An avalanche killed 13 people and buried 11 houses under snow in Niigata prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, police said Monday.
A moderate earthquake Sunday shook the Japanese island of Hachijo, in the Pacific about 185 miles south of Tokyo, but police said there were no reports of damage or injuries.
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, Sunday for its second victory against no defeats in a six-game exhibition series in Japan.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir arrived Friday on the first official visit by an Israeli foreign minister to Japan.
A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, shook Ajiro and neighboring areas on the Japan's Izu Peninsula on Sunday night, but police said no injuries or damage were reported.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido Wednesday night, but police said there were no reports of damage or injuries.
The government marked its sixth annual "Northern Territories Day" Friday with nationwide rallies demanding the return of an island chain held by the Soviet Union since the end of World War II.
Late last year Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone appointed a private commission to recommend objectives for Japan's future economic growth in the light of rising international irritation with some of Japan's current economic practices.
The President's men have returned from their trade negotiations with Japan.
A Japanese steel carrier sank after colliding with an American container ship off central Japan on
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An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rattled windows as it shook Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido today, but police said there were no reports of damage or injuries.
A moderate earthquake rattled Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the Central Meteorological Agency said.
A mild earthquake shook southwestern Japan on Friday, but there were no reports of injuries or damages, police said.