World Sep 18 Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall in southern Japan By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
World Jul 24 Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts as nearby residents are advised to evacuate Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ash billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
World Apr 16 Dozens dead in Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake The second deadly earthquake to strike southern Japan this week killed dozens of people in the early morning hours Saturday as emergency workers flocked to scenes of destruction across the Kumamoto Prefecture. By Michael D. Regan