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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing three people being swept away by a tidal wave is viral online with the false claim that the video is from Japan's recent earthquake. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video shows a tidal bore that occurred in Indonesia in December 2021. A 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on January 1, followed by a tsunami on Japan's western coast. Rescue operations have begun and the death toll of the earthquake has reached 48. Countries including Russia and South Korea have issued tsunami warnings as well. The viral video shows a...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of a man being detained by Japanese immigration officials is being shared with the false claim that he is a Muslim from Somalia who was arrested and later deported for molesting several women. BOOM found that the claims are false and the man was an asylum seeker who was detained for staying in Japan illegally. The 1:40 minutes long video shows the man being restrained by multiple officials as he yells, "I cannot go back". Some of the officials are also seen sitting on his legs in order to hold him. A caption on X reads, "In Japan, a Somalian muslim molested a numbe...
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By Srijit Das An old video of scaffolding collapse from a multi-storey building in Japan in 2016 is being shared online falsely claiming that the video is from Türkiye and shows the impact of an aftershock. BOOM found that the video is old and is from Japan and not connected to the devastating earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria. A powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, has claimed over 16,000 lives so far with the death toll expected to rise further. The video is being peddled with a caption that states, "Turkey, which is already facing severe economic chal...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video showing cars on a highway being rattled by a powerful earthquake in Tokyo, Japan in 2011 is being shared online claiming it is from the recent devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria on Monday. Three quakes of 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0, hit Turkey’s southern regions on February 6, 2023, causing widespread destruction in Turkey and in neighboring Syria. Another 5.6 tremor struck on Tuesday as well. The death toll at the time of writing this fact-check was reported to be around 4,983 people. Several old videos of earthquakes are being recycled against this backdro...
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By Sk Badiruddin A collage of three old images showing different angles of a littered dressing room has been shared on social media with a false claim that it shows an unclean dressing room of Japan after its loss to Costa Rica in the 2022 FIFA World Cup match. BOOM found that the images show Italy's dressing room following a World Cup play-off match defeat to North Macedonia in March, 2022. Videos of Japanese fans cleaning the stadium and collecting trash left behind by World Cup spectators in Qatar after the matches are over have emerged on the internet. The Japanese fans have been lauded fo...
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By BOOM Team North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile over Japan which landed in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. This is the first time since 2017 that North Korea fired a missile. The missile landed in the Western Pacific about 3,200 kilometres east of Japan,Bloomberg quoted officials in Tokyo as saying. Even though no damage was reported, this has escalated the tensions in the region. Here are the latest updates on the missile launch by North Korea: Also Read:Svante Pääbo's Ancient DNA Research Reflects On What Makes Us Human What happened?The missile was launched by North Korea on Tue...
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By Sourit Sanyal Super typhoon Hinnamnor, the largest typhoon in 2022, is likely to affect several regions in Taiwan, Japan, China and the Philippines. While the Meteorological Agency of Japan issued a warning saying the typhoon was rapidly advancing towards the southern islands of Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan also issued weather warnings. Japan's weather agency prompted warnings for residents of these southern islands to seek shelter before the typhoon worsens the dangerous situation, The Japan Times reported. Okinawa received strong winds as the typhoon moved closer to the islands on Th...
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By Srijit Das Several photos of United States comedian Sam Hyde are viral on social media misidentifying him as the gunman who shot the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe (67) was assassinated on July 8, 2022, while giving a speech on a street in Nara city, Japan during a political campaign. The former prime minister collapsed on the street after he was shot and succumbed to death following the attack. Security officials at the scene tackled the suspected gunman and a 41-year-old suspect is currently in police custody, reported BBC News. In the aftermath of the shooting several pho...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - the country's longest serving prime minister, and the architect of 'Abenomics' - succumbed to his injuries on Friday at the age of 67 after being shot while campaigning for ongoing elections. He served two distinct times as prime minister, which spanned four terms during which he is also linked to attempting to make amendments to the country's constitution, which has never been amended since it was imposed on the country by the Allies post the Second World War. He resigned in 2020 due to health concerns, as he was chronically ill ...
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