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Takashimaya to increase security after theft of 24-carat gold teaware from unlocked display boxA golden teacup worth more than 10m yen (£52,100) has been stolen from a department store in Tokyo after being showcased in an unlocked box.The teacup, made …
Read MoreEffigy recovered in 2009 after being thrown into Osaka river by jubilant fans but is in poor state and will be disposed ofA plastic statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder, Colonel Sanders, that was a lucky charm for superstitious Japanese baseball …
Read MoreUnmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it survived the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency has said.The unm…
Read MoreJoint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companiesThe world’s biggest operational experimental nuclear fusion reactor – a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity’s future ener…
Read MoreMan detained after eight-hour standoff at building in Warabi and earlier shooting at nearby hospitalJapanese police have captured a suspected gunman who holed up at a post office and have rescued a member of staff who was held hostage, NHK television r…
Read MoreEnnosuke Ichikawa detained after both parents found unconscious at his Tokyo home last monthOne of Japan’s best-known kabuki actors has been arrested on suspicion of assisting in his mother’s suicide after both parents were found unconscious at his hom…
Read MoreDozens injured amid flooding from heavy rains caused by remnants of former typhoon Mawar, with new warnings issued near TokyoHeavy rain across parts of Japan killed one person, left two missing and injured dozens more, authorities said, with thousands …
Read MoreHealth ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill is to become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved a drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.Abortio…
Read MoreDentsu Group charged after arrest of Tokyo 2020 committee official accused of rigging Games-related tendersJapan’s biggest advertising agency and five other companies have been indicted for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption sca…
Read More‘Thermal effect’ of high-neck jumpers and scarves will save electricity during energy crisis, says governorThe governor of Tokyo has urged people to wear a turtleneck this winter to stay warm and reduce energy consumption.Yuriko Koike said wearing turt…
Read MoreMale identified as one of a group of monkeys that have wounded 49 people and counting in YamaguchiHunters on the trail of a group of monkeys that have attacked and wounded nearly 50 people in western Japan have caught and killed one of them.Officials i…
Read MoreDefence ministry also sounds alarm at prospect of Beijing-Moscow ties deepening amid expectations Tokyo will boost defence spendingJapan’s defence ministry has said it is alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and has growing worries about Taiwan, in an …
Read MoreFusako Shigenobu, who served 20 years for French embassy siege, believed to have masterminded deadly Tel Aviv attackThe founder of one of the most feared terrorist organisations of the 1970s has walked free from a Japanese prison after completing a 20-…
Read MoreJuntendo University medical school made it harder for females to pass entrance examsA medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams has been ordered to pay compensation to 13 women for gender discrimination.Junt…
Read MoreDoctor’s condition grave after attack in Fujimino near Tokyo as police confirm man aged 50 to 70 in custody A Japanese man has been arrested for the attempted murder of a doctor he allegedly took hostage overnight, reports said on Friday.The suspect is…
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