# Tokyo

All time

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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May 25th 2012, 4:46 PM

# Nicola Furlong

DCU student found dead in Tokyo hotel room after concert

Twenty-one-year-old Nicola Furlong was living in Japan as part of her studies. Her body was found yesterday morning.

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May 25th 2012, 9:50 AM

# Road to...?

Olympic bidding race down to three

Where do you want to go in 2020 – Tokyo, Madrid or Istanbul?

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May 24th 2012, 11:41 AM

# Peckish?

Considering a holiday? Use the Club Sandwich Index to pick a destination

Dublin is the seventh cheapest of all the cities surveyed by Hotels.com with an average club sandwich price of €12.

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May 9th 2012, 4:33 PM

# blowfish

New blowfish law anger Tokyo's chefs

Poison… poison… tasty fish.

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Apr 3rd 2012, 12:06 PM

# Japan

Another Japanese earthquake could trigger 34-metre tsunami: report

Government reports say if the tide was right, a similar earthquake to last year’s could result in even greater havoc.

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Apr 1st 2012, 3:10 PM

# Earthquake

New Co Clare seismometer detects 1.1-mag Donegal earthquake

The new seismometer at the Cliffs of Moher is also sensitive enough to have recorded this morning’s 6.9-mag quake in Japan.

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Mar 14th 2012, 1:02 PM

# Japan

Japan removes tsunami alert after 6.9-mag earthquake

The quake struck shortly before 9:10am Irish time, around 150 miles off the country’s north-eastern coast.

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Mar 14th 2012, 11:40 AM

# jailbird

Penguin breaks out of Tokyo aquarium

Run Penguin, Run. A penguin is at large after making a jailbird escape from Tokyo Aquarium.

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Mar 6th 2012, 5:40 PM

# World's Most Expensive City

The most expensive city in the world? That would be Zurich

A loaf of sliced white bread costs US$6.15 in the Swiss city.

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Feb 15th 2012, 9:17 AM

# Japan

Study says 70% chance major quake could hit Tokyo within four years

Seismologists at Tokyo University also say there is a 98 per cent chance of a magnitude-7 earthquake hitting the Japanese capital in the next 30 years.

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Jan 24th 2012, 11:49 AM

# Japan

Olympus offices raided by Japanese officials in accounting probe

Investigation underway into the suspected concealment by Olympus of over €1 billion in losses through inaccurate financial reports.

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Dec 21st 2011, 10:15 AM

# Pricey

Here are the 20 most expensive cities in the world

Dublin isn’t even in the top 50…

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Dec 8th 2011, 3:29 PM

# Claim

'I'm a better swimmer now' - Thorpe

Despite seemingly being past his peak, the Australian athlete claims he is a technically improved swimmer.

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Nov 16th 2011, 2:32 PM

# Japan

Japan: Political strongman Ozawa faces trial

Ichiro Ozawa – Japan’s so-called “shadow shogun” – has denied charges of violating fundraising laws and says the allegations against him are politically motivated.

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Oct 6th 2011, 10:01 AM

# Japan

Gallery: Japan's tsunami repairs, six months on

Sunday marks the six-month anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed tens of thousands. The repairs are ongoing.

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Sep 9th 2011, 11:50 AM

# Japan

Little interest for Japan's next leader as candidates face-off

The five candidates to replace Naoto Kan have been making their pitch to their party today but the public is increasingly cynical.

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Aug 28th 2011, 2:56 PM

# Week in Photos

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures.

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Jul 1st 2011, 9:28 PM

# Japan

Japan aftershock kills two and injures more than 130

A 79-year-old man died of shock and a woman in her 60s was killed when power was cut to her oxygen tank. More than 130 people were injured.

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Apr 8th 2011, 7:49 AM

# Japan

Japan may drape fabric over stricken reactors

Officials consider draping fabric over the country’s damaged nuclear reactors – as seawater outside the damaged Fukushima plant is found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive iodine.

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Mar 30th 2011, 8:00 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The fallout from the Moriarty report continues; an 8,000 page file on Anglo goes to the DPP and there are calls for a class action suit against the state and its banks by beleaguered homeowners.

