Japan
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Record number of babies born to foreign parents in Japan amid political row over migration
More than 20,000 children were born to non-Japanese couples, accounting for more than 3% of all newbornsThe nu…
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Could Japan get its own Thatcher this week? – podcast
A former heavy metal drummer who cites Margaret Thatcher as an influence, Sanae Takaichi could make history th…
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Weather tracker: South-east China swelters in summer-like heat
Inland areas have neared 40C, while in northern China a cold air mass clashed with warmth to produce heavy rai…
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Gary Karr obituary
Four years after retiring in 2001, the double bassist Gary Karr, accompanied by Harmon Lewis, added a farewell…
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‘It made my day more meaningful’: the Japanese gen-Zers attempting a two-hour limit on smartphone use
Authorities in Japan are taking action against excessive phone time – but what is it like to restrict scrollin…
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France is in crisis but bond markets leave other governments at risk of meltdown too
Investors rattled by resignation of French PM but country is not alone in trying to grapple with political mat…
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Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s first female PM, who cites Thatcher as an influence
Takaichi is a rightwing China critic who opposes same-sex marriage and led a migration-focused election campai…
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Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic partyJapan is po…
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Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack – reports
The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those produ…
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Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack – reports
The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those produ…
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‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis
Antagonism toward migrant communities visible in the UK, Europe and the US appears to be spreading to Japan“I …
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Generational change or gender breakthrough, whoever Japan’s next PM is will have a mountain to climb
Two candidates have emerged as favourites to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote ne…
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Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered
Botanist says new Japanese species of dogbane is first evidence of plants copying antsIt’s a stark demonstrati…
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Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback review – anime sleuth wades through a bamboozling bureaucratic maze
A labyrinthine but lively 28th instalment of the hit manga series juggles byzantine intrigue, spies and cop ri…
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UK startup Wayve begins testing self-driving tech in Nissan cars on Tokyo’s streets
London-based AI pioneer in talks to receive $500m investment from Nvidia as it funds its expansion in the US, …
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Stars of track and field: Australian athletes at the World Athletics Championships – in pictures
The green-and-gold squad shone bright in Tokyo. Here is a collection of some of the best photographs from the …
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‘Japanese first’: the mini-Trump on the rise as population crisis bites
The nationalist policies of Sohei Kamiya’s party, Sanseito, are drawing a mix of youth voters, disaffected con…
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Happyend review – Orwellian Japanese high-school drama is brilliantly dystopian
Teen romance and paranoid surveillance collide to dysfunctional effect in Neo Sora’s beguiling debut future se…
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Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture
Devastating twister packs gusts of up to 168mph, injuring 89 people and leaving trail of destructionJapan has …
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From ‘hellhole’ UK to anti-Muslim rhetoric in Japan, Charlie Kirk took his message abroad
The US rightwing activist also addressed supporters in South Korea and visited Greenland with Donald Trump JrC…