At evacuation centers. The water is up bligh to over 700 houses has been disrupted. Experts have been studying the effects of the quake on the Ground Surface in hakuba village near the epicenter. Translator you see the bump there . The Ground Surface slipped about one meter. The linear shaped bulges are roughly two kilometers long and run north to south. They jut out of the ground by up to 90 centimeters. Translator the displacement above the Ground Surface seems to be big for the scale of earthquake. One of the reasons could be that the focus of the quake was shallow. Landslides have cut off roads and a railway. Japan railways has sent engineers to the site. Weather Agency Officials are warning aftershocks will continue for about a week. They also point to a risk of mudslides if it rains as the ground has been loosened by the seismic shaking. Officials at Japans Defense Ministry have chosen u. S. Made aircraft to be the countrys first largescale reconnaissance drones. They want to bet
Searchers have been scouring the floor of the java sea for the fuselage and the black boxes. Theyve so far recovered ten bodies near the suspected crash site and theyre now getting more assistance. A team of accident investigation experts from france arrived on friday in indonesia. Theyll use stateoftheart equipment to try to detect pings from the black boxes in order to retrieve them. People in western japan are starting the new year under a Winter Weather warning. Meteorologists say intense snowfall and strong winds could cause transport disruptions. They say a cold air mass and Winter Weather pattern are bringing heavy snow to some areas. Up to 60 centimeters fell over a 24 hour period starting thursday in parts of northeastern and central japan. Officials are forecasting more snow until saturday along the sea of japan coast. Theyre advising caution due to avalanches and high waves. Japans emperor has delivered his new years greetings wishing peace and happiness to people in the cou
This country for the five eighth and five Police Officers judges and prosecutors. I level talks between south korea of the dprk weekend at his house on south korean side for the village of coverage all another opinion piece of me trying to die he slams the patent for its increasingly subversive and aggressive role in asia the company to the city to the plate on cctv you designed it when bombay jay one you cheat i won my taiwans Mainland Affairs chief has delivered a speech at nanjing university on the second day off this trip to the mainland. Wallace said that Cross Strait Relations are at their best now. He also stressed the importance of youth exchanges been promoting Cross Strait Relations he added that people from but the mainland and taiwan should carry on traditional Chinese Culture which can be a form of soft power in the world. Longs visit in the eastern chinese city of nanjing a home wednesday came and die off of the chinese mainland and taiwan fill their highest level talks s
A sign pasted outside a restroom of a temple in Thailand has recently drawn ire from netizens who claim that its message is discriminatory against Chinese tourists. The sign, which urges temple visitors to keep the premises clean, had reminders printed in Thai, English and Chinese. While both the Thai and English versions read "Please keep clean", the Chinese reminder.
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