Osaka Metro holds drill to prep for Nankai Trough megaquake, battery fire

An evacuation drill is held on Dec. 13, 2025, in Osaka by Osaka Metro Co. in preparation for a Nankai Trough megaquake. (Kyodo)

OSAKA (Kyodo) — Osaka Metro Co. conducted a disaster drill early Saturday at a …
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Tokyo, western Japan experience northerly winds signaling start of winter

People walk in Osaka on Nov. 3, 2025, amid strong winds. (Kyodo)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — The first northerly wind, signaling the start of winter, blew in Tokyo and parts of western Japan on Monday, four days earlier…
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Mt. Fuji gets season’s 1st snowcap, 21 days later than usual

KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) — The season’s first snowcap was observed on Japan’s tallest peak, Mt. Fuji, on Thursday, occurring 21 days later than an average but 15 days earlier than last year, a local observatory of the weather agency said.

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M5.9 quake strikes off Hokkaido’s east, no threat of tsunami

A Japan Meteorological Agency sign is seen in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. (Mainichi)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off eastern Hokkaido in Japan’s north early Saturday, the weather agency said, ad…
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