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Staff clean up shattered and scattered glass caused by the earthquake at JR Miyazaki Airport Station, in Miyazaki, in southwestern Japan, Monday Jan. 13, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan

January 13, 2025 at 10:48 a.m.

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted.

Nippon Steel stands firm on a US Steel takeover and denies risks cited by Biden

January 6, 2025 at 8:09 p.m.

Nippon Steel was standing firm on its proposed $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, Chief Executive Eiji Hashimoto said Tuesday after President Joe Biden’s blocked the top Japanese steelmaker’s move.

FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020. Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to praying for peace and the souls of the victims, has died. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93

January 5, 2025 at 9:47 a.m.

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93.

Rapper Mac Miller, seen here at Coachella in 2017, died of a suspected drug overdose on Sept. 7, 2018. He was 26. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-mac-miller-dead-20180907-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Isao Takahata, co-founder of Japanese animator Studio Ghibli, dies at 82

August 22, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82. Takahata started...

Toshiba says Westinghouse files for bankruptcy protection

June 5, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.

Japan's embattled Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday that its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co. has filed for bankruptcy protection, marking a key step in its struggles to stop the flow...

Toshiba chairman resigns over $6.3 billion nuclear business loss

June 5, 2018 at 10:55 p.m.

Toshiba Corp.'s chairman resigned Tuesday after the company logged such massive losses in its nuclear business that it must sell its lucrative computer-chip business to avoid going belly-up. The company...

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