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Two killed, 350,000 urged to flee as Typhoon Nangka lashes Japan
Two people were killed making preparations for a strong tropical storm that swept across western Japan on Friday and left more than 30 injured.
China warns Japan not to backtrack on WW2 apology
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to clearly express remorse for his nation’s World War Two actions or risk “rubbing salt in the wounds”...
Japan to start from scratch on Tokyo Olympic stadium plan
Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs Friday and said it will reopen bidding for a new plan,...
Two killed, 350,000 urged to flee as Typhoon Nangka lashes Japan
Two people were killed making preparations for a strong tropical storm that swept across western Japan on Friday and left more than 30 injured.
Japan poised to send troops abroad for first time since WWII
Controversial security bills that opponents say will undermine 70 years of pacifism and could see Japanese troops fighting abroad for the first time since...
Bamboo-zled: Scientists find pandas do nearly nothing at all to survive
Pandas are really cool - burning up exceptionally few calories in order to survive on their meagre bamboo diet, scientists have learned.
Pandas bamboo-zle scientists by doing nothing at all to survive
Pandas are really cool - burning up exceptionally few calories in order to survive on their meagre bamboo diet, scientists have learned.
Bullet train horror at 300kmh as ‘suicide fire’ kills two passengers
Two people are dead and many others injured after a reported suicide attempt on a bullet train in Japan on Tuesday.
Man sets himself alight on Japan bullet train, second passenger dies
Two passengers on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train died after one doused himself in oil and set himself ablaze on Tuesday, media reports said.
Constitutional questions grow over Japan PM’s military plans
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge to the U.S. to increase Japan’s military contribution internationally is facing more questions...
1.25 million cases of personal data leaked in Japan pension system hack
Japan’s pension system has been hacked with more than a million cases of personal data leaked.
Where did that come from? Japan ‘grows’ extra 300m of coastline
Japan has grown in size after a 300m-long strip of new coastline emerged from the sea, rising up to 10m-high in some places. The expansion of the...
Where did that come from? Japan grows additional 300m of coastline
Japan has grown in size after a 300m-long strip of new coastline emerged from the sea, rising up to 10m-high in some places. The expansion of the...
Japan to bolster laws after drone lands on Abe’s office roof
Japan will strengthen legislation governing unmanned aircraft after a small drone appeared to have fallen Wednesday onto the roof of the office of Prime...
Japan to bolster laws afterdrone lands on Abe’s office roof
Japan will strengthen legislation governing unmanned aircraft after a small drone appeared to have fallen Wednesday onto the roof of the office of Prime...
Radioactive drone lands on roof of Japanese Prime Minister’s office
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office and tested positive for small amounts...
Radioactive drone lands on roof of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office and tested positive for small amounts...
Denmark bans bestiality, New York may rule that chimps are ‘legal persons’
Denmark passed legislation on Tuesday banning bestiality, toughening a law that animal rights activists feared was encouraging animal sex tourists to visit...
Japanese court orders nuclear reactors to stay offline
A court has issued an injunction ordering two nuclear reactors in western Japan to stay offline, rejecting regulators’ safety approval of the reactors’...
U.S. and Japan trust each other but both wary of China: poll
Over seven decades after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and dragged the United States into a global war, Americans and Japanese overwhelmingly trust each...
Playing a sorry tuna: Only one bluefin remains after mass deaths in aquarium
Experts have been left baffled after nearly 160 fish mysteriously died in an aquarium at a Japanese sea life park in the last four months. Just one...
4 years later, Japan’s tsunami victims frozen in their tragedy
Japan on Wednesday commemorates the fourth anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster that swept away thousands of victims and sparked a nuclear crisis,...
Four years on, Japan’s tsunami victims frozen in their tragedy
Japan on Wednesday commemorates the fourth anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away thousands of victims and sparked a nuclear crisis,...
'I feel ready for action': Prince William turned into a samurai warlord
With a sword in his hand, a glittering helmet on his head and a regal tunic on his shoulders the Duke of Cambridge looked every inch a samurai warlord...
Healthy increase in wild panda numbers in China
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. According to a census by China’s State Forestry Administration, the panda population has grown by 268...
Police seek guide who raped Japanese student in northern India
A police search is on for the ‘guide’ who allegedly drugged and raped a Japanese student sightseeing in Northern India.
Pope’s sex abuse commission alarmed by spanking comment
Members of Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission have criticized his remarks that it is OK for parents to spank their children, saying there is no place...
Japan’s leader defends handling of hostage crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended his policy toward terrorism, as the flag at his official residence flew at half-staff Monday in a mark of mourning...
IS silent on fate of Japanese hostages after $200m ransom deadline passes
A clock counting down to the killing of Japanese hostages by Islamic State has reached zero - but the militant group has yet to break its silence on the...
Mother of Japanese hostage pleads for his release as IS deadline passes
A deadline by Islamic State militants to pay ransom for two Japanese hostages passed on Friday, with no immediate word on the fate of the captives. The...
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