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Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used a…
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A crappy day out: Melbourne’s poo museum is now open for business
The new Instagram-ready space is a celebration of defecation, wrapped up in the Japanese kawaii aesthetic. Tob…
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Blue Giant review – electrifying animation captures the ecstasy of live music
A sublime score from Hiromi Uehara drives this coming-of-age-anime, which brings three young jazz musicians to…
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Japan’s Slim moon lander overcomes power crisis to start scientific operations
Moon probe starts taking pictures of lunar surface after bumpy landing left its solar cells pointing in the wr…
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24 in 2024: equal rights, clear skin and being a witch in Japan
Student and ‘apprentice witch’ Miho Suzuki is set to enter the workforce and hopes Japan can shrug off its hor…
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‘It’s not an Oedipus complex’: why Japan’s ‘silver porn’ market is booming
An industry making older women the centre of attention appeals to some actors; and as Japan’s society ages, de…
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Kyoto anime studio fire: Japanese man sentenced to death for arson attack that killed 36
Japan media reported Shinji Aoba held a grudge against the studio when he doused the entrance in petrol and se…
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Women in Japan allowed to take part in ‘naked festival’ for first time
Women will take part in the hadaka matsuri in Inazawa, in which thousands of men dressed in next to nothing dr…
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Pokémon with guns: why Palworld could become 2024’s biggest game
This survival adventure from a relatively small Japanese studio sold 5m copies within three days of its releas…
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Reinventing the eel: first lab-grown eel meat revealed
Wild freshwater eels are at risk of extinction due to overfishing but their meat can now be cultivated from ce…
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Japan becomes fifth country to put spacecraft on moon as lander reaches lunar surface – video
Japan has become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon after its Smart Lander for Investigating Mo…
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Japan’s Slim spacecraft lands on moon but struggles to generate power
Jaxa space agency says lander’s solar panels may not be angled correctly, after apparently flawless descentJap…
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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened
Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricityJapan’s Sl…
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The race for the moon – podcast
The space race of the 20th century put the first person on the moon. Now a new race to the lunar surface – wit…
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Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ lander heads for touchdown on lunar surface
If all goes to plan, Jaxa’s lander will make Japan the fifth country ever to land on the moonJapan is on final…
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Ex-MLB star Trevor Bauer criticized for apparent support of US Navy officer jailed in Japan
Bauer criticized in Japan for apparent support of Ridge AlkonisEx-MLB star signed with Yokohama after release …
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Uniqlo sues Shein over ‘imitation’ banana-shaped ‘it’ bag
Petition demands online retailer stop immediate sale of bags and compensation for damages incurredBusiness liv…
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US-bound plane returns to Tokyo after man allegedly bites flight attendant
Incident reportedly happened on All Nippon Airways flight with man, 55, arrested after plane brought back to T…