Environment

Okinawa Residents File Suit Over U.S. Base Transfer Work

TOKYO, Feb 23 (NNN-NHK) – Residents of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, yesterday, filed a lawsuit seeking the cancellation of…

Sri Lankans Urged To Use Water Sparingly Amid Dry Weather

COLOMBO, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), today urged the public to use…

Harsh Winter Kills Over 1.5 Million Livestock In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Feb 22 (NNN-APA) – The number of livestock deaths caused by extreme wintry weather has exceeded 1.5 million…

Malaysia to adopt new methods including AI technology to address flooding

OSAKA, Feb 22 (Bernama) — Malaysia is set to adopt several new methods utilised by Japan in disaster management, including the…

Rare Mekong River Dolphin Found Dead In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Feb 22 (NNN-AKP) – A rare Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead, after being entangled in a fisherman’s…

Operator Of Crippled Fukushima Plant Urged To Ensure Nuclear Safety

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s industry minister, yesterday, urged the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to…

Landslide Killed 25 In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Feb 19 (NNN-ANA) – At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured, as a landslide struck a…

Landslide Death Toll Climbs To 98 In Philippines

MANILA, Feb 18 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a landslide in a mining town in Davao de Oro province…

Mongolia’s Capital, Provinces Impose Traffic Restrictions Due To Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Feb 18 (NNN-APA) – Traffic restrictions were enforced in Mongolia’s capital, until noon today, in response to heavy…

Philippine Landslide Death Toll Rises To 92, Search For 36 Continues

MANILA, Feb 16 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from the Feb 6 landslide that hit a mining town in Davao…