Japan
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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…
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle review – battle anime brings the visual flair
In the first of a film trilogy, teenage Tanjiro seeks vengeance for his murdered family in what is a great tas…
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Japan’s next PM will face a problem that won’t go away with Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation
The ruling Liberal Democratic party is still grappling with the fallout from a years-old funding scandal that …
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Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections
Public broadcaster says prime minister has made decision to avoid divide within his Liberal Democratic partyJa…
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Japan’s second in line to emperor’s throne comes of age amid succession debate
Teenage Prince Hisahito’s elaborate ceremony overshadowed by questions over royal family’s male-only successio…
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Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second …
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The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes | Editorial
Liz Truss fell not for borrowing, but for incompetence. Rachel Reeves mustn’t repeat the mistake with rules ma…