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Video Captures Chaos as Earthquake Strikes Japan Hospital Mid-Surgery

7 août 2026 à 06:02
Footage shows doctors in Japan clinging to an operating table to protect a patient from the violent tremor. The surgery was completed successfully.

Can Robots Save Japan’s Aging Cherry Blossom Farmers?

6 août 2026 à 16:20
Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

N.Y. Doctor Sentenced in Japan for Vandalizing Ancient Religious Sites

6 août 2026 à 15:26
Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and an expert in endometriosis, received an 18-month suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of damaging the sites.

© Graham Dickie for The New York Times

Dr. Masahide Kanayama in Manhattan last year.

Stressed by Heat, 3 Lions Die at Tokyo Zoo

4 août 2026 à 13:13
The female lions died within five days of each other despite zookeepers’ efforts to shelter them from Japan’s blistering summer temperatures.

© Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Reuters

Japan’s Rescuers Battle Cruel Heat After Major Earthquake

1 août 2026 à 20:54
Kumamoto faces a “double disaster,” as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put displaced people at risk for heatstroke.

A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 34

30 juillet 2026 à 04:41
Rescue crews were working to find people who might still be trapped in a collapsed shopping mall, as the region faced sweltering heat.

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Rescue efforts in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday.

After Large Earthquake, Japan ‘Races Against Time’ to Reach People Trapped

29 juillet 2026 à 07:27
Rescue personnel are working to free those trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Tuesday.

© Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News, via Associated Press

Rescuers working at a collapsed house in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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