Late-night host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> said he’s looking at America in a new light after a recent visit to Japan.
The 56-year-old said his trip abroad made him realize that the U.S. is unsanitary compared to the land of the rising sun.
“After traveling to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Japan</a>, I realize that this place, this USA we’re always chanting about, is a filthy and disgusting country,” he said during his monologue on Monday night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
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Kimmel went on to describe how he used to believe that while the U.S. had “areas for improvement,” it was mostly ahead in terms of cleanliness compared to most of the rest of the world.
“I go to Europe, and there are dirt holes where plumbing is supposed to be. I hold my breath, and I go, ‘I’m glad I’m not one of these people,’ and then I go back home,” he continued. Kimmel went on to praise the cleanliness of the bathrooms in Japan.
“The bathrooms in Tokyo and Kyoto are cleaner than our operating rooms here. Everywhere you go the bathrooms are clean, they don’t smell bad, they have those toilets that wash you from the inside out,” he marveled. Kimmel also joked that even truck stop restrooms were “cleaner than Jennifer Garner’s teeth — the cleanest. Beautiful.”
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“And it’s not just the bathrooms,” the host added. “People carry their own trash. There are no garbage cans,” Kimmel said, mentioning the 1995 terrorist incident when a man put poisonous sarin gas in trash cans. This resulted in the country removing public trash receptacles and Japanese citizens adapting to dispose of their own garbage.
“They’re like OK, no more trash cans, everybody clean up after yourselves. And guess what — they clean up after themselves! They bring their garbage to their houses,” he added.
“It’s like the whole country is Disneyland, and we’re living at Six Flags,” Kimmel said. “I’ve been home 36 hours, I have never felt dirtier. We are like hogs compared to the Japanese. I can’t imagine what they must think of us. ‘Oh, the garbage people. Yes, the Americans. Garbage.&#8217;”

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Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA ‘Filthy And Disgusting’ After Traveling To Japan: ‘We Are Like Hogs Compared To The Japanese’

Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA 'Filthy And Disgusting' After Traveling To Japan: 'We Are Like Hogs Compared To The Japanese'

