Tokyo train lines halted after power outage strands thousands during morning rushA fire near Tamachi Station caused a major power outage on Tokyo's Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku railway lines Friday morning. Thousands of co...
16 Jan, 2026, 08.54 AM IST
Power outage halts Tokyo commuter train lines, disrupting thousandsA railway power outage in Tokyo caused widespread morning commute disruptions on Friday. Two major lines, the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku, w...
16 Jan, 2026, 06.25 AM IST
What should travellers know as Japan prepares for severe snow and wind conditionsJapan faces severe winter weather from December 26 to 27. Heavy snow, strong winds, and rough seas are expected across many regions. This c...
27 Dec, 2025, 01.47 PM IST
Is the stock market open today? Black Friday stock market hours while CME outage halts futures tradingStock market open Black Friday: US stock markets are open for a shortened Black Friday session, but trading is disrupted by a widespread CM...
28 Nov, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
Amazon says AWS cloud service is back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwideA global AWS outage disrupted thousands of websites and apps, including major platforms like Snapchat and Reddit, due to issues with its US...
21 Oct, 2025, 06.47 AM IST
Russia evacuates hundreds from border city amid Ukrainian strikesRussia said Monday it had moved some 300 people from the border city of Belgorod due to Ukrainian shelling, the biggest evacuation from a m...
08 Jan, 2024, 04.59 PM IST
Japan earthquakes: Watch the first tsunami waves hitting western coastThe Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama prefectures. Top government spokesperson Hayashi ...
01 Jan, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
Thousands stranded at Philippine airports due to power outageTens of thousands of travellers were stranded at Philippine airports on Sunday after a power outage knocked out communication and radar equ...
01 Jan, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
Oil prices rise as producers commit to output restraintBrent crude was up 51 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $56.86 a barrel by 0134 GMT, while U.S. oil gained 53 cents, or 1 per cent, to $54.08 a ba...
02 Feb, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
Nikkei hits 1-week high after Trump's White House return lifts risk moodInvestors took cues from Wall Street's positive finish overnight when main indexes rose sharply on stimulus hopes and on news President Tru...
06 Oct, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
At least 19 missing, 120 injured as powerful quake hits Japan's HokkaidoEfforts to restore power to 2.95 million households were underway but it was not clear when supplies would be restored, a company spokesman...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
Oil prices rise on US to shut out Iran, supply disruptionsBeyond looming sanctions, other threats to supply are keeping markets on edge.
27 Jun, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
- New 5.9 quake jolts Japan; Zeolite dropped in Pacific
Japanese engineers began dumping zeolite mineral to check sea water contamination, even as desperate efforts were launched to combat surge ...
16 Apr, 2011, 09.04 PM IST
- Toyota output loss may top 40,000 vehicles
Nissan Motor, Japan's 2nd-largest carmaker, suspended operations at 4 plants until Mar 16 and at 2 other plants until Mar 18.
15 Mar, 2011, 07.16 AM IST
- Japan plans package to fund rebuilding efforts
Japan aims to compile a package to fund the rebuilding effort after its strongest earthquake on record, a step that may worsen the public d...
14 Mar, 2011, 03.30 AM IST
- Latest news of Japan: Nuke plant trouble after quake; 3,000 evacuated
Japan's massive earthquake caused a power outage that disabled a nuclear reactor's cooling system, triggering evacuation for about 3,000 re...
12 Mar, 2011, 06.24 AM IST
- Six dead as quake, tsunami hit Japan
A magnitude-8.9 earthquake hit northeastern Japan Friday, generating a tsunami as high as 10 metres that hit the coast of Miyagi prefecture...
11 Mar, 2011, 01.50 PM IST