Aircraft, itself, had no problem. The u. S. Military had told the japanese government it would resume refueling training after completing reeducation of osprey pilots, checking training procedures, and conducting flight simulation exercises. The government had asked the u. S. Side to provide information on Safety Measures to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents before restarting aerial refueling. A strong earthquake hit ibaraki prefecture north of tokyo on wednesday night. There was no threat of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake struck in the northern part of the prefecture at 9 38 p. M. Japan time. Tremors were felt in wide areas of eastern japan. The agency estimates the tremor had a magnitude of 6. 3 and its focus was 11 kilometers deep. Translator things fell on top of me when the quake hit. I got a nasty shock. Officials at the Nuclear Regulation authority say there are no abnormalities at Nuclear Power plants and related facilities near the epicenter, i
Aircraft, itself, had no problem. The u. S. Military had told the japanese government it would resume refueling training after completing reeducation of osprey pilots, checking training procedures, and conducting flight simulation exercises. The government had asked the u. S. Side to provide information on Safety Measures to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents before restarting aerial refueling. A strong earthquake hit ibaraki prefecture north of tokyo on wednesday night. There was no threat of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake struck in the northern part of the prefecture at 9 38 p. M. Japan time. Tremors were felt in wide areas of eastern japan. The agency estimates the tremor had a magnitude of 6. 3 and its focus was 11 kilometers deep. Translator things fell on top of me when the quake hit. I got a nasty shock. Officials at the Nuclear Regulation authority say there are no abnormalities at Nuclear Power plants and related facilities near the epicenter, i
Barack obama visited the atomic bomb city of hiroshima earlier thisis year and the jajapanese e minister has paid tribute to the war dead in n waiis peaearl harbor. I visit here looking to the future with hopes of building peace for japan and the world. Visits to the shrine by japanese officials spark criticism from neighboring countries. South koreas government was quick to react. Translator seoul cannot condone the visit by a japanese politician in a responsible position to the shrine. It glorifies japans colonel rule and war of aggression. He says japan can only win the trust of its neighbors by facing its history. She was asked ahead of time about expected a angry reaction by south korea and china. She said the acts of expressing gratitude to those who dedicated their lives to their country would be understood by anyone regardless of their historical views. Nhk has learned that the u. S. Military wants to resume midair refueling training of controversial aircraft in early january.
The officials are warning people of icy roads and disruptions in transportation. Our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with more. This exceptional cold air mass dominating much of northern and central japan. You can see on our satellite picture you have northwesterly winds coming in. That classic seaeffect snowfall. Typically whenever we get an area like that, the mountains of central japan blocks any snow from getting over. Down toward the south we actually had a low coming in and, yes, that brought us our first snowfall since 1962 in november. Quite incredible. Snow in tokyo is rather rare. You only see it about once or twice a year so this early in the winter season is exceptionally unusual. How much is going to be coming down . As we go ahead through the rest of the day, looks like in downtown tokyo an additional 2 centimeters of snowfall is possible accumulating on surfaces that are not warm, car tops and table tops out there. Looks like the heaviest will be back toward the
The officials are warning people of icy roads and disruptions in transportation. Our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with more. This exceptional cold air mass dominating much of northern and central japan. You can see on our satellite picture you have northwesterly winds coming in. That classic seaeffect snowfall. Typically whenever we get an area like that, the mountains of central japan blocks any snow from getting over. Down toward the south we actually had a low coming in and, yes, that brought us our first snowfall since 1962 in november. Quite incredible. Snow in tokyo is rather rare. You only see it about once or twice a year so this early in the winter season is exceptionally unusual. How much is going to be coming down . As we go ahead through the rest of the day, looks like in downtown tokyo an additional 2 centimeters of snowfall is possible accumulating on surfaces that are not warm, car tops and table tops out there. Looks like the heaviest will be back toward the