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Re-arm, reassure and spend big: how the Asia Pacific is responding to a new era under Trump
The US president has upset global norms in the space of weeks, spurring a flurry of defence spending, diplomat…
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Yayoi Kusama: why this 96-year-old artist’s show is the most popular in Australian history
By the time the NGV exhibition of works by the Japanese favourite ends, more than half a million people will h…
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Kaiju No 8: Mission Recon review – the fury and rawness of battle as monsters keep coming
A high school-style training academy is the setting for Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya’s punky anime tale of…
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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 price by 25% as Trump tariffs bite
PS5 digital price in UK would rise to £430 and €500 in Europe as Japanese games developer cites ‘challenging e…
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Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?
Fifty-five years since Osaka last hosted, rocks from Mars, domestic androids and artificial hearts are part of…
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Feeling’s mutual: Japan ambassador’s love of UK makes him social media star
Pint at the pub, vinegar on fish and chips, and Welsh national anthem are all part of a day’s diplomacy for Hi…
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Will Trump’s tariff chaos be China’s gain in global trade wars?
As China retaliates against tariffs, it is also making strategic manoeuvres on EU and Asia to maximise opportu…
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Wall Street dives as hopes wane for tariff delays; US says it will implement 104% tariff on China – business live
US stock market closes with stocks down after volatile trading day as investor hopes for concessions and delay…
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Donald Trump says he is not looking at pausing tariffs as US markets close after rocky day – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest news reports here:Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs…
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‘Skyrocketing’ demand for matcha raises fears of shortage in Japan
Fuelled by social media, a global boom is outstripping production of the powdered green teaThe appearance of t…
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World reacts to Trump’s sweeping ‘liberation day’ tariffs – video
Leaders around the world have reacted with a mix of a mix of confusion and concern after Donald Trump announce…
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Monaka wears her cyclops mask to work: Niccolò Rastrelli’s best photograph
‘Japan is the mecca of cosplay. Monaka runs a cafe in Tokyo called Monster Party, where people go dressed as c…
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Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict
Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa pr…
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End of an era for Canada-US ties, says Carney, as allies worldwide decry Trump’s car tariffs
Canadian PM says Donald Trump has permanently altered relations, as countries around the globe insist import t…
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Donald Trump announces new 25% tariffs on cars from overseas – video
Trump announced plans for long-promised tariffs of up to 25% on automotive imports, widening the global trade …
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Tokyo court orders dissolution of ‘Moonies’ Unification church
Assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe spurred official request for closure of South Korea-based sectA…
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Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan
Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murde…
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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru review – British wartime tragedy told with potent empathy
This enthralling Chinese documentary about the torpedoing of a Japanese freighter carrying 1,816 British PoWs …
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‘Like a game of black-belt level Jenga’: inside the ancient art of Japanese carpentry
From the earthquake-defying joints that support a 13th-century temple to the delicacy of sashimono puzzle boxe…
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‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life
From watching classic samurai movies to rendering the unique way light falls on Japan’s mountainsides and mode…