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TOKYO — A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a U.S. bombshell, most likely dropped during World War II to stem “kamikaze” attacks, exploded near its runway, causing nearly 90 flight cancellations. Miyazaki Airport shut its runway after the explosion caused a crater 23 feet wide and nearly 3 feet deep in the middle of the taxiway next to the runway, according to a Japanese transport ministry official. No injuries were reported, but live cam footage showed an airplane had been taxiing nearby just two minutes before the explosion, according to local broadcaster MRT. Multiple unexploded bombs have previously been found at Miyazaki airport, the transport ministry official said. More than 79 years since the end of the war, unexploded bombs from the intense airstrikes are still found across Japan today.
Persons: Yoshimasa Hayashi Organizations: Miyazaki, Defense Force, JAL, ANA, Self - Defense Forces Locations: TOKYO, Japan, U.S, American, Miyazaki, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Kyushu
Officials in a Japanese city are banking on robots to boost the confidence of absent pupils. The self-propelling robots will connect to pupils at home, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. The plan aims to help home-based pupils feel more included and eventually return to school. The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported that the initiative was due to involve two meter-high robots, which would be fitted with microphones and a camera to allow for two-way communication. Some schools in the US have also introduced robots on school campuses.
Organizations: Mainichi Shimbun, Service, Asahi Shimbun, Street Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kumamoto, Southwest Japan, Japan, New Mexico
Pictures of two Japanese gates that survived two separate catastrophic events in history are being falsely claimed online to be the same. The caption asks: “What the hell is that arch made of?”However, the pictures were taken in separate locations and show two different arches. Nagasaki is situated in southwest Japan, whereas Otsuchi is more than 1,760 km away via car towards the country’s northwest (shorturl.at/gkDY4). The gates are different and survived two separate Japanese disasters. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
Persons: torii, Otsuchi –, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters Locations: Nagasaki, Otsuchi, U.S, Japan
Tokyo CNN —Police in Japan have implemented an unusual strategy in order to prevent drunk driving: encouraging people to consume alcohol and then letting them loose on a driving course. Instructors rode in each car during the initiative, which took place inside the driving school, a police spokesperson told CNN. “We hope that more drivers will realize how dangerous drunk driving is,” said the police spokesperson. Alcohol consumption in Japan waned during the pandemic, with restrictions hitting the business of bars and other places selling drinks. In a post on its website in 2021, it called excessive alcohol consumption a “major social problem” that persisted despite the recent slowdown in consumption.
Persons: Organizations: Tokyo CNN — Police, Chikushino Police Department, Chikushino Automobile, CNN, Organisation for Economic Co, Development, Ministry Locations: Japan, Fukuoka, Chikushino City
Frenchman Marchand breaks Phelps world record in 400m medley
  + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
[1/4] Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships - Swimming - Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka, Japan - July 23, 2023 France's Leon Marchand in action during the men's 400m medley final REUTERS/Issei KatoJuly 23 (Reuters) - Leon Marchand of France set a world record in the men's 400 metres individual medley, cruising to the gold medal in a time of four minutes, 2.50 seconds at the world championships in Fukuoka in southwest Japan on Sunday. Marchand broke the long-standing mark of 4:03.84 set by American great Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and he finished 4.06 seconds ahead of silver medallist Carson Foster of the United States. Japan's Daiya Seto took the bronze. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: France's Leon Marchand, Issei Kato, Leon Marchand, Marchand, Michael Phelps, Carson Foster, Daiya Seto, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Marine Messe Fukuoka, Thomson Locations: Fukuoka, Japan, France, American, Beijing, United States, Bengaluru
CNN —Visitors to a beach resort city in southwest Japan got a shock on Tuesday when they woke to discover the usually crystal-clear sea had turned an ominous shade of red – after a local brewery sprung a leak. We believe the leaked cooling water flowed into a river through a rain gutter, causing the sea to turn red,” Orion Breweries said. The red seawater is thought to have been caused by a coolant leak at the brewery. News of the red seawater amused some social media users but left others questioning if the water was safe. One Twitter user said crowds of people had gathered to look at the red sea.
Persons: , Organizations: CNN, Visitors, Food, Orion Breweries, Japanese Coast Guard, Regional Coast Guard, US Food and Drug Administration Locations: Japan, Nago, Okinawa
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