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Dying man tells police he was on Japan’s most wanted list for 50 years
Now deceased man said he was Satoshi Kirishima who was allegedly member of radical group in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Japan’s salarymen opt for ultra-cheap lunches as food prices continue to rise
Higher costs as a result of Ukraine war, supply chain issues and effects of Covid force...
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Taiwan election: global leaders draw Beijing’s ire for congratulating new president
China urges US, UK and Japan not to interfere in ‘China’s internal affairs’ after they congratulate...
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Boeing plane returns to airport in Japan after crack found in cockpit window
All Nippon Airways flight was en route to Toyama airport when crack found in window of...
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Japan prosecutors make first arrest in financial scandal engulfing ruling party
Tokyo district public prosecutors’ office says it has arrested Yoshitaka Ikeda, a former vice-education ministerProsecutors in...
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Woman in 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan earthquake
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude...
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Japan earthquake death toll reaches 100 as more survivors pulled from rubble
Number of missing lowered to 211 as thousands of troops join rescue effort and experts warn...