Issues before Japan
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) entrusted the task of leading the party to its former secretary-general Shigeru Ishiba by electing him as its president on 27 September.
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) entrusted the task of leading the party to its former secretary-general Shigeru Ishiba by electing him as its president on 27 September.
A mild earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook parts of Assam and neighbouring country Bhutan.
The Japanese government on Friday decided to spend around 132.5 billion yen (about $892 million) from reserve funds on disaster relief for the quake-hit Noto peninsula and costs for the upcoming general election.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Pakistan and it originated under a depth of 33 kilometers from the surface, stated the National Centre for Seismology.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country's weather agency said.
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
An earthquake of 2.4 magnitude was felt in the Basavana Bagewadi taluk region of the Vijayapura district on Tuesday.
It was epicentred at off Ibaraki at a latitude of 36.5 degrees north and a longitude of 140.8 degrees east.
Three earthquakes were felt in Jaipur in the early hours of Friday in a span of half an hour.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit Ladakh's Kargil district on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology said.