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Mar 23rd 2011, 8:16 AM

# Japan

New power line may ease meltdown fears at Fukushima plant

A new power line could restore electricity to the Fukushima plant, enabling a steady water supply to be pumped around the reactors to prevent meltdown.

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Mar 16th 2011, 6:57 PM

# Japan

Irish warned against non-essential travel to Japan

French government urging its citizens to leave Tokyo and move to the south of the country or return to France, while British embassy is organising transport to help people leave tsunami-struck Sendai.

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Mar 16th 2011, 8:55 AM

# Aftershock

Japan’s mainland rocked by magnitude 6.1 aftershock

Japan’s mainland is hit by a significant aftershock – the largest to have struck inland since last Friday’s main earthquake.

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Mar 15th 2011, 2:41 PM

# Japan

Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant

The drop in water levels at Unit 2 at the Fukushima has worried officials, while fears grow that rods in all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors may melt.

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Mar 14th 2011, 8:53 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: A second explosion occurs at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Irish seen as the ‘bad boys’ of Europe, and Burger King boss upsets his British customers.

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Mar 14th 2011, 8:10 AM

# Japan Earthquake

Massive Japanese quake causes day to shorten slightly

The earth’s rotation sped up by over a microsecond because of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

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Mar 11th 2011, 9:24 PM

# Japan Earthquake

Taoiseach offers condolences and pledges assistance to victims of Japanese earthquake

The minister for trade and development has said that Ireland is standing by to provide assistance.

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Mar 11th 2011, 9:10 PM

# Japan Earthquake

Stock and oil prices react to Japan's earthquake and tsunami disasters

Stocks rose but oil prices fell in response to the terrible events in the Pacific.

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Mar 11th 2011, 7:34 PM

# Japan Tsunami

What’s happened in the Pacific? A timeline of the day's terrible events

A timeline of how today’s terrifying events have unfolded, beginning with the magnitude 8.9 earthquake which struck at 5.46am Irish time.

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Mar 11th 2011, 5:53 PM

# Japan Earthquake

Japan latest: Toll stands at 137 but deaths set to exceed 1,000 people

With still many unaccounted for one news agency says the death toll is expected to rise above 1,000 people.

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Mar 11th 2011, 4:32 PM

# Bad Science

Astronomers dismiss suggestion that sun and moon caused Japan earthquake

Reports that scientists had established a link between the activities of the sun and moon with the today’s Pacific tsunami have been dismissed by Irish astronomers.

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Mar 11th 2011, 3:59 PM

# Japan Earthquake

Eyewitness videos record shocking extent of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami

In video: how tourists and the residents of Japan experienced today’s earthquake.

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Mar 11th 2011, 3:07 PM

# Japan

In pictures: How the disaster in Japan unfolded

Cities, towns and farmland seriously damaged by the 8.9 magnitude quake today, which then triggered tsunami.

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Mar 11th 2011, 2:40 PM

# Japan Tsunami

UN and countries pledge aid and rescue offers to Japan but no decision from Ireland

Officials at the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Foreign Affairs have so far made no official comment on the matter.

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Mar 11th 2011, 2:39 PM

# Pacific

Tsunami hits Indonesia without causing damage

Indonesia and Guam have both lifted their tsunami warnings, after waves of just 10 centimetres hit the eastern Indonesian coast.

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Mar 11th 2011, 2:26 PM

# Tsunami

In Pictures: Graphs and charts that show the tsunami's projected path

Weather centres around the Pacific rim show trajectory of deadly wave.

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Mar 11th 2011, 1:42 PM

# Indonesia

Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia

A volcano has erupted in Indonesia, just hours after an earthquake in Japan created a Pacific-wide tsunami.

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Mar 11th 2011, 1:39 PM

# Japan

Department of Foreign Affairs sets up crisis centre for Japan tsunami

The department estimates that there are around 2,000 Irish citizens in Japan. Relatives and friends of people in Japan are asked to contact the crisis centre for information.

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Mar 11th 2011, 1:20 PM

# Pacific Tsunami

Pacific tsunami: Eyewitnesses upload photographs

People in the areas affected by the Pacific tsunami have uploaded photographs on social networking sites.

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Mar 11th 2011, 12:47 PM