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A powerful earthquake hit off the coast of eastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning, leading officials to say at least <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/03/taiwan-japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning-74/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least nine</a> people were killed and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds</a> of others were injured due to the natural disaster.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4/executive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measured</a> the earthquake at 7.4 magnitude, while Taiwan&#8217;s monitoring agency pegged it at 7.2, which would make it the strongest tremor to rock the island in 25 years, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-f086aac0c3082036d1ca77c01828fb28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
News reports said buildings suffered damage, and dozens of people became stuck or lost in places such as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-f086aac0c3082036d1ca77c01828fb28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quarries</a> and national parks. Search-and-rescue teams have been deployed to reach people who are trapped or stranded.
Multiple aftershocks followed the original quake, which led to tsunami warnings in places such as Japan and the Philippines. As reported by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/03/taiwan-japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning-74/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>, Shanghai and China&#8217;s southeastern provinces even felt the earthquake.
&#8220;Disaster response is underway following this morning’s 7.2 earthquake and aftershocks,&#8221; Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen <a href="https://twitter.com/iingwen/status/1775424526404538734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;I’m deeply grateful for the messages of support we have received from around the world, and to our first responders for their life-saving work.&#8221;
Tsai added, &#8220;My heart is with everyone affected. Please keep in touch with loved ones, and stay safe.&#8221;
Images and videos posted to social media showed bridges shaking, debris falling, and even water from swimming pools raining down from towers.
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National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/03/statement-from-national-security-council-spokesperson-adrienne-watson-on-the-earthquake-impacting-taiwan/">statement</a> that said officials at the White House are &#8220;monitoring reports of the earthquake impacting Taiwan and continue to monitor its potential impact on Japan.&#8221;
She went on, &#8220;The United States stands ready to provide any necessary assistance. All those affected are in our prayers.&#8221;
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> Taiwan has been working to improve its early warning system and roll out new building codes to reinforce buildings over the years.
The island is regularly shaken by tremors given that it is situated in the <a href="https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/ring-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pacific &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;</a> known for active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
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CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/asia/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-warning-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit in 2018 near the same area where the tremor happened on Wednesday, Hualien County, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 300 others.
In September of 1999, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan that killed more than 2,400 people, injured 100,000 more, and caused <a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-kills-thousands-in-taiwan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billions of dollars</a> in damage.
USGS <a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=4&amp;day=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> one of the world&#8217;s deadliest earthquakes shook Taiwan in April of 1935, leading to 3,270 deaths, 12,000 injuries, and 39,000 rooms destroyed or severely damaged.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oppenheimer-sweeps-96th-academy-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221;</a> finally opened in Japan on Friday and was met with mixed reactions, eight months after it hit theaters in the U.S.
The Christopher Nolan-directed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oppenheimer-review-the-amazing-christopher-nolan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">film</a> centers on the inner conflict American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer went through in creating the atomic bomb that was used in the destruction of the country&#8217;s cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oppenheimer-japan-reaction-1235862734/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hollywood Reporter.
Speaking to the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/oppenheimer-finally-premieres-japan-mixed-reactions-high-emotions-108645695">Associated Press</a>, Toshiyuki Mimaki, who survived the bombings when he was just a child, said he has been fascinated by the story of the man called &#8220;the father of the atomic bomb.&#8221;
&#8220;What were the Japanese thinking, carrying out the attack on Pearl Harbor, starting a war they could never hope to win,&#8221; Mimaki said in a phone interview with the AP.
&#8220;During the whole movie, I was waiting and waiting for the Hiroshima bombing scene to come on, but it never did,&#8221; he added, after seeing the film.
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Others spoke to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/japan-finally-screens-oppenheimer-with-trigger-warnings-unease-hiroshima-2024-03-29/">Reuters</a> about the film that took home numerous awards at the 2024 Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild awards.
&#8220;Of course this is an amazing film which deserves to win the Academy Awards,&#8221; Hiroshima resident Kawai said, who gave only his family name.
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&#8220;But the film also depicts the atomic bomb in a way that seems to praise it, and, as a person with roots in Hiroshima, I found it difficult to watch,&#8221; the person added, warning that he&#8217;s not &#8220;sure this is a movie that Japanese people should make a special effort to watch.&#8221;
Another Hiroshima resident, Agemi Kanegae, told the outlet, &#8220;The film was very worth watching. But I felt very uncomfortable with a few scenes, such as the trial of Oppenheimer in the United States at the end.&#8221;
While a younger movie goer, 19-year-old student Rishu Kanemoto, said after seeing the movie, &#8220;Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the atomic bombs were dropped, are certainly the victims.&#8221;
&#8220;But I think even though the inventor is one of the perpetrators, he&#8217;s also the victim caught up in the war,&#8221; he added.
Former Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka said, &#8220;From Hiroshima’s standpoint, the horror of nuclear weapons was not sufficiently depicted,&#8221; per a Japanese media outlet. &#8220;The film was made in a way to validate the conclusion that the atomic bomb was used to save the lives of Americans.&#8221;
During an online discussion between director Takashi Yamazaki and Nolan, the &#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221; filmmaker said, &#8220;I feel there needs to [be] an answer from Japan to Oppenheimer. Someday, I would like to make that movie,&#8221; and Nolan agreed, THR noted.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Finally Opens In Japan; Met With Mixed Reactions

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While some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> fans are speculating over whether she’ll put on a surprise performance at the Super Bowl, others are doing the math to figure out if she can get there at all to watch her boyfriend play.
The 34-year-old pop icon was spotted on the field celebrating the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas-city-chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs&#8217;</a> AFC Championship win Sunday night over the Baltimore Ravens, which means they’ll be taking on the San Francisco 49ers at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl">Super Bowl LVIII </a>on February 11 in Las Vegas. Swift was photographed kissing her beau, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 34.
The popular singer has made time to attend several NFL games this season as her romance with Kelce heated up, but making it to Vegas for the Super Bowl poses some logistical challenges. Swift will be performing a scheduled stop of her Eras Tour in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Tokyo</a> on February 10, meaning she’ll have to jet across the Pacific Ocean right after her concert to make it in time for kickoff. 
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Because she’ll be performing in Japan, the seventeen-hour time difference will work in Swift’s favor. 
Swift’s fans on social media figured out that she could pull it off because of the international date line, which runs between the South and North Poles and serves as the boundary between one calendar day and the next. Technically, the “Karma” singer could perform Saturday night and get a full night of sleep before hopping a plane by Sunday evening, Tokyo time, and she’d still land in Las Vegas prior to kickoff at 3:30 P.M. Pacific time.
In this situation, it’s helpful that Swift has her own private jet and won’t have to worry about long layovers.
Fans are eager to see the Grammy Award-winning star cheering on her boyfriend, and so are the advertisers dropping millions on Super Bowl commercials. While some NFL fans aren’t thrilled with how much attention Swift has received at the Chiefs games this season, the fact remains that her presence has boosted television ratings as a whole new demographic of Swifties tunes into professional football for the first time.

