月: 2024年1月

1. Japan Airlines officials are shedding light on the dramatic evacuation of a plane that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on Tuesday at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. They say all passengers and crew had escaped 18 minutes after landing. They say Flight 516 arrived from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, landing on runway C at around 5:47 p.m. The officials say the aircraft collided with the Coast Guard plane immediately after landing, and caught fire. The plane stopped after traveling about one kilometer, and the people on board escaped from three emergency exits.
2. Japanese seismologists have estimated that a recent earthquake observed in Ishikawa Prefecture was almost as powerful as the mega quake that generated violent jolts and massive tsunami off eastern Japan in 2011. Monday’s quake shook Shika Town with the intensity of 7, the highest on Japan’s scale.
3. More than 60 people are confirmed dead in Monday’s devastating earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. Tens of thousands are still without electricity. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says emergency teams are in a race against time to save lives.

1. The extent of the damage following a massive earthquake along the Sea of Japan coast on New Year’s Day is becoming clear. The earthquake has left at least 30 people dead in Ishikawa Prefecture. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu.
2. Roads are covered with mud and sand, and some structures have tilted in parts of Niigata City due to soil liquefaction caused by Monday’s massive earthquake.
3. South Korea’s main opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked by a man during a visit to the southern city of Busan on Tuesday morning. He was taken to the hospital while conscious. Local police say a man carrying a weapon attacked Lee, the head of the Democratic Party. Lee was reportedly bleeding from the neck when he was rushed to a hospital.

1. A massive magnitude-7.6 earthquake has struck Ishikawa Prefecture, in central Japan, along the Japan Sea Coast. People in those areas must evacuate immediately.
2. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa said it has been confirmed that many buildings collapsed after Monday’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio told reporters that he has instructed his officials to provide people accurate information about the tsunami and related damages.