Nov 16, 2021 (Nippon TV News 24 Japan) - A box of premium apples grown in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, fetches as high as 1 million yen in the season's first auction.
Box of premium apples fetches 1 million yen in auction
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Typhoon No. 7 continues to disrupt travel across Japan on June 27, with flights, airport access routes, conventional rail lines and expressways affected across parts of eastern and central Japan as operators warn that heavy rain and strong winds could continue to cause delays, cancellations, suspensions and road closures through the day.
According to a TBS report at 3:50 p.m. on June 27, Typhoon No. 7 is expected to move very close to Kanto from the evening to late night, bringing a second peak of heavy rain after Typhoon No. 8 caused morning flooding in Chiba and leaving areas from Tokai to the Tokyo region at risk of landslides, flooding and river overflows.
Japan advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup after a 1-1 draw with Sweden on June 25, finishing second in Group F and setting up a Round of 32 clash with Brazil in Houston.
A powerful earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of upper 6 struck off Iwate Prefecture at around 7:30 a.m. on June 25, shaking parts of Aomori Prefecture and leaving Hachinohe, which was hit by a similarly strong quake last December, facing fresh damage.
A powerful earthquake registering a maximum intensity of 6 upper on Japan’s seismic scale struck Aomori Prefecture at around 7:30 a.m. today. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, with a depth of about 50 kilometers. The earthquake’s magnitude was estimated at 6.9.
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