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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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‘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…
- Chornobyl nuclear disaster, Fukushima, Japan, Environment, Japan disaster, Nuclear power, Nuclear waste, Family, Life and style, Animals, Waste, Pollution, World news, Asia Pacific, Energy
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…
- AI (artificial intelligence), Japan, Technology, Virtual reality, Computing, World news, Musicals, Asia Pacific, Anime, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! review – trippy anime adapted from Japanese folk dives into virtual reality popworld
Emojis explode all over the screen in this hyperactive adaptation of a Japanese folk tale about a princess who…
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Japan’s prime minister calls snap election as approval ratings ride high
Sanae Takaichi tells senior figures in ruling Liberal Democratic party she plans to dissolve lower house on 23…
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15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, resi…
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Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser seeks meaning in pointless Japanese role-play drama
Fraser plays a hapless Tokyo-based actor working for a firm that offers bespoke therapeutic role-play services…
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Escape review – notorious Japanese revolutionary tells story of country’s most wanted criminal
Director Masao Adachi – formerly of the Japanese Red Army – on the infamous Satoshi Kirishima, who went on the…
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Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure i…
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‘Tuna King’ pays record £2.4m for giant bluefin at Tokyo auction
Kiyoshi Kimura will turn prized 243kg fish into sushi rolls selling for £2.4o at his restaurant chainA sushi e…
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‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise
Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destinationThe…
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Female MPs in Japan seek to flush out sexism with call for more toilets
PM Sanae Takaichi joins petition asking for better facilities for women to match improved representationNearly…
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Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power…
- Fukushima, Japan, Environment, Japan disaster, Nuclear power, World news, Renewable energy, Asia Pacific, Energy, Wind power
‘People are wrestling with the burden’: Japan pivots to focus on nuclear power ‘maximisation’ alongside renewables
Post-Fukushima nuclear closures of dozens of reactors forced the country to rely heavily on imported fossil fu…
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Bells and whistles: how our reporter prepared for visiting bear hotspot – video
The town of Osaki has been making the headlines as a bear hotspot as Japan reels from a year of record ursine …
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Japanese town reeling from year of record bear encounters
Bears are becoming a growing problem in some of Japan’s urban areas as they are forced to venture further in s…
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Boy, 5, killed after arm trapped in ski resort travelator in Japan
Hinata Goto reportedly fell as he was trying to get off the 30-metre-long walkwayA five-year-old boy has died …
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Sony collars Snoopy in £340m deal to take control of Peanuts franchise
Japanese conglomerate raises to 80% its stake in firm that owns the intellectual property created by Charles S…
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Nissan begins production of new electric car in Sunderland
Launch of third generation of Leaf follows investment of more than £450m into model, including £300m direct to…
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‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography
Unfettered love for late photographer in France and elsewhere stands in contrast to occasional reservations in…