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Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan ‘hiding in a musical instrument case’
His ‘big adventure’ reportedly involved his wife, a Gregorian band and ex-special servicesCarlos Ghosn reporte…
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Carlos Ghosn’s escape puts spotlight on the former aide left behind
Ex-Nissan boss’s flight to Lebanon also renews focus on Japan’s much-criticised justice systemCarlos Ghosn is …
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Who is Carlos Ghosn?
In Japan the car industry titan gained superstar status for saving Nissan but his fall from grace has been ste…
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Carlos Ghosn, ousted Nissan boss, says he has fled ‘Japanese injustice’
Lawyers question how the executive, who had been banned from leaving Japan, had managed to escape without any …
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Seven bodies found on suspected North Korean fishing boat in Japan
Experts say vessel was possibly travelling far out to sea for bigger catchesSeven badly decomposed bodies were…
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How Japan has fared in 30 years since the stock market bubble burst
Nostalgia for the good times has been a coping mechanism for the world’s third largest economyOn 29 December 1…
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Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly reports North Korea missile launch
Amid rising tension, NHK says rocket launched into sea off Hokkaido before apologising for errorJapan’s public…
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Isoko Mochizuki, the ‘troublesome’ thorn in Shinzo Abe’s side
Tokyo Shimbun journalist says she is buoyed by ‘ordinary people’ to shrug off abuse and efforts by Abe’s admin…
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Japan and South Korean leaders meet to seek way out of row
Shinzo Abe and Moon Jae-in holds talks in China – their first in 15 months amid dispute over colonial era forc…
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Fight to become Japan’s gyoza capital gently simmers
Utsunomiya’s culinary obsession with dumplings dates back to the end of the war, but the city has a new rival …
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Former SBS reporter Scott McIntyre arrested in Japan, reportedly over search for his children
Exclusive: Australian journalist has been detained at a police station in western Tokyo since his arrest on 28…
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Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims
News agency says diplomatic dispatches contradict claims that so-called ‘comfort women’ worked willinglyThe Ja…
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Japanese aid chief among six dead in Afghanistan attack
Japanese prime minister among those to pay tribute after Tetsu Nakamura is killed in deadly ambush on carThe h…
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Radiation hotspots ‘found near Fukushima Olympic site’
Greenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurredGreenpeace has said it detected…