Japan
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Japan’s record-breaking snowfalls – in pictures
Snowbanks reach shoulder height and tourists visit giant icy sculptures of baseball players as northern half o…
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‘You can’t progress without a struggle’: Ukrainian sumo star Aonishiki on the next step, and life back home
The 21-year-old, who is close to becoming the first European yokozuna or grand champion in Japan, is motivated…
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Australian man dies skiing in Japan days after Queensland snowboarder killed in ski lift accident
The 27-year-old died after reportedly collapsing while skiing with friends near a Niseko ski resortGet our bre…
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Family of Australian woman who died after Japanese ski lift accident remember their ‘beautiful girl’
Tributes for Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day recall a ‘cherished team mate’ who had an ‘infectious sense of …
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Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught
Woman, 22, thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest after being dragged along the snow and suspended mid-airF…
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Living hell of North Korea’s ‘paradise on Earth’ scheme back in spotlight in Japan
Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generati…
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Snow and freezing cold may shape outcome of Japan’s snap general election
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges her decision to call early poll could prove challenging for voters …
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‘I lost part of my heart’: last of Japan’s pandas leave for China as ties fray
Hundreds at zoo in Tokyo say farewell to Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, as China ends ‘panda diplomacy’ with JapanHund…
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Black and white and sent back over: end of panda diplomacy as Japan returns bears to China
The departure of pandas will leave legions of Japanese admirers bereft, but it is also symptomatic of a dramat…
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Japan pauses restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant one day after it went online
Operator says it does now know when the problem at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province will be so…
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Shinzo Abe’s killer sentenced to life in prison over shooting of Japanese former PM
Abe was killed by Tetsuya Yamagami in 2022 while campaigning in the city of Nara, a shooting that shocked Japa…
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Chinese tourists shun Japan in wake of Taiwan invasion row
Number of high-spending Chinese tourists visiting Japan halved last month after PM said an invasion of Taiwan …
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Japan’s prime minister calls snap election as approval ratings ride high
Sanae Takaichi tells senior figures in ruling Liberal Democratic party she plans to dissolve lower house on 23…
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15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, resi…
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Cymbal of unity? South Korea and Japan leaders bash out K-pop hits after summit talks
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung had his work cut out, picking up his drumsticks alongside Japanese PM San…