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Japan to reopen to foreign tourists after two-year pandemic closure
Government to allow in tourists from 98 countries and regions next month – but only as part of tour groupsSee …
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‘Peeing is very easy’: Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after documenting life on ISS
Yusaku Maezawa spent 12 days at the space station, marking Russia’s return to space tourism after a decade-lon…
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Japanese anime One Piece to air its 1,000th episode in 80 countries
Cartoon series, starring Monkey D Luffy, started life as a manga in 1997 and is a record seller as a comic boo…
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Japan’s former princess Mako begins new life as ‘commoner’ in New York
Mako Komuro arrives with husband in US, leaving behind her royal status after months of public outcry and fren…
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‘Roar, roar, roar!’ Japan rolls out rock music against bear attacks
Authorities hope rock’n’roll song will help people of Iwate prefecture stay safe as number of bear sightings r…
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‘Free and open’: Quad leaders call for ‘stable’ Indo-Pacific in veiled China dig
Joe Biden meets leaders of Australia, India and Japan in latest effort to cement US leadership in Asia US pres…
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Japan’s race for new prime minister kicks off with tight battle for leadership
Four candidates vying for head of the Liberal Democratic party include two women hoping to lead a country that…
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Rescuers search for survivors in Japanese town hit by deadly landslide
Twenty people are still missing and two are dead after houses were obliterated in the mudslideMore than 1,000 …
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Bear shot dead after rampage through Sapporo in Japan
Animal ‘exterminated’ after it bounded through the city, injuring four peopleHunters have shot and killed a br…
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Tokyo Olympics: more than 80% of Japanese oppose hosting Games – poll
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency on Friday as the nation battles a fourth wave of Covid infecti…
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Covid-19: India’s hospital crisis deepens, Tokyo goes under state of emergency
US restarts Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, New Zealand excludes Western Australia from bubble, EU pledges…
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Everything you need to know about the plan to release treated Fukushima water
Japan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversyFukushima…
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US, Japan, South Korea pledge co-operation in dealing with North Korea
Diplomats from three countries said they ‘shared their concerns’ about Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missi…
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Japan marks 10 years since triple disaster killed 18,500 people
Huge waves swept across swathes of the north-east coast after one of the strongest quakes ever recorded, trigg…
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Japan tsunami: remains on beach identified as victim of 2011 disaster
Family of Natsuko Okuyama ‘extremely happy’ after remains identified as those of 61-year-old woman who went mi…
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Japanese billionaire looking for people who ‘push the envelope’ for moon flight
Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, needs to fill eight spare seats on the lunar spaceship being develop…
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Japanese woman hid mother’s body in freezer for 10 years over fear of being evicted
The 48-year-old reportedly told police she was worried she would be forced to move out of the flat she shared …
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Kyoto Animation arson suspect charged with murder in Japan
Shinji Aoba was arrested after attack in July 2019 in which 36 people diedJapanese prosecutors have charged a …
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Asteroid samples leaves Japanese scientist ‘speechless’
Scientists hope dust will shed light on formation of universe and offer clues about how life began on EarthSci…
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Carlos Ghosn: UN tells Japan treatment of ex-Nissan boss ‘fundamentally unfair’
UN says former executive should be compensated for ‘arbitrary’ detention, though it made no judgment on allega…