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A Boeing 737-800 in Japan carrying 59 passengers and six crew members was forced to turn back mid-flight after a crack developed in the cockpit window. 
The plane, with Japan’s All Nippon Airway, was headed to Toyama airport but was forced to return to Sapporo-New Chitose airport after the crack was discovered. The crack was found in the most outward of four cockpit windows, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-ana-boeing-737-800-flight-turns-back-due-cockpit-window-crack-2024-01-13/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The accident comes as airlines face increased scrutiny over safety concerns amid an uptick in crashes and airplane malfunctions. 
&#8220;The crack was not something that affected the flight&#8217;s control or pressurization,&#8221; an airline spokesperson said. 
Aviation expert John Strickland said the crack may have been caused by the plane hitting a bird or also could have been a stress fracture.
&#8220;These things do sometimes happen, something may have struck the window, for example a bird, a large hailstone, it&#8217;s not unheard of,” he <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67968526" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the BBC. &#8220;You might occasionally get a stress fracture too, from wear and tear.”
The incident comes less than two weeks after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/plane-carrying-379-people-catches-on-fire-after-runway-crash-in-tokyo?ref=mc.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fiery plane crash in Japan</a> and amid widespread airplane safety concerns in the United States. In Japan, a passenger plane carrying nearly 400 people burst into flames after a suspected collision with a Japanese Coast Guard plane in Tokyo. 
Remarkably, all 379 passengers and crew onboard the passenger plane were able to evacuate safely as the plane burned, but five of the six passengers onboard the Coast Guard plane died as a result of the crash, <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2941/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local media.
In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Boeing after a chunk of an Alaska Airlines plane was blown out mid flight causing an emergency depressurizing situation. The plane, a Boeing 737 Max 9 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-going-to-die-alaska-airlines-makes-emergency-landing-after-chunk-of-plane-blown-out-on-nightmare-flight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carrying</a> more than 170 passengers, had to make an emergency landing in Oregon. 
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“This incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again,” the FAA <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/business/faa-boeing-737-boeing-max-investigation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
As a result, the FAA has temporarily grounded all Boeing 737 Max 9 planes and called for more stringent safety inspections. Boeing has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/business/faa-boeing-737-boeing-max-investigation.html">said</a> it will fully comply with the FAA’s investigation and will cooperate “transparently.”
“Safety is our top priority and we deeply regret the impact this event has had on our customers and their passengers,” Boeing spokeswoman Jessica Kowal said in a statement. “We agree with and fully support the FAA’s decision to require immediate inspections of 737-9 airplanes with the same configuration as the affected airplane.”

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Dozens of people have been confirmed dead in Japan as rescuers continue to search for survivors after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/japan-hit-by-7-6-magnitude-earthquake-sparking-tsunami-warnings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rocked Japan</a> on New Year’s Day. 
Authorities in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, the nearest region to the quake’s epicenter, confirmed that at least 48 people had died in the disaster, Tokyo-based news outlet NHK <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2938/">reported</a>. Fire department officials in Wajima City said that at least 25 buildings had collapsed, and firefighters were attempting to rescue people still trapped inside 14 of the buildings. Additionally, officials believe around 200 buildings burned down on a popular tourist street in Wajima City after fires broke out as a result of the earthquake.  
Footage <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2938/">captured</a> by a helicopter flying over the devastation showed numerous buildings leveled and some on fire. Many of the roads leading into the city were reportedly left impassable after the quake, making it difficult for officials and relief workers to get to the affected areas. 
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More than a dozen earthquakes were reported in the Sea of Japan late Monday night local time, the largest of which collapsed buildings and started a fire in Wajima, the city closest to the earthquake’s epicenter. Following the earthquakes, Japanese authorities issued a “major tsunami warning” — the highest-level warning before downgrading the alert to a “tsunami warning” and later a “tsunami advisory.” Japanese authorities have now lifted all tsunami advisories. 
Rescuers are now rushing to save any survivors as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that more earthquakes — potentially reaching around magnitude 7 — could hit the Japanese coast in the coming days. 
Nearly 60,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/01/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-warnings-updates">according</a> to Japanese government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi. Around 30,000 households lost power following the earthquake and 20,000 homes don’t have running water, Hayashi added, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/asia/japan-earthquake.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times. 
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After the earthquakes, a fire reportedly broke out at a nuclear power plant in Ishikawa, but plant operators quickly extinguished it and said there was no impact on the plant, according to Hayashi. No nuclear facilities have reported any increases in radiation levels since the quake.

