Mari Yamaguchi, Author at Valley News

Smoke billows from a Kyoto Animation buildin in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, July 18, 2019. The fire broke out in the three-story building in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, after a suspect sprayed an unidentified liquid to accelerate the blaze, Kyoto prefectural police and fire department officials said.(Kyodo News via AP)

Man shouting ‘You die’ kills 33 at Japanese animation studio

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 18, 2019

TOKYO — A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked the country and brought an outpouring of grief from anime…

A whale is unloaded at a port in Kushiro, in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, Monday, July 1, 2019. Japan is resuming commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal seen as a largely lost cause. Japan's six-month notice to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission took effect Sunday.(Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan resumes commercial whaling despite low demand

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 1, 2019

Scattered objects lie in the room of a damaged house in Suita, Osaka, following an earthquake Monday, June 18, 2018. A strong earthquake has shaken the city of Osaka in western Japan. There are reports of scattered damage including broken glass and concrete. (Kyodo News via AP)

4 Killed in Japan Earthquake

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Ken Moritsugu Associated PressJune 19, 2018

In this May 19, 2018, photo World War II veteran Joseph Sasser, of Carthage, Miss., attends a 75th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Attu in Anchorage, Alaska. Dover was an American soldier who took part in the May 1943 effort to reclaim Alaska's Attu Island from the Japanese. It was the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

The Forgotten WWII Battle

by Mark Thiessen Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMay 27, 2018

Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. CEO Shigehisa Takada bows at the beginning of a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, June 26, 2017. Takata Corp. has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs related to its production of defective air bag inflators. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)

Takata Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJune 27, 2017

This screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows a track of the route of the container ship ACX Crystal that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off Shimoda in the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2017, killing seven U.S. sailors. The track of the container ship’s route by MarineTraffic shows it made a sudden turn as if trying to avoid something at about 1:30 a.m., before continuing eastward. It then made a U-turn and returned around 2:20 a.m. to the area near the collision. (MarineTraffic via AP)

Japan Probes Delay in Ship Collision Report

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJune 20, 2017

This 2013 photo released by Uruma City Board of Education shows an excavation site where 10 coins including a few likely dating to the Roman Empire were found at Katsuren Castle in Uruma on Japan's southernmost prefectural island of Okinawa. The 10 copper coins were unearthed in December 2013 at the 12th-15th century Katsuren Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, during an annual excavation for study and tourism promotion by the board of education in Uruma, a city in central Okinawa. While the find has yet to be submitted for publication in an academic journal, an outside expert is convinced that the coins are real. (Uruma City Board of Education via AP)

Roman Coins ID’d in Japanese Ruins, But Their Origin Baffles

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressOctober 19, 2016

Police officers conduct a search operation near a house destroyed by landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan Sunday, April 17, 2016. After two nights of earthquakes, flattened houses and triggered major landslides in southern Japan, 91,000 people had evacuated from their homes, according to a Kumamoto prefectural official. (Naoya Otsuka/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Earthquakes Kill 41 in Japan

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Yuri Kageyama Associated PressApril 17, 2016

Stones from a wall of Kumamoto Castle lie in the street following an earthquake, Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Kumamoto, southern Japan. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region and killed several people. (Yohei Nishimura / Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

2nd Quake Rocks Japan

by Emily Wang Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressApril 15, 2016

Stranded people gather outside a town hall of Mashiki, after an earthquake in Kumamoto, southern Japan, Thursday, April 14, 2016. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has struck southern Japan, collapsing walls and a number of houses. (Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Earthquake Kills 9 in Japan Injures More Than 760 in Japan

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressApril 14, 2016