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Local authorities in Hokkaido issued and then retracted an alert that warned the missile could fall on the islandA missile launch by North Korea on Thursday morning caused fear and confusion in Japan after a government-run alert system warned residents…
Read MoreKim Ju-ae attends anniversary military parade and banquet at which Kim Jong-un praises ‘strongest army in the world’North Korea has put on its biggest display yet of long-range missiles at a parade to mark a key military anniversary, as speculation gro…
Read MoreAfter years of delays, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries admits building Japan’s first homegrown passenger jet was too difficult and probably not viableJapan has abandoned plans to build its first homegrown passenger jet after years of technical setbacks and…
Read MoreSignature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants posted video clips of themselves meddling with dishesThere are breaches of etiquette – drenching your rice in soy sauce, for one – and then ther…
Read MoreCourt rules same-sex marriage ban is constitutional but says lack of legal protection is human rights violationA court in has ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex couples viol…
Read MoreInvestigation will focus on church’s finance and organisation amid public dismay at extent of its links to ruling partyJapan’s government has launched an investigation into the Unification church, five months after the former prime minister Shinzo Abe …
Read MoreLive-fire drill with the US supposed to be a show of strength, but ended in embarrassment and caused alarm among nearby residentsNorth and South Korea tensions explained in 30 secondsSouth Korea’s military has apologised after a missile it launched dur…
Read MoreLaunch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017North Korea has launched a intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan for the first time in five years, prompting the government to urge pe…
Read MorePyongyang fired ballistic missiles into the sea just hours before US vice-president arrived in SeoulThe US vice-president, Kamala Harris, has condemned North Korea’s “provocative nuclear rhetoric” during a trip to South Korea that included a visit to t…
Read MorePublic anger at cost of ceremony for former PM and revelations over his party’s ties to religious groupA state funeral for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been held in Tokyo amid public anger over the cost of the ceremony and …
Read MoreThe show of force is expected to prompt an angry response from Pyongyang and follows failure of Trump-era policy of engagementThe US and South Korea have begun their biggest joint military drills in years – a show of force that is expected to raise ten…
Read MoreSister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korean president and says it is his ‘great dream’ to get the North to trade away its nuclear weaponsThe powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has angrily rejected North Korea’s offer of economic assistan…
Read MoreNicknamed ‘Madame Butterfly’, Mori was the first Japanese designer to make it in the world of French haute coutureHanae Mori, the Japanese fashion designer who broke into the world of French haute couture almost half a century ago, has died aged 96, he…
Read MoreJapan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminalsJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, sent a ritual offering to a controversial war shrine on Monday – the anniversary of Japan’s def…
Read MoreKim Yo-jong says regime leader had a ‘high fever’, a byword for coronavirus in the country, as it claims victory over the virus North Korea has declared a “shining victory” in its battle with Covid-19, amid suggestions from Kim Jong-un’s sister that h…
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