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Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death
Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing nine people he befriended online after they expressed suicidal though…
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‘Stealing our culture’: South Koreans upset after China claims kimchi as its own
Agriculture ministry drawn in to row after state media prompts backlash with claims that China leads global ki…
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South Korea detains suspected defector who crossed heavily fortified border
North Korean man was seen crossing barbed wire before being picked up in the demilitarised zone South Korea ha…
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Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings
Analysts say emotional speech suggests Kim is feeling pressures on his leadership linked to Covid and nuclear …
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Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, now ‘de facto second in command’
Ruler cedes some powers to sibling, according to Seoul, who will be responsible for relations with US and Sout…
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Japan recognises dozens more survivors of Hiroshima in landmark ruling
More than a dozen ‘black rain’ plaintiffs died during legal battle to prove people living further away also su…
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‘Unforgivable’: Japan decries wartime sex slave statue likened to PM Shinzo Abe
Pair of bronze statues shows a male figure kneeling and bowing before a ‘comfort woman’ in South KoreaJapan ha…
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Japan backs out of costly US missile system despite ‘imminent threat’ from North Korea
Decision raises possibility Japan would create its own first-strike capability, which some say violates its co…
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Kyoto Animation arson suspect arrested after 10 months of burns treatment
Thirty-six people died in atrocity that is Japan’s deadliest blaze since 2001Police in Japan have arrested the…
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Kim Jong-un reappears in North Korea after weeks of speculation – reports
North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a ferti…
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Kim Jong-un reappears in North Korea after weeks of speculation – reports
North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a ferti…
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Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat eels who are forgetting humans exist
Sensitive creatures are starting to hide when keepers walk past, as a result of the lack of visitorsCoronaviru…
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South Korea and China play down Kim Jong-un ill-health claims
North Korean leader has not been seen in public for days and reports said he had undergone heart surgerySouth …
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Japan and South Korea tighten borders as US faces up to 200,000 Covid-19 deaths
Governments ban entry to foreigners and announce quarantine measures as Donald Trump says keeping US deaths to…
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Coronavirus: death toll passes 3,000 worldwide as second person dies in US
South Korea reports 599 new cases and Indonesia confirms its first infections Latest coronavirus updatesThe gl…