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Tens of thousands stranded after Japan floods

One person is missing after days of heavy rain in Japan. Tens of thousands are stranded after river banks burst in cities north of Tokyo. National

10/09/2015

Economy

Japan shares bounce back after Tuesday's fall

Japanese stocks have soared, staging their biggest advance since the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008. The Nikkei 225 jumped 7.7

09/09/2015

Japan

Japan: Naraha lifts Fukushima evacuation order

People have been returning to the Japanese town of Naraha after it officially lifted an evacuation order imposed following the Fukushima nuclear

05/09/2015

Sport

Olympic 2020 logo scrapped amid plagiarism claims

Organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have scrapped the Games logo following allegations of plagiarism by a Belgian designer. Although

01/09/2015

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Preparing for the next great shake

01/09/2015

Japan

Large protests in Japan against plans to expand military role

Plans to change Japan’s pacifist constitution and allow the military to fight overseas drew tens of thousands of opponents to protest outside

30/08/2015

Economy

Japanese consumers still not spending enough

Consumer spending in Japan unexpectedly fell in July, threatening the country’s gradual recovery. The development puts more pressure on policymakers

28/08/2015

Japan

Boost in power output delayed at Japan's Sendai nuclear reactor

A planned power increase from the first Japanese nuclear reactor restarted since the Fukushima meltdown has been delayed. Kyushu Electric last week

21/08/2015

Japan

Japan emperor expresses "deep remorse" at WWII commemorations

Japanese Emperor Akihito marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Saturday (July 15) with an expression of “deep remorse” over the

15/08/2015

Japan

Japan's Abe gives no fresh apology on WWII anniversary

"Profound grief" expressed but no fresh apology from Japan on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

14/08/2015

Japan

Japan switches nuclear power back on four years after Fukushima

Japan has switched on its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster four years ago. The government shut all its plants after the 2011

11/08/2015

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Nagasaki protesters' concern over Japan's pacifist constitution

10/08/2015

Japan

Nagasaki: marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb

A bell tolled and there was a minute’s silence to mark the moment 70 years ago when the Japanese city of Nagasaki was obliterated by an atomic bomb

09/08/2015

Japan

Hundreds rally against security bills as Nagasaki marks bomb anniversary

As Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of its atomic bombing, hundreds have attended a rally to protest planned security bills, which they say could

09/08/2015

Japan

Japan holds ceremony to mark 70 years since devastating Nagasaki atomic bomb

Japan has marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb that devastated the city of Nagasaki with a ceremony attended by Japanese dignitaries

09/08/2015

Japan

Hiroshima holds 70th memorial of atomic tragedy

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park has seen the entire Japanese political class and friends from abroad turn out for a memorial service for the city

06/08/2015

Japan

Hiroshima: August 6 1945

As the Pacific War dragged on following the end of conflict in Europe. The United States, the UK and China called for the unconditional surrender of

06/08/2015

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Hiroshima remembered in Japan

06/08/2015

Japan

Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima bomb with call for nuclear disarmament

In Japan residents and dignitaries in Hiroshima have been marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb in 1945 that resulted in around 140 000

06/08/2015

Japan

Fukushima clean-up drags on

05/08/2015

Sport

Designer for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games logo denies plagiarism

The Japanese artist responsible for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic logo design, Kenjiro Sano, has rubbished claims that he plagiarized a Belgian theatre

05/08/2015

Japan

Hiroshima 70 years on: Survivors remember horror of nuclear bomb

Thursday marks 70 years since the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It killed around 140,000 people in the Japanese city by the end of 1945. The only

05/08/2015

Japan

Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors 70 years later

August 1945. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese towns. One on Hiroshima on August 6th; another fell on Nagasaki three days later

04/08/2015

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Nebuta Festival kicks off in Japan

04/08/2015

Japan

Company hails breakthrough in Fukushima nuclear clear-up

The company that operates the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, says it has managed to remove a 20-ton fuel handling machine from one of the

03/08/2015

Japan

Head of failed bitcoin company arrested in Japan

It was once the world’s biggest exchange company for the virtual Bitcoin currency. Now Mount Gox is no more and its head has been arrested in Tokyo

01/08/2015