Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate ...

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The farm reported rising poultry deaths, with tests confirming bird flu; the U.S. and England also reported cases.

Number of chickens culled in Japan soars to 1.7m amid bird flu outbreak - Another 50,000 birds to be culled in latest ...

This time we visit the idyllic mountain landscape and dramatic Sanriku coastline of Iwate Prefecture ... Otsuchi Sashiko began after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and is now shaping itself ...

Every three years the health ministry estimates healthy life expectancy based on a comprehensive survey of living conditions.

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--The central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka logged the longest estimated average healthy life ...

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