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A passenger plane carrying nearly 400 people burst into flames after a suspected collision with a Japanese Coast Guard plane in Tokyo on Tuesday.  
All 379 passengers and crew onboard the passenger plane were able to evacuate safely as the plane burned, but five of the six passengers onboard the Coast Guard plane died as a result of the crash, <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2941/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local media. The incident took place on a runway at the Haneda Airport and involved Japanese Airlines flight JL516, which had just arrived from Chitose, a city on Hokkaido, Japan’s second largest island. 
Footage posted online shows passengers running off the plane after it caught fire. 
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&#8220;I felt a boom like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed,&#8221; one passenger told Kyodo news agency, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/fire-breaks-out-plane-runway-japans-tokyo-haneda-airport-nhk-2024-01-02/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters. &#8220;I saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke.&#8221;
Other video showed the plane totally engulfed in flames. The fire <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/plane-fire-lands-japanese-airport/story?id=106040352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blazed</a> for at least two hours as 70 firefighting vehicles arrived to help put out the inferno. 
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Five of the six crew on board a Coast Guard aircraft have been killed, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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The exact cause of the fire and crash is still under investigation by Japanese officials. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel <a href="https://twitter.com/USAmbJapan/status/1742136357055844627" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> prayers for those impacted by the crash.
&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the plane accident at Haneda Airport, especially the missing Japanese Coast Guard personnel who were on their way to help the victims of yesterday&#8217;s Ishikawa earthquake. As we await more information, we commend the professionalism of the flight attendants, crew, and emergency responders who successfully evacuated and saved the lives of all 367 passengers on the JAL flight,&#8221; Emmanuel said. 
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At around the time of the crash, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo told travelers to expect delays due to the crash. 
“Alert: According to media reports, a fire is currently affecting a flight on a runway at [Haneda] airport in [Tokyo]. All flights have been suspended for the time being. Expect disruptions to travel. Follow local authorities&#8217; guidance for more info,” the embassy said. 
According to Japanese outlet NHK, the Coast Guard plane had been preparing to fly to the city of Niigata to help in the wake of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/japan-hit-by-7-6-magnitude-earthquake-sparking-tsunami-warnings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive earthquake</a> that left at least 48 people dead. More than a dozen earthquakes were reported in the Sea of Japan late Monday night local time, the largest of which <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning/">collapsed buildings</a> and started a fire in Wajima, the city closest to the earthquake’s epicenter.

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Residents of Japanese coastal areas were told to evacuate their homes Monday as the country braces for a tsunami after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook the country&#8217;s western coast. Authorities later downgraded the tsunami warnings to advisories while still urging residents to take caution.
More than a dozen earthquakes were reported in the Sea of Japan late Monday night local time, the largest of which <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapsed buildings</a> and started a fire in Wajima, the city closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, Japanese news outlet NHK reported. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/01/japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to The Washington Post, at least six people were &#8220;buried alive&#8221; under rubble when buildings collapsed, citing Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi. 
Immediately following the earthquakes, Japan issued a “major tsunami warning” — the highest-level warning. The Japan Meteorological Agency has now <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240101_151/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">downgraded</a> that alert to a “tsunami warning” as people in the affected areas are still being told to evacuate and seek higher ground. The warning was then downgraded to a &#8220;tsunami advisory&#8221; for &#8220;all prefectures along the Sea of Japan,&#8221; NHK <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240102_08/#:~:text=Japan's%20Meteorological%20Agency%20has%20downgraded,Ishikawa%20Prefecture%20on%20Monday%20afternoon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Residents in affected areas are still urged to evacuate &#8220;until all advisories are lifted.&#8221;
NHK warned that Japanese residents could see rising water levels of up to 16.5 feet, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/japan-issues-tsunami-warnings-orders-evacuations-earthquakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Japan Meteorological Agency also warned that more earthquakes — potentially reaching around magnitude 7 — could hit the Japanese coast in the coming days. 
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More than 30,000 households have lost power, and mobile phone communications are also down for many people, Hayashi said. The chief cabinet secretary stressed the urgency of Japanese residents in affected areas to get to higher ground. 
“Every minute counts. Please evacuate to a safe area immediately,” he said.
At least one person has been <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/magnitude-74-earthquake-strikes-japan-tsunami-warning-issued-2024-01-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> dead from the earthquakes, and multiple others sustained injuries from objects falling on them. After the earthquakes, a fire reportedly broke out at a nuclear power plant in Ishikawa, but plant operators quickly extinguished it and said there was no impact on the plant, according to Hayashi. No nuclear facilities have reported any increases in radiation levels since the quake.
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The last major earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 killed around 20,000 people and resulted in a major nuclear disaster that caused explosions and released radioactive material.

