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Japan can't seem to get a break. After the devastating TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011, a super typhoon nicknamed Jelawat struck Japan's main island of Honshu on Sunday claiming the life of at least two people and leaving more than 100 injured, according to the latest reports.
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- Toyota To Use Prius Hybrids To Supply Household Appliances With Electricity!
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- Subaru Also Extends Production Halt At All Car Plants In Japan
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- Toyota Extends Production Halt At All Japanese Plants Until March 22
The ongoing disaster in Japan caused by Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami is forcing many automakers to extend production halts on domestic plants well into next week. Today, Toyota announced that it has decided to continue the vehicle-production...
- Honda, Nissan And Toyota Donate $3.75 Million Each For Earthquake Relief In Japan
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Watch a Typhoon in Japan Blow Away a Minivan as if it were a Toy
Japan can't seem to get a break. After the devastating TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011, a super typhoon nicknamed Jelawat struck Japan's main island of Honshu on Sunday claiming the life of at least two people and leaving more than 100 injured, according to the latest reports.
And mind you, Jelawat is actually the second powerful tropical cyclone to hit the region in the past two weeks…
A video shot by U.S. Marine Joseph M. Nolan at the American Marine base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa demonstrates the sheer power of the typhoon when the violent winds of up to 234 km/h (145 mph) hurled a minivan into the air and across a residents' parking lot.
Read more »- Oops…toyota 86 Coupe Drifts Into A Metal Barrier In Japan
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