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One dead and several missing as ‘life-threatening situation’ declared in earthquake-hit Ishikawa prefecture Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in central Japan over the weekend, with
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Pen-chan defies expectations to be reunited with keeper safe and sound after swimming 30 miles in open sea A fugitive penguin in Japan has been
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The source of new renewable energy is also a battleground over China’s cheap exports of panels that has split US firms The Biden administration touts
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