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Owner of UK chip designer Arm may float some of firm’s shares in London
Japan’s SoftBank still likely to conduct IPO in New York but could secure secondary listingThe Japanese owner …
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G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas
Ministers from world’s biggest economies reach agreement that could shift estimated $33bn a year to clean ener…
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Queen’s A Night at the Opera inspires Japanese take on Romeo and Juliet
A Night at the Kabuki, which shifts the star-crossed lovers to 12th-century Japan, will visit London on an int…
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Japanese premier warns of Ukraine-style invasion by ‘autocratic powers’
Kishida also promised increased reliance upon nuclear power for future energy independenceBoris Johnson and Ja…
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Stonehenge exhibition explores parallels with Japanese stone circles
Objects never before seen outside Japan will be part of show on site’s similarities to Jōmon monumentsThey wer…
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Ministers are old enough, but not wise enough to go it alone | Brief letters
A remake worth watching | Strongman myth | Boris Johnson’s ‘secret’ trip | Drama in schools | Ukrainian visa b…
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Muscle strengthening lowers risk of death from all causes, study shows
Half an hour a week of activities such as gardening, sit-ups or yoga could help reduce the risk of dying from …
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Pfizer launches Omicron vaccine trial; UK reports highest daily deaths since February – as it happened
Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 c…
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Interest in anime and K-pop drive boom in Korean and Japanese degrees
More students now study Korean than Russian, and Japanese than Italian, report showsInterest in anime, gaming …
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Pandemic hits mental health of women and young people hardest, survey finds
Survey also finds adults aged 18-24 and women more concerned about personal finances than other groupsCoronavi…
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UK royals’ Japanese artefacts to go on display at Buckingham Palace
Exhibition will include items amounting to ‘one of finest’ holdings of Japanese art in the westJapanese treasu…
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Coronavirus treatments: the potential ‘game-changers’ in development
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promi…
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Aukus deal ‘ties UK into Indo-Pacific and sends message to China’
Key purpose of defence agreement is signal it gives to Beijing, Australia’s former defence minister tells MPsA…
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Apple concedes on ‘anticompetitive’ restrictions in App Store
‘Reader apps’ such as Spotify, Netflix and Kindle will be able to share links to help users manage accountsApp…
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Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony – in pictures
The best images from the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo Continue reading...
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Afghanistan: what does each nation hope to get out of the G7 meeting?
Analysis: Tuesday’s meeting called by Boris Johnson may include postmortem on Joe Biden’s handling of crisisTh…
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Wider, stronger, longer: Channel 4’s coverage will break Paralympic record
With more than 17 hours of daily sport, the broadcaster is claiming to have the world’s best Tokyo packageWhen…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan set to extend state of emergency as Sydney records deadliest pandemic day
Japan is reportedly set to extend it state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions while Sydney has reported s…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan experts urge nationwide state of emergency as Sydney suffers worst pandemic day
Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW annou…
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Sony profits soar as it benefits from home entertainment boom
Semiconductor shortage means production volumes of PlayStation 5 fall short of demandCoronavirus – latest upda…