1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (361+ words) Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese national who disembarked from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Britain on Monday aboard a charter flight arranged by the British government, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The individual is "in good…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (191+ words) Gosen, Niigata Pref. , May 7 (Jiji Press)--A 17-year-old male high school student was killed in a microbus crash that happened on the Ban-Etsu Expressway in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Wednesday. The incident involved multiple vehicles,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (141+ words) Paris, May 5 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese is among the passengers of the MV Hondius, a cruise ship on which a hantavirus outbreak occurred during a voyage in the Atlantic Ocean, the operator of the vessel said Monday. A total of…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (146+ words) Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co.'s busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo was temporarily halted on all sections Friday because of a predawn power outage that occurred due to an apparent problem at an electrical facility. Both the…...