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On December 7, 1941 — while much of Europe was already embroiled in war — the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy&#8217;s base at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy-remembering-pearl-harbor-80-years-later" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pearl Harbor</a>, Hawaii.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt <a href="https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/winter/crafting-day-of-infamy-speech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received word</a> of the attack as he finished lunch that Sunday, and had planned to spend part of the afternoon with his stamp album. (An avid philatelist, FDR&#8217;s stamp collection was once valued at auction to be worth a respectable $80,000.)
Within hours of the attack, however, Roosevelt had begun making plans to respond to the tragedy and to call for a declaration of war — against both Japan and Nazi Germany. A speech that significant would normally have been drafted over a period of 3-10 days, but once the preparations began, FDR had already announced that he planned to speak to Congress the following day.
Since two of the president&#8217;s usual speechwriters — Samuel I. Rosenman and Robert Sherwood — were unavailable, Roosevelt wrote most of his December 8th speech alone. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles submitted a slightly longer speech that touched on events leading up to the December 7th attack, but Roosevelt threw it out and kept his own words.
Biographer Nathan Miller described the scene as Roosevelt dictated the speech — now one of the most famous speeches in American history — to his secretary, Grace Tully.
&#8220;He inhaled deeply on his cigarette, blew out the smoke, and began dictating in the same calm tone he used to deal with his mail,&#8221; Miller wrote. &#8220;He enunciated the words incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and new paragraph. Running little more than five hundred words, the message was dictated without hesitation or second thoughts.&#8221;
Roosevelt did make a few edits after dictating his first draft — including one change that would go down in history. The iconic first line, calling December 7th &#8220;a date which will live in infamy,&#8221; originally read as follows: &#8220;Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in world history, the United States was simultaneously and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.&#8221;
FDR stood before the House of Representatives at 12:30 p.m. the next day — approximately 24 hours after he had learned of the attack — and delivered his message.
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Roosevelt&#8217;s <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1986022.afc1986022_ms2201/?st=text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> began with his response to the attack:
<blockquote>Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.</blockquote>
What followed was a pivot from his assessment of the attack to a request for Congress to move forward with an official declaration of war.
<blockquote>Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong: Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation.
As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.
No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces with the unbounding determination of our people we will gain the inevitable triumph so help us God.
I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.</blockquote>
Congress obliged, passing an official <a href="https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/sj-res-116-declaration-war-japan-december-8-1941#:~:text=On%20December%208%2C%201941%2C%20Congress,388–1%20in%20the%20House." target="_blank" rel="noopener">declaration of war</a> against Japan — S.J. Resolution 116 — that very day. The measure passed in the Senate, 82-0, and in the House, 388-1. Three days later, allied with Japan, Nazi Germany also declared war on the United States. Congress responded with <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/images/documents/sjres119-wwii-germany.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">S.J. Resolution 119</a> just hours later on December 11th. That vote passed the Senate, 88-0, and in the House, 393-0.

