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Japan ‘directly approaching’ Iran-backed Houthi rebels over hijacked cargo ship
Rebel group claimed car carrier was Israeli-owned but Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said country was not involved in ownership or operation
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Flush with success: how a British designer helped transform Japan’s toilets
Architect Miles Pennington took part in the Tokyo Toilet Project scheme which has modernised the city’s outdated public conveniences
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Gunman takes hostages in Japanese post office after hospital shooting
Police equipped with riot shields evacuate immediate area around the building where 10 staff and customers are believed to be being held
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Japan to fell millions of trees as part of plan to help hayfever sufferers
The government will fund large-scale felling operations near major cities in a bid to help those affected by "sugi" trees breathe easier
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Japan releases radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific
The move has prompted anger from neighbouring countries, including China, which has now banned all Japanese fish imports
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How homeless children survive on North Korea’s freezing streets
Joseph Kim was forced to fend for himself from the age of 12 after his sister had been sold as a bride to a Chinese man
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Emmanuel Macron accused of kowtowing to China by blocking Nato office
Japanese government deeply disappointed with the French president’s rejection of a new base in Tokyo
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The disastrous truth about Fukushima – and how it changed Japan forever
A new Netflix series dramatises the fight to prevent another Chernobyl-style meltdown. But what really happened at the nuclear power plant?
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What goes in the world's most expensive ice cream - at £5,000 a scoop
Rare white truffles, cashew nuts and ‘ginjo’ sake go into ‘Byakuya’ ice cream from Tokyo - and it's topped with edible gold flakes
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Japanese take smiling lessons after Covid restrictions are lifted
Business is booming for local authority and private classes that teach a country how to use facial expressions once more
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How a culture of silence helped Japan’s Jimmy Savile get away with decades of child abuse
Johnny Kitagawa was revered for forging the careers of many of the country’s best-known artists but allegations had long swirled around him
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North Korea fired new 'advanced' missile possibly using solid fuel
Japan puts residents on alert but weapon splashes down in the sea
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Kim Jong-un's daughter wears £1,500 Dior coat as North Koreans suffer
Public appearances fuel speculation that dictator's second child is being groomed for power
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Japan takes gloves off and boosts military spending in face of China’s ambitions on Taiwan
Japan has been constrained in its military spending since 1945, but the new annual budget is up by 26 per cent to ¥6.82 trillion
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Japan opens suicide hotline for schoolchildren as deaths hit new peak
Government rushes to help pupils anxious over their studies as data show 512 young people took their own lives last year
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Prison for North Korean parents who let their children watch Hollywood films
The regime warned it will no longer be lenient with them as it intensifies its efforts to eradicate foreign movies and TV shows
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