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.'
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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