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by zinekeller 1122 days ago
It wasn't even the headliner on NHK's NewsWeb (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/), but a relatively faraway Typhoon No. 2 (internationally known as Mawar) is featured instead. It's a nothing-burger in Japanese terms.

(this was edited to remove an unrelated article that I misread, as it was mentioned in a comment here is the link if you're interested: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230526/k10014079771000.ht...)
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readyp1 1122 days ago
The NHK article you linked is about a death by shooting in Machida, and unrelated to this earthquake. There is an article about the earthquake from about four hours before that one was posted (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-news/20230526/1000093005.htm...), though, and it doesn't mention deaths. That one was posted specifically in the section for Tokyo metro area (首都圏) news rather than national news, which does lend credence to the notion that fatality-less earthquakes don't garner much of a news cycle.
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Razengan 1122 days ago
> a death by shooting in Machida

Now THAT's news in Japan!

The title seems to translate that it was a gang shooting? In Tokyo? What the heck??

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zinekeller 1122 days ago
Just noticed that error, whoops. I shouldn't really post when this sleepy.
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metaphor 1121 days ago
> ...but a relatively faraway Typhoon No. 2 (internationally known as Mawar) is featured instead.

Relatively far away, but quite important given Guam is a very popular summer destination for Japanese tourists, and Mawar was a Category 4 super typhoon when it hit[1].

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/super-typhoon-m...

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