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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...
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All Australians on Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames confirmed safe
Only eight Australians were on the Japan Airlines flight that crashed in Tokyo rather than the...
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Japan Airlines pilots in Tokyo plane crash had to be told of fire by cabin crew – report
Flight attendants needed permission from cockpit to open emergency exits, broadcaster reportsPilots on a Japan Airlines...
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Japan jet crash: passenger plane was cleared to land, airline says
In a recording from the control tower apparently taken before impact, a voice can be heard...
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Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 62 amid warnings of landslides and aftershocks
Ishikawa and its Noto peninsula, one of the worst affected areas, has been hit by more...
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Japan earthquakes: search continues for people trapped under rubble; plane on fire at Tokyo airport – latest updates
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, says country faces ‘battle against time’ to rescue people as at...
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Japan earthquakes: ‘battle against time’ to find those trapped under rubble as death toll rises
The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, have left 48 dead and...
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Japan issues tsunami warning and tells residents to evacuate after strong earthquakes – live
Japan Meteorological Agency issues tsunami warnings for coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and ToyamaThe first reports...
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Japan issues tsunami warnings for west coast after 7.6 magnitude earthquake
Japan Meteorological Agency warnings apply to Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures• Japan quake: latest updatesJapan has...