Thousands of army personnel, firefighters and police officers from across the country have been dispatched to the worst-hit area in the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture.
Japan Meteorological Agency issues tsunami warnings for coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata & Toyama, evacuations are underway. Russia, too, issues tsunami warnings in eastern cities.
Legacy of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korean peninsula remains politically sensitive for both sides, with many surviving ‘comfort women’ still demanding Tokyo’s formal apology.
The incident happened at an area near the embassy which has been the site of a handful of pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip in recent weeks.
Kanda is the third official to leave a ministerial post in just two months since Japanese PM Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet to improve tumbling public approval ratings.
The govt of the city of Warabi, just north of Tokyo, said in a statement an undetermined number of hostages were taken by a man 'in possession of something like a handgun.'
The sanctions consist of freezing assets of individuals & a company that helped fund Hamas. It is in line with new sanctions announced by US government earlier this month.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.
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