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A plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines has caught fire at Naha airport on Japan's southern island of Okinawa.

theage.com.au

Labels: Japan

Japan will assist Vietnam in building a high speed railway from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, cutting the travel time between the north and south by two-thirds at an estimated cost of $US33 ($A42.5 billion).

theage.com.au

Labels: high-speed railway, Japan, Vietnam

An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale has struck off the north coast of Japan prompting tsunami warnings and evacuation orders.

iht.com

Labels: Japan, tsunami, warning