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Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba faces uncertain future after losing upper house majority
Ballot heaps pressure on Ishiba’s minority government just as it attempts to negotiate deal to avert Trump tar…
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Japanese prime minister fires aide over anti-LGBTQ+ remarks
Fumio Kishida says official’s comments ‘outrageous and completely incompatible with policies’The Japanese prim…
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Japanese creator of hit manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! dies aged 60
Kazuki Takahashi found in snorkelling gear floating in the sea off coast of Okinawa, reports sayA Japanese art…
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Japan prepares to reopen to tourists for first time since 2020
‘Test tourism’ to begin in May in the form of limited package tours as a way of gathering information prior to…
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Japan tourist boat sinking: child among 11 confirmed dead
Fifteen remain missing as questions grow as to why the Kazu I sailed in rough weather off the hazardous Shiret…
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US and Japan draw up joint military plan in case of Taiwan emergency – report
US would set up bases from a Japanese island to Taiwan and deploy troops, with Japan providing logistical supp…
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Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours
Prototype uses carousel of canisters to create flavour samples on hygienic film over flatscreen TVA Japanese p…
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Scientists use ostrich cells to make glowing Covid detection masks
Japanese researchers use bird antibodies to detect virus under ultraviolet lightCoronavirus – latest updatesSe…
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Japan names and shames citizens for breaching Covid quarantine rules
Officials said the three tried to avoid authorities after returning from abroad, sparking a social media flurr…
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Japan’s suicide rate rises 16% in second wave of Covid, study finds
Rise in July to October, particularly among women and children, contrasts with decline in first waveCoronaviru…
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Abe insists Olympics to go ahead as planned despite Covid-19
Japan’s prime minister says country will host Games ‘without problem, as planned’Follow the latest updatesCoro…
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Fukushima radioactive water should be released into ocean, say Japan experts
Build-up of contaminated water from wrecked nuclear plant has been sticking point in clean-up likely to take d…
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Typhoon Hagibis: Japan orders evacuations as storm arrives
Flights grounded, trains halted and supermarkets shut, while rugby and F1 Grand Prix also affectedHundreds of …