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Japan: passenger planes skids off runway at Hiroshima airport

Around 20 passengers have suffered minor injuries after a planned skidded off the runway at Hiroshima airport in western Japan. The Airbus A320

14/04/2015

Japan

Japan court says 'no' to restarting Takahama nuclear reactors

A court in Japan has issued an injunction preventing two nuclear reactors from being restarted at the country’s Takahama plant, citing safety

14/04/2015

Japan

Japan hopes to resume whaling at the end of the year

Japan says it hopes to resume its Arctic whale hunt at the end of the year despite opposition from an expert panel. It says it hopes to win over The

14/04/2015

Target

Kanazawa: a jewel in Japan's crown

In this week’s episode of Target we go to Kanazawa, in the west of the archipelago. It is on UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for its traditional

13/04/2015

Target

Japan: using smart technology to save lives at sea and beyond

In this episode of Target Special Japan we discover a unique amphibious search and rescue plane. The ShinMaywa, used by the Japanese Navy, