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‘I couldn’t say no’: anger grows over topless medical exams in Japan schools
Parents and campaigners have called on education and health authorities to end the practice of requiring child…
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Weather tracker: At least three dead as Typhoon Shanshan barrels through Japan
Severe gusts and heavy rain leave dozens injured and more than 250,000 homes without powerTyphoon Shanshan has…
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Japan: landslide buries house while country prepares for powerful typhoon – video report
Firefighters in Japan rescued a survivor from a house badly damaged in a deadly landslide in central Japan. Th…
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Japan says airspace violation by Chinese spy plane ‘utterly unacceptable’
Two-minute incursion by military surveillance aircraft comes amid regional tensions in Asia-PacificJapan has c…
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Weather tracker: Pacific hosts two hurricanes and a typhoon
Hurricane Gilma spares damage as Hurricane Hone passes close to Hawaii and Typhoon Shanshan approaches JapanTh…
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Owner of 7-Eleven stores receives buyout offer from Canadian rival
Proposal to Tokyo-based Seven & i by ACT could become biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese firmThe owner…
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down in September
Kishida’s three-year term has been marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spendingJapan’s p…
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US ambassador to skip Nagasaki bomb commemoration over Israeli exclusion
City’s mayor says Israel not invited because of risk of protests at event honouring victims of 1945 nuclear bl…
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Earthquake strikes off Japan’s coast and triggers tsunami warning
No immediate signs of damage reported after 6.9-magnitude quake hits off eastern coast of KyushuA powerful ear…
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Japanese stocks soar after massive sell-off shook global markets
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closes more than 10% up with other Asia markets rebounding on TuesdayBusiness live – …
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Shares in New York and London tumble on fears of US recession
FTSE 100 on track for its lowest close since April and Japan’s Nikkei suffers biggest fall since crash of 1987…
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Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall
Europe’s main indices all decline and Japanese equities suffer worst day since 2020 while gold hits fresh reco…
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Australian government ‘deeply disappointed’ by Japan’s decision to expand commercial whaling target list
Japanese government confirms it will allow whalers to catch and kill up to 59 fin whales, a species conservati…
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Japan’s rice stocks drop to lowest level in decades amid tourist boom and poor crop yields
Japan’s agriculture ministry blames shortage on tourists’ vast demand for rice and low crop yields last yearJa…
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Supporters of arrested Sea Shepherd founder say parallels with Julian Assange are ‘disturbing’
Allies of the 73-year-old anti-whaling activist Paul Watson have said that prison time would amount to a ‘life…
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Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis
Consultation launched as surveys show people have little chance to meet partners and worry about high cost of …
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Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive
Goze – women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments – are all but forgotten in Japan but R…
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Sessue Hayakawa: cinema’s forgotten sex symbol who was saved from death by his dog
The brooding and brilliant Japanese actor rivalled Rudolph Valentino but battled orientalist caricature before…
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Japan’s LGBTQ+ photo weddings – in pictures
Unable to marry legally in Japan, LGBTQ+ couples are celebrating their bond in traditional kimonos, suits and …
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Donald Trump rally shooting: world leaders condemn political violence
Presidents and prime ministers denounce shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania and wish him a quick recoveryT…