Japan's annual total of deaths hits record 1.56 mln in 2022

Total deaths in Japan reached a record of 1.56 million in 2022, up nearly 9 percent from the previous year, the country's health ministry has said.
2 killed, 2 trapped in separate building collapses in India's Mumbai
Two people were killed and two others trapped Sunday in two separate building collapses in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said.
10 killed as car falls into gorge in India
At least 10 people were killed Thursday after a car they were traveling in fell into a deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said.
At least 3 killed after tornado hits small town in U.S. Texas amid heat wave
At least three people were killed and multiple others injured after a tornado on Wednesday night hit Matador, a small town in south central U.S. state of Texas, ..............
1 dead, 9 missing after fishing boat sinks in southern Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard said rescuers retrieved a body and were searching for nine people still missing after a fishing boat sank off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines early Thursday.
Foreign visitors to Japan reach 1.89 mln in May
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan came to 1,898,900 in May, equivalent to 68.5 percent of the May 2019 figure prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, government data showed.
Sri Lanka launches regular inspections to control dengue
The PMD said specific weekdays have been designated for the inspections on schools, construction sites, factories, and private and government institutions.