Japan
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A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing – what’s behind Japan’s ‘bumping’ trend?
Viral video of girl being shoved by fellow pedestrian has reignited debate over butsukari – with experts blami…
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The half-abandoned Japanese island at the heart of tensions with China
Kasasa island, in the Seto Inland Sea, has only seven residents but its fate is strongly intertwined with rela…
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Social climber: Punch the monkey starts to outgrow his Ikea plushie
Japanese baby macaque, who appeared to find comfort in the djungelskog toy after being rejected by his mother,…
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Eight-year-old Australian girl dies in snowmobile accident in Japan
Chloe Jeffries from the Gold Coast in Queensland was holidaying in the Hakuba Valley with her familyFollow our…
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Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister
Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located o…
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‘What’s up with all these monkeys’: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch – but can the Ikea toy help me?
Punch may look sweet with his plushie – but anthropomorphism can’t tell us what a wild animal is truly experie…
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The tragedy of Punch the monkey: why do mother animals abandon their offspring?
Footage of Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque, has gone viral around the world after he was rejected by…
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Osaka stunned by anonymous gift of gold bars to fix ageing water pipes
Mayor says Japanese city will respect donor’s specification that £2.7m gift must be used to repair dilapidated…
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Chinese tourists shun Japan over lunar new year holiday as rift deepens
Japanese prime minister’s refusal to back down over Taiwan comments brings more criticism and travel warnings …
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Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic waters amid rift with Beijing
Japan’s fisheries agency said the vessel failed to comply with an order to stop. The incident comes weeks afte…
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Japanese shares hit record high as Sanae Takaichi wins landslide election victory
Prime minister’s Liberal Democratic party to be pressed on promised tax cuts and fiscal stimulus plansBusiness…
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Sanae Takaichi’s conservatives cement power in landslide Japan election win
Results mean coalition of recently installed PM has supermajority in lower house of parliamentJapan’s conserva…
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Dozens dead after record snow in Japan – and officials warn warmer weather will be treacherous
Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of…
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‘Sana-mania’ grips Japan as ultra-conservative Takaichi expected to secure election landslide
The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits…
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Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’
Authorities scrap Arakurayama Sengen park cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji because of tourists trespass…