Mari Yamaguchi, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

People make their way through the strong wind and rain in Kagoshima, southern Japan, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, as a powerful typhoon pounded southern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Typhoon pounds southern Japan

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressSeptember 18, 2022

TOKYO — A powerful typhoon approaching southern Japan pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain Sunday, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people. The Japan Meteorological…

Fumio Kishida, second left, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Toru Hanai, Pool Photo via AP)

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Ruling party heads to victory in Japan

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 10, 2022

People make a line to wait for taxi in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan early Thursday, March 17, 2022, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Big quake hits off coast of Fukushima

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 16, 2022

People pass through Waterloo train station, in London, during the morning rush hour, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said mask-wearing in shops and on public transport will be required, starting Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt...

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WHO: New coronavirus variant poses ‘very high’ risk

by Jamey Keaten Associated Press, Raf Casert Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressNovember 29, 2021

A vehicle, right, which International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is boarding, is escorted to an accommodation Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Bach arrived on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo as Japan Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga was set to declare a state of emergency that is likely to result in a ban on fans from the Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus infections spread across the capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Stephen Wade Associated PressJuly 8, 2021

Reuscurs search through a mudslide area caused by heavy rains at Izusan district in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, Monday, July 5, 2021.Rescue workers are slogging through mud and debris looking for dozens unaccounted for after a giant landslide ripped through the Japanese seaside resort town (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Dozens missing in mudslide in Japan; 4 dead

by Kantaro Komiya Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 5, 2021

FILE - In this May 9, 2021, file photo, a security guard wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in front of the Olympic Rings, in Tokyo. Japan, seriously behind in coronavirus vaccination efforts, is scrambling to boost daily shots as the start of the Olympics in July closes in. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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Japan’s Olympic vaccine push may be too late

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJune 1, 2021

A bird rests with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Two top officials of Japan's ruling LDP party on Thursday, April 15, 2021, said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to suggest they still could be canceled, and the other that even if they proceed, it might be without any fans. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Yuri Kageyama Associated PressApril 15, 2021

A woman who lost her husband and grandchild in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami prays in front of the grave in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, Japan, Thursday.

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Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 11, 2021

This aerial photo shows the flooded area caused by the swollen Chikugo River, not seen in photo, in Kurume city, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Pounding rain that already caused deadly floods in southern Japan was moving northeast Wednesday, battering large areas of Japan's main island, swelling more rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying houses and roads. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Japan battered by rain, floods

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 8, 2020