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Japan scrambles fighter jets, fires flares at Russian spy aircraft in a first
Regarding aircraft movements, a Russian aircraft reportedly violated Japanese airspace off the coast of Nemuro Peninsula in ...
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VOX POPULI: Blue king crabs may be the secret to establishing good Russia ties
The Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido forms the easternmost tip of Japan. There, the "hanasakigani" blue king crab fishing season is now at its peak, accompanied by the raucous chorus of flocks of ...
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Northern Japan 'at Risk of Huge Quake'
The Chishima Trench has been the location of numerous quakes There was one off the Nemuro peninsula in 1973. In 2003, a magnitude 8.0 quake struck just off Tokachi, causing a tsunami of four ...
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Japan protests to Russia over airspace violation by helicopter — media
The Japanese Defense Ministry earlier said that a suspected Russian helicopter entered Japan’s airspace over the Nemuro Peninsula at about 12:44 p.m. local time (3:44 a.m. GMT). Japan’s Air ...
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In possible world first, pair of white orcas seen off Hokkaido
In ordinary years with the arrival of summer, sperm whales have replaced orca pods among cetacean species seen in the Nemuro Strait off this town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a UNESCO World ...
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Tupolev-95MS bombers did not violate Japan’s borders, says Russian Defense Ministry
Japan says the previous such incident was registered near the Nemuro Peninsula (Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido) in September 2015. Over 800 mercenaries accused of fighting for Kiev ...