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ISLAMABAD: Governor of Osaka Prefecture of Japan Ichiro Matsui on Thursday called on Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the federal capital and expressed his desire to further strengthen economic cooperation between Pakistan and Japan.   

TOKYO: A powerful quake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring scores of others, according to an official tally. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million people. However, there was no large-scale destruction and no tsunami warning issued after the earthquake, although commuters were stranded and tens of thousands were left…

TOKYO: Two people were feared dead Tuesday after an apparent suicide attempt on board a moving shinkansen bullet train in Japan, a spokesman for the operator told AFP.