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Wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ grips Japan’s restaurant world
Signature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants po…
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Tokyo same-sex marriage ruling ‘a step forward’, say campaigners
Court rules same-sex marriage ban is constitutional but says lack of legal protection is human rights violatio…
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Japan begins inquiry into Unification church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing
Investigation will focus on church’s finance and organisation amid public dismay at extent of its links to rul…
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South Korea apologises after missile fired in response to North Korea test crashes
Live-fire drill with the US supposed to be a show of strength, but ended in embarrassment and caused alarm amo…
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North Korea fires missile over Japan prompting warnings for residents to shelter
Launch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017North Korea…
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Kamala Harris hits out at North Korea’s ‘provocative nuclear rhetoric’ on DMZ visit
Pyongyang fired ballistic missiles into the sea just hours before US vice-president arrived in SeoulThe US vic…
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State funeral for Shinzo Abe held in Tokyo amid controversy
Public anger at cost of ceremony for former PM and revelations over his party’s ties to religious groupA state…
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US and South Korea begin largest military drills for years as North ramps up tensions
The show of force is expected to prompt an angry response from Pyongyang and follows failure of Trump-era poli…
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North Korea rejects Seoul’s ‘absurd’ offer of economic aid for denuclearisation
Sister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korean president and says it is his ‘great dream’ to get the North to trad…
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Hanae Mori, renowned Japanese fashion designer, dies at 96
Nicknamed ‘Madame Butterfly’, Mori was the first Japanese designer to make it in the world of French haute cou…
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Japan ministers visit war shrine as South Korea calls for end to historical tensions
Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war c…
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Kim Jong-un fell ‘seriously ill’ during North Korea Covid crisis, his sister says
Kim Yo-jong says regime leader had a ‘high fever’, a byword for coronavirus in the country, as it claims victo…
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Family and friends of Shinzo Abe attend private funeral in Tokyo
Members of the public pay their respects to former prime minister outside Buddhist templeFamily and friends of…
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North Korea blames Covid-laden balloons sent from South for virus outbreak
Experts sceptical of claim, as state media urge citizens to watch out for ‘alien things coming by wind’North K…
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Don’t swipe, write: Japanese city encourages daters to send love letters
Matchmaking initiative in Miyazaki has brought together 17 couples, as Japan battles falling birthrateJapan’s …