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Japan Railways East unveiled an entire Pikachu-themed train where the adorable yellow and brown Pokemon is nearly everywhere on a sight-seeing train in the country's earthquake-stricken region, as part of a disaster relief project. The train will begin its daily service July 15th and run throughout the summer holiday season on the Ofunato Line. It will depart at Ichinoseki and arrive in Kesennuma in just under two hours.
Japan’s economy grew more than expectations in the first quarter of 2015 on the back of a pick-up in capital expenditure, supporting the central bank’s rosier view of the economy. Meg Teckman reports.
A volcano on a small, Japanese island erupted on Friday morning, sending plumes of smoke billowing thousands of metres into the sky and forcing residents to evacuate.Mount Shindake erupted at 9:59 on Friday morning on Kuchinoerabu Island, a small island in southern Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture.After the volcano erupted and spewed a tower of black clouds into the sky, the Japan Meteorology Agency raised the volcano alert level from three to five. The clouds prompted Japanese authorities to evacuate the approximately 140 residents of the island by ferry.A pyroclastic flow of heated gas and rocks flowed down the side of Mt. Shindake following the eruption and made its way down to the ocean.No injuries were reported despite the suddenness of the eruption.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted in Boston by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her family, as he sets off to meet U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and to address Congress. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Dozens of anti-Cuban regime activists chant "maximum penalty for Rocha" outside a federal courtroom in downtown Miami ahead of the sentencing at trial of former US ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, who is charged with spying for Cuba. IMAGES
A Japanese person will be the first non-American to walk on the Moon, US President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by Japan's prime minister. US-Japan "ties stretch up to the Moon where two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the Moon," Biden says during a press conference at the White House. SOUNDBITE