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At Least 42 Dead After Japan’s Worst Typhoon in Decades

At Least 42 Dead After Japan’s Worst Typhoon in Decades

At least 42 people have died and 15 are missing after Typhoon Hagibis swamped Japan Saturday, bringing record rainfall that flooded more than 1,000 homes, The Washington Post reported. It was the worst storm to hit the country in decades, BBC News reported, and more than 110,000 people are now assisting with the rescue efforts. […]

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    57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

    57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

    While the worst of this summer’s heat seems to have passed in the U.S. and Europe, Japan is in the throes of a dangerous heat wave. The end of the rainy season last week brought a dangerous heat wave that claimed the lives of 57 people in Japan and sent tens of thousands to the […]

    9 Nara Deer Found Dead After Eating Plastic in Sacred Japanese Sanctuary

    9 Nara Deer Found Dead After Eating Plastic in Sacred Japanese Sanctuary

    The global plastic crisis has invaded a sacred sanctuary in Japan. Nine deer in Nara Park that have died since March were revealed to have massive amounts of plastic bags and food wrappers in their digestive tract. Three of the nine deaths were attributed directly to digestive issues from eating the plastic, said Yoshitaka Ashimura, […]

    Will High-Speed Rail Ever Get on Track in the U.S.?

    Will High-Speed Rail Ever Get on Track in the U.S.?

    By Jeff Turrentine Is it just us? Other countries don’t seem to have a problem getting their high-speed rail systems on track. This superfast, fuel-efficient form of mass transit is wildly popular throughout Asia and the European Union. Japan’s sleek Shinkansen line, the busiest high-speed rail system in the world, carries an estimated 420,000 riders […]

    Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan, Results From 1973 Forestry Experiment

    Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan, Results From 1973 Forestry Experiment

    Photos of two “crop circles” of trees in Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture have emerged online and on social media, causing netizens to marvel at the eerie forest formation. Turns out, these cedar circles—which you can see on Google Earth—are the result of a forestry experiment conducted about 45 years ago. The Japanese design and culture blog […]

    Japan Expected to Withdraw From IWC to Resume Whale Hunting

    Japan Expected to Withdraw From IWC to Resume Whale Hunting

    Despite a global ban on commercial whaling more than 30 years ago, Japan has caught about 200-1,200 whales every year since 1987—including pregnant and juvenile ones—under the exception of “scientific research.” Opponents have fiercely criticized this research program as just a cover so the whales can be killed for human consumption. Now, the national broadcaster […]