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IOC’s Dick Pound voices concern after host city declared state of emergency due to third wave of coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, has said he “can…
Read MoreJapan denounces ruling as ‘unacceptable’ as row over sexual enslavement of women in the second world war enters new chapterJapan has denounced as “utterly unacceptable” a South Korean court ruling ordering it to pay damages to women who were sexually e…
Read MoreRecord number of coronavirus cases reported sparking fears hospitals will be overwhelmedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has declared a state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area afte…
Read MoreAnimal rights groups demand animal’s release but locals claim its size and strong currents are making it hard to freeAnimal rights campaigners have demanded the immediate release of a minke whale that has been trapped for more than two weeks in nets in…
Read MoreRunaway success of the story of Tanjiro – a boy who shows remarkable resilience in the face of obstacles – comes despite the coronavirus pandemicNot even a pandemic has been able to stop an animated film set a century ago from becoming Japan’s highest-…
Read MoreNorway extends UK travel ban; Japan refuses arrivals from South Africa; Turkey requires all arrivals to provide proof of negative test Japan and France report cases of coronavirus variant found in UKSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has poste…
Read MoreCases emerge as Russia becomes latest country to tighten controls on travel from BritainSee all our coronavirus coverageFive cases of the new coronavirus variant spreading fast across the UK have been found in Japan, and Russia has become the latest co…
Read MoreAllegations over dining expenses risk tarnishing Abe’s legacy and could weaken Yoshihide SugaProsecutors in Japan have questioned the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, over a funding scandal that could harm the country’s current leader, Yoshihide Suga…
Read MoreShoko Arai says she was ‘punished’ for making accusation against mayorA former assembly member in Japan who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the mayor of the town she represented has spoken out, claiming residents were unduly pressured into voting…
Read MoreSelf-defence forces called out to provide food, blankets and fuel to motorists after sudden snowfallMore than 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country.The first …
Read MoreSupport for Yoshihide Suga plunges as his travel policy is blamed in part for rise in infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period as Japan’s prime minister had barely begun when coronavirus in…
Read MoreShinji Aoba was arrested after attack in July 2019 in which 36 people diedJapanese prosecutors have charged a man with murder over the 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation in which 36 people died, the country’s national public broadcaster has reported,…
Read MoreTakahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing nine people he befriended online after they expressed suicidal thoughtsA court in Japan has sentenced to death a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” for the murders in 2017 of nine people whom he befriended online a…
Read MoreTiny boat swept away in 2011 disaster may have reached the waters off the US west coastA fishing boat has reappeared on the shores of Japan almost a decade after it was swept out into the Pacific – and possibly as far as the west coast of the United St…
Read MoreDementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for daysOfficials in Japan have warned that dementia and the fraying of traditional community ties are contributing to a new social phenomenon – people wh…
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