Japan
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Dozens dead after record snow in Japan – and officials warn warmer weather will be treacherous
Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of…
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‘Sana-mania’ grips Japan as ultra-conservative Takaichi expected to secure election landslide
The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits…
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Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’
Authorities scrap Arakurayama Sengen park cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji because of tourists trespass…
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Japan’s record-breaking snowfalls – in pictures
Snowbanks reach shoulder height and tourists visit giant icy sculptures of baseball players as northern half o…
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‘You can’t progress without a struggle’: Ukrainian sumo star Aonishiki on the next step, and life back home
The 21-year-old, who is close to becoming the first European yokozuna or grand champion in Japan, is motivated…
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Australian man dies skiing in Japan days after Queensland snowboarder killed in ski lift accident
The 27-year-old died after reportedly collapsing while skiing with friends near a Niseko ski resortGet our bre…
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Sham review – Takashi Miike revisits infamous ‘murder teacher’ trial in unflinching courtroom drama
Based on a real-life case of a teacher charged with abusing a child, Japan’s master of the extreme doesn’t sit…
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Family of Australian woman who died after Japanese ski lift accident remember their ‘beautiful girl’
Tributes for Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day recall a ‘cherished team mate’ who had an ‘infectious sense of …
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‘Work of art’: Japanese volleyballer takes sorry to extremes with headfirst sliding apology
Yuji Nishida’s dramatic gesture after accidentally striking courtside judge with ball seen by millionsIf Yuji …
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Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught
Woman, 22, thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest after being dragged along the snow and suspended mid-airF…
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US, UK, EU, Australia and more to meet to discuss critical minerals alliance
About 20 countries including G7 states in talks on rare earths including calls for US to guarantee minimum pri…
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Living hell of North Korea’s ‘paradise on Earth’ scheme back in spotlight in Japan
Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generati…
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Young Japanese voters adore their new conservative PM. But that doesn’t mean they are shifting to the right | Karin Kaneko
Sanae Takaichi may seemingly have old-fashioned values, but it’s her economic offering that has captured young…
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Samurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory
British Museum, London Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillat…
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Snow and freezing cold may shape outcome of Japan’s snap general election
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges her decision to call early poll could prove challenging for voters …
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Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo
From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lif…
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‘I lost part of my heart’: last of Japan’s pandas leave for China as ties fray
Hundreds at zoo in Tokyo say farewell to Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, as China ends ‘panda diplomacy’ with JapanHund…
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The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on…
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Black and white and sent back over: end of panda diplomacy as Japan returns bears to China
The departure of pandas will leave legions of Japanese admirers bereft, but it is also symptomatic of a dramat…
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Japan pauses restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant one day after it went online
Operator says it does now know when the problem at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province will be so…