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Japanese girl loses father to blizzard two years after mother’s death
A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan, two years after her mother died, reports said Monday. Mikio Okada died as he tried to protect his only child Natsune against winds of up to 109 kilometres (68 miles) per hour,…
Six people die as blizzards hit northern Japan
At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend, police and news reports said Sunday. A 40-year-old woman and her three teenaged children were found dead late Saturday in a car buried under snow in…
Powerful 6.9 earthquake shakes northern Japan
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, causing strong tremors across Hokkaido island but generating no tsunami or immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The quake, which was preceded by an early warning broadcast on television and radio, hit near the town of Obihiro at a depth of…
Zookeepers hunt fugitive flamingo in Japan
Zookeepers in northern Japan are racing against nature to catch a fugitive flamingo before it freezes or migrates south for the winter. Bird experts have tried to net the escapee on the lake it has made home using captive flamingos as bait, and have even donned diving gear to sneak…
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