Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts, ashfall cancels multiple flightsA volcano on Kyushu island in Japan erupted three times on Sunday, sending ash up to 4.4 km into the air and forcing around 30 flight cance...
16 Nov, 2025, 02.55 PM IST
Another fault hits UK F-35B: Fighter jet forced to land in Japan amid ongoing drillsA British F-35B fighter jet made an emergency landing at Kagoshima Airport in Japan after a malfunction during joint military exercises wit...
11 Aug, 2025, 10.22 PM IST
Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslidesTorrential rain lashed Kyushu, Japan, on Friday, unleashing floods and landslides and prompting widespread evacuations. A mudslide in Aira ...
09 Aug, 2025, 10.07 AM IST
Chinese Navy survey ship entered Japanese waters, Japan's defence ministry saysAccording to Japan's defense ministry, a Chinese Navy survey vessel briefly entered Japanese territorial waters off Kagoshima Prefecture be...
31 Aug, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
Japan confirms season's fourth bird flu outbreakJapan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, local m...
04 Dec, 2023, 06.30 AM IST
Powerful typhoon Nanmadol pounds southern Japan; thousands evacuatedThe Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Nanmadol was near the southern island of Yakushima, packing maximum surface winds of 162 kilom...
18 Sep, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
Japan says suspected Chinese submarine seen near territorial watersSaturday's announcement said Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force identified the vessels in a contiguous zone, which is outside territorial ...
12 Sep, 2021, 10.55 AM IST
- Japan launches latest satellite of positioning system
Tokyo, Oct 10 (IANS) Japan on Tuesday successfully launched the fourth and final satellite that makes up its terrestrial positioning networ...
10 Oct, 2017, 08.52 AM IST
- Japan puts third GPS satellite into orbit
Tokyo, Aug 19 (IANS) Japan on Saturday launched a rocket and put the third of its new quasi-zenith satellites into orbit to help improve th...
19 Aug, 2017, 05.47 PM IST
- Japan to launch third GPS satellite
Tokyo, June 15 (IANS) Japan is set to launch the third of its four global positioning system (GPS) satellites in August aimed at establishi...
15 Jun, 2017, 04.03 PM IST
- Japan to launch third GPS satellite
Tokyo, June 15 (IANS) Japan is set to launch the third of its four global positioning system (GPS) satellites in August aimed at establishi...
15 Jun, 2017, 02.48 PM IST
- Japan launches new satellite to improve GPS
Tokyo, June 1 (IANS) Japan on Thursday launched a new satellite to improve the global positioning system's (GPS) accuracy and establish an ...
01 Jun, 2017, 08.10 AM IST
Unusual solitary marine species discoveredResearchers from Kagoshima University and University of the Ryukyus in Japan stumbled upon a solitary individual polyp around the southern ...
25 Jul, 2016, 06.04 PM IST
JAXA and Mitsubishi to launch observatory to monitor global precipitation on Feb 28The satellite to be used for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, jointly developed by JAXA and NASA, will be launched aboard an H...
27 Dec, 2013, 01.43 PM IST
- Taiwan finds radiation on imported Japanese beans
Radiation has been detected on fava beans imported from Japan to Taiwan, Taiwanese officials said Sunday, in what appears to be the first c...
20 Mar, 2011, 07.47 PM IST
- NEC closing LCD plant, reducing jobs to cut costs
Electronics giant NEC Corp said that it was closing a liquid crystal display plant and cutting 590 workers by voluntary retirement to cut c...
04 Mar, 2009, 12.41 PM IST
- Pioneer to stop making 42-inch plasma panels: Report
Pioneer Corp will stop making 42-inch plasma panels and instead buy panels in that size and smaller from Panasonic maker Matsushita Electri...
25 Feb, 2008, 11.16 AM IST