Date.