RECALL: The manufacturer, Nissan has already announced massive recalls abroad A massive recall. Japanese automaker Nissan announced on Friday the recall of a total of 699,000 vehicles in Japan for various manufacturing defects. He also warned that hundreds of thousands of units were also affected abroad. These various defects have so far not caused any accidents in Japan, the group […]
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EARTHQUAKE: No human or material damage was immediately reported. Authorities have not issued a tsunami warning either. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan on Sunday, according to the US Geological Institute (USGS), with no apparent damage or casualties or triggering a tsunami warning from authorities. The earthquake struck 123 kilometres deep at 6:55 p.m. local time (0955 […]
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The decision by Japan, announced on Tuesday, was denounced by many Asian neighbours, especially because the Fukushima water contains tritium, which is dangerous to health in very high doses. This is the equivalent of more than 400 Olympic swimming pools. Japan will discharge into the sea, after treatment, water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, Prime […]
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CORONAVIRUS: Japan will close its borders to non-resident foreigners from Monday and will last until the end of January because of the coronavirus epidemic Japan will put an end to all new arrivals of non-resident foreigners on its territory from Monday and until late January, authorities said Saturday as the country reported its first case of contamination by the […]
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Organizers of the Olympic Games were forced to postpone the event scheduled for this summer in Japan, due to the coronavirus pandemic. They will, therefore, be postponed for a year, almost to the day. The Tokyo Olympic Games will open on the 23rd July 2021, the organisers announced on Monday 30th March 2020. Les JO de Tokyo reportés […]
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ARMY: According to the South Korean Joint Staff, these are probably short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea fired The global health crisis is not easing tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea fired two missiles toward the Sea of Japan, presumably, ballistic missiles of short-range have indeed said Friday the South Korean army. These missiles were launched from the […]
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As more and more international competitions announce their postponement, coronavirus forces, the Tokyo Olympic Games remain scheduled. For the time being. Faced with growing scepticism and calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for this summer, the International Olympic Committee (IOC ) resists, believing on Tuesday 17 March 2020 “no need to take radical decisions”, just as UEFA postponed one […]
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A Japanese woman was infected with the coronavirus after having recovered. An unprecedented case in this country. A woman working on a tourist bus in Japan has been diagnosed with coronavirus for the second time, said the government of Osaka prefecture, a new case in the country of growing concern over the spread on Thursday of the epidemic. The announcement […]
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This 78-year-old retired mason died in Veneto on Friday 21st February, after ten days of hospitalisation. This death brings to 2345 the number of deaths linked to the virus. The first European infected with coronavirus died on Friday 21st February 2020 in Italy. At the same time, the number of new infections drops in China but almost doubles […]
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Two passengers from the cruise ship, the Diamond Princess in quarantine in Japan died Thursday 20th February 2020. China has seen a dramatic decline in the number of new cases. China announced Thursday, 20th February 2020, a dramatic drop in new coronavirus contaminations but the situation is complicated in Japan with the death of two ex-cruise lines from […]
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