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At least one person is dead after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed near the coast of Japan Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said. 
Eight people were aboard the aircraft when it went down around 2:47 p.m. local time. Shortly after the crash, the 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said it dispatched a patrol boat and aircraft to the crash scene, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/asia/us-osprey-aircraft-crashes-japan-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The aircraft crashed into the ocean near the island of Yakushima, which is about 45 miles south of the southern main Japanese island of Kyushu, a coast guard spokesperson <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-military-plane-crashes-sea-japan-osprey-yakushima-rcna127129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News. 
The Japanese Coast Guard said one man was recovered “unconscious and was not breathing” near the site of the crash. He was given CPR and taken to Anbo Port, which was nearly two miles away, but the Osprey crew member was later pronounced dead. No details were given on the status of the other seven crew members. 
Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa said the incident involved a U.S. Air Force  CV-22 Osprey and called the incident an “emergency water landing.” 
“The U.S. side explained to us that the pilot did his best until the very end, so we’re using the term ‘emergency water landing,’” Miyazawa said. 
The CV-22 Osprey can take off vertically like a helicopter while boasting the long-range flight capability of a turboprop aircraft. Its two rotors remain vertical during takeoff and landing and can rotate 90 degrees once the aircraft is in flight, allowing it to fly like a rotor-powered plane. 
Wednesday’s crash marks the third tragedy in the last two years involving U.S. military personnel flying an Osprey aircraft. In August, three Marines were killed and several more were seriously injured when their MV-22B Osprey, which is similar to the CV-22, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3-u-s-marines-killed-several-injured-during-training-exercise-in-australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crashed</a> on a northern Australian island while carrying 23 troops. 
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In June of 2022, all five Marines aboard an MV-22B Osprey died after it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-5-u-s-marines-confirmed-dead-in-military-aircraft-crash-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crashed</a> in California, a few miles north of the U.S./Mexico border. A few months before that crash, four Marines were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-u-s-marines-killed-in-norway-nato-training-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> in Norway during a NATO training exercise after their MV-22B Osprey went down in the Arctic Circle. 
This article has been updated after officials said there were eight, not six, crew members on board the aircraft.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korea</a> launched what it claimed was a spy satellite into orbit on Tuesday, an operation that drew a rebuke from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> and alarm from U.S. allies in the region.
State-run media reported a Chollima-1 rocket launched from North Korea&#8217;s west coast and it &#8220;accurately&#8221; placed the Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite into orbit, per South Korea&#8217;s <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231122000600315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yonhap News Agency</a>.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un himself reportedly observed the launch, which followed two failed attempts earlier this year. Pyongyang cast the latest operation as being part of its &#8220;legitimate&#8221; right to strengthen &#8220;self defense&#8221; and vowed more satellites would follow in &#8220;a short period of time.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> issued a statement saying the United States &#8220;strongly condemns&#8221; North Korea&#8217;s use of ballistic missile technology in &#8220;brazen violation&#8221; of multiple United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions.
National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson added that the launch &#8220;raises tensions&#8221; and &#8220;risks destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond.&#8221;
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South Korea&#8217;s military said it detected the launch from the Tongchang-ri area in the evening local time and that the rocket flew over waters west of the border island of Baengyeong, <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231121010052315?section=nk/nk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which according to Yonhap</a>, came hours before a 10-day launch window North Korea gave to Japan as a safety warning.
South Korean officials believe North Korea was able to make progress with the help of Russia after the technical issues mired the prior two launches this year, as reported by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/world/asia/north-korea-russia-rocket-launch-spy-satellite.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
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Japan as well as South Korea had <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-20/japan-warns-north-korea-after-getting-notice-of-satellite-launch?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> North Korea to halt the launch. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned North Korea against the use of ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. resolutions and said it would pose a &#8220;serious threat that affects the safety of our people.&#8221;
Indeed, following the launch on Tuesday, the Japanese government issued a J-Alert missile warning urging residents in Okinawa to take shelter for a short time, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-spy-satellite-japan-5e16266707e0e4034eca022fde44ffa7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted the Associated Press</a>.
Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-20/japan-warns-north-korea-after-getting-notice-of-satellite-launch?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that officials in South Korea&#8217;s capital of Seoul believe North Korea&#8217;s satellite would be relatively primitive, but the report said it could help foster &#8220;target lists&#8221; as North Korean continues development of missiles meant to carry nuclear warheads.  Meanwhile, South Korea is <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-06/south-korea-plans-to-launch-its-1st-military-spy-satellite-on-nov-30" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planning to launch</a> its first home-built satellite to assist with surveillance efforts at the end of November using one of SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rockets, with more to follow.
President Joe Biden and his national security team are &#8220;assessing the situation in close coordination with our allies and partners,&#8221; Watson said in her statement on Tuesday.
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The U.S. urges &#8220;all countries to condemn this launch and call on [North Korea] to come to the table for serious negotiations,&#8221; she continued. The door has not closed on diplomacy but Pyongyang must immediately cease its provocative actions and instead choose engagement. The United States will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the American homeland and the defense of our Republic of Korea and Japanese allies.&#8221;

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