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14 and 15 April 2016: Japan - Terrible deadly earthquakes. Two earthquakes, one a magnitude of 6.5 and the other 7.3, as well as many replicas and several large landslides took place in mid-April 2016 in the region of Kumamoto in the southwest of the Japan. A first estimate reported at least 42 dead and more than 100,000 evacuees. The walls of 400-year old Kumamoto Castle were breached. March 26, 2016: Japan - Launch of Hokkaido Shinkansen, the high-speed train between Tokyo and Hokkaido. Since Seikan tunnel between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in the north part of Japan has been opened, the high-speed Shinkansen train connects Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station in the island of Hokkaido in only 4 h 02 as from March 26. It is a journey of about 900 km. There are daily 10 round trips. September 14, 2015: Japan - Eruption of volcano Aso. The 1,592-metre (5,222ft) high Mount Aso erupted on Monday. Tourists are urged to depart the area which is a popular hiking destination. With a 25 km-large caldera consisting of several volcanic cones, Mount Aso is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world. It is located in the island of Kyūshū in the southeast of Japan. July 2015: airport of Tokyo Haneda At Tokyo Haneda, ANA introduces a self-service baggage drop system, available for domestic passengers.    Links • asahi shimbun • yomiuri online • kyodo news • the japan times • the kyoto shimbun • the okinawa times • japan newspapers (directory) Same category in a different destination Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Balearic islands (Spain) Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda (UK) Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary islands (Spain) Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK) Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Corsica (France) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Crete (Greece) Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador - Galápagos Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe, St. Barths, & St-Martin Guam (USA) Guatemala Guernsey/Jersey Guinea Guyana Haiti Hawaii (USA) Honduras Hong Kong (China) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (south) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau (China) Macedonia Madeira and Azores (Portugal) Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique (France) Mauritania Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles & Aruba New Caledonia (France) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (USA) Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Sardinia (Italy) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sicily (Italy) Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan & South Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos (UK) Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe