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Western Japan hit by 6.4 magnitude quake no tsunami risk

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MENA Newswire, TOKYO: A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday morning, rattling the Shimane and Tottori prefectures and prompting widespread concern, though no tsunami warning was issued. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that the strongest tremor registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 and was followed by multiple aftershocks......
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Bird flu outbreak has led Tottori prefecture in Japan to cull some 110,000 chickens

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Sputnik quoted Japanese broadcaster NHK as saying the Japanese prefecture of Tottori will cull about 110,000 chickens following a bird flu outbreak. A local farm in Tottori discovered 40 dead chickens on Wednesday, raising suspicions of a disease outbreak. According to the Malaysian News Agency (Bernama), genetic analysis confirmed that......