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Boy, 5, killed after arm trapped in ski resort travelator in Japan
Hinata Goto reportedly fell as he was trying to get off the 30-metre-long walkwayA five-year-old boy has died …
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North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s daughter makes international debut fuelling succession speculation
Kim Ju-ae’s arrival in Beijing ahead of China’s victory day military parade show she is her father’s preferred…
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Amid stifling summers Japan warns of future restrictions on children’s sport
As soon as 2060, global heating may send temperatures high enough to stop children in most parts of country fr…
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Japan walks line between recession and submission as it seeks to overcome Trump tariffs
Japanese negotiators have just days before the end of Trump’s 90-day pause on punishing tariffs to pull off a …
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Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
Photographs of leader with soldiers’ coffins were displayed at a gala concert marking anniversary of military …
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Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?
Fifty-five years since Osaka last hosted, rocks from Mars, domestic androids and artificial hearts are part of…
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Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict
Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa pr…
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Arrest standoff shows defiance of impeached South Korean president
Yoon Suk Yeoul has vowed to ‘fight to the end’ as he resists attempts to hold him accountable amid political c…
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South Korea’s second impeachment in two weeks is latest twist in political saga
Removal of acting president Han Duck-soo is part of a rancorous battle for the country’s constitutional future…
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South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president Han Duck-soo
Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law…
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Japan relaxes bear-shooting laws amid rise in attacks
Authorities relax laws to make it easier for hunters to carry out ‘emergency shootings’ when bears are spotted…
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‘I couldn’t say no’: anger grows over topless medical exams in Japan schools
Parents and campaigners have called on education and health authorities to end the practice of requiring child…
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North Korea may have executed officials over flood response, reports say
South Korea’s intelligence service says it has ‘detected signs’ Kim Jong-un ordered executions of 20-30 offici…
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Court orders Japanese government to pay damages over forced sterilisations
Japan’s supreme court rules that practice under now-defunct eugenics law was unconstitutionalJapan’s supreme c…
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Japan to allow divorced parents to share custody of children
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts p…