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Police arrest suspected gunman and free hostage at Japanese post office
Man detained after eight-hour standoff at building in Warabi and earlier shooting at nearby hospitalJapanese p…
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Dekotora: the decorated trucks of Japan – a photo essay
Photographer Julie Glassberg has been documenting the misunderstood alternative culture based around brightly-…
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Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food
Amid lack of acorns and beechnuts in natural habitats, bears have injured 158 people and killed two since Apri…
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【2024年金改正速報】｢主婦年金廃止！年15万円の負担増｣とは｡年収106万円の壁 改悪いつから【会社員扶養･パート･アルバイト/社会保険/厚生年金/国民年金第3号被保険者/岸田首相･増税メガネ】
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Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water
The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and …
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Rail is best for a crowded island | Letter
Robert Walls salutes Japan’s high-speed trains and says they have the edge over travel by carCathy Swann says …
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Japan court rules mandatory sterilisation of people officially changing gender unconstitutional
Judges reject requirement for trans people to remove reproductive organs for state-recognised gender changeA l…
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Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levelsA rise in the…
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‘For me it represents the death of the future’: Johny Pitts on Lost in Translation at 20
Sofia Coppola’s idiosyncratic 2003 film made a huge impression on the young Johny Pitts. Two decades on, the w…
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Japan, with a twist: the provincial town that hosts people from 49 countries
Ōizumi has welcomed foreign workers and boasts everything from Brazilian supermarkets to Turkish kebab shopsAn…
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Pokémon no go: Van Gogh Museum stops free cards amid tout chaos
Booming resale market for cards featuring Pikachu in style of Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Grey Felt HatThey …
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Weighty issue: Japan Airlines lays on extra plane after sumo wrestlers make aircraft too heavy to fly
Concerns over fuel capacity with wrestlers onboard led to national carrier taking the ‘unusual step’ of transf…
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Ambiguous Japanese eco-drama wins London film festival top prize
Evil Does Not Exist, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, is about community’s fight against ‘glamping’ developmentA…
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Japan’s floating world, Britain’s lakes of paint and California’s sculpted light – the week in art
Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first pro…
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Japan asks court to strip Unification church of religious status
Move comes after assassination of former PM Shinzo Abe and growing criticism of fundraising activitiesJapan’s …
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Japan: Myths to Manga review – kids, can you see the rabbit grinding rice on the moon?
Young V&A, LondonJapan’s rich folklore has hugely influenced movies, manga, anime and video games, as this…
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History of the Mackintosh: 200 years of the classic raincoat
Invented by the Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, the rainproof overcoat first went on sale in Glasgow in 18…
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Manhole covers become collector’s items in Japan
Kyoto to sell its obsolete manhole covers in a bid to cash in on the public’s fascination with the decorated p…
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Sizzling hunks, street smash-ups and kabuki rebels: the dazzling photography of Daidō Moriyama
The enigmatic Japanese photographer, who took some of the 20th century’s most compelling images, is finally ge…
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Three bears that holed up in factory in Japan are captured and killed
Official calls for use of hunting guns in towns to be made legal amid rise in number of marauding bearsThree b…