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Mud engulfs houses and cars as island of Kyushu bears brunt of annual rainy season that is worsening with climate changeSix people died and three others were missing after the “heaviest rain ever” triggered floods and landslides in south-west Japan.The…
Read MoreWhile some are expected to keep using the old system, 86% say they will adopt the international system in their everyday livesAll South Koreans have instantly become a year or two younger, as the country ditched its traditional – and increasingly unpop…
Read MoreNato statutes ‘clearly limit the scope to North Atlantic’, official says, with reports that president Macron personally objects to the ideaFrance is unenthusiastic about a proposal for Nato to open a liaison office in Japan, an official has said, days …
Read MoreState media say the projectile plunged into the sea, after briefly sparking emergency warnings in South Korea and Japan North Korea’s first spy satellite launch has ended in failure after its second stage malfunctioned, sending the projectile plunging …
Read MoreLocal authorities in Hokkaido issued and then retracted an alert that warned the missile could fall on the islandA missile launch by North Korea on Thursday morning caused fear and confusion in Japan after a government-run alert system warned residents…
Read MoreKim Ju-ae attends anniversary military parade and banquet at which Kim Jong-un praises ‘strongest army in the world’North Korea has put on its biggest display yet of long-range missiles at a parade to mark a key military anniversary, as speculation gro…
Read MoreAfter years of delays, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries admits building Japan’s first homegrown passenger jet was too difficult and probably not viableJapan has abandoned plans to build its first homegrown passenger jet after years of technical setbacks and…
Read MoreSignature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants posted video clips of themselves meddling with dishesThere are breaches of etiquette – drenching your rice in soy sauce, for one – and then ther…
Read MoreCourt rules same-sex marriage ban is constitutional but says lack of legal protection is human rights violationA court in has ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex couples viol…
Read MoreInvestigation will focus on church’s finance and organisation amid public dismay at extent of its links to ruling partyJapan’s government has launched an investigation into the Unification church, five months after the former prime minister Shinzo Abe …
Read MoreLive-fire drill with the US supposed to be a show of strength, but ended in embarrassment and caused alarm among nearby residentsNorth and South Korea tensions explained in 30 secondsSouth Korea’s military has apologised after a missile it launched dur…
Read MoreLaunch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017North Korea has launched a intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan for the first time in five years, prompting the government to urge pe…
Read MorePyongyang fired ballistic missiles into the sea just hours before US vice-president arrived in SeoulThe US vice-president, Kamala Harris, has condemned North Korea’s “provocative nuclear rhetoric” during a trip to South Korea that included a visit to t…
Read MorePublic anger at cost of ceremony for former PM and revelations over his party’s ties to religious groupA state funeral for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been held in Tokyo amid public anger over the cost of the ceremony and …
Read MoreThe show of force is expected to prompt an angry response from Pyongyang and follows failure of Trump-era policy of engagementThe US and South Korea have begun their biggest joint military drills in years – a show of force that is expected to raise ten…
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