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Japanese crews shifted their search for a truck driver who was swallowed by a sinkhole in his vehicle from the site of the sinkhole to an underground sewage pipe. The Saitama Prefecture government ...

OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Three of eight people caught in a landslide were confirmed dead on Aug. 15 as torrential rains lashed this central Japan prefecture, city government officials said.

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Night - Clear. Winds variable at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 47 °F (8.3 °C) and a 53% chance of precipitation. Winds variable ...

Cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C) and a 60% chance of precipitation. Winds from WNW to NW at 6 to 14 mph (9.7 to 22.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from NW to WNW at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to ...

But not everyone has the same vision of how to revive the Ainu culture. Reporter Rebecca Rosman brings us the story from the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Tell us about your experience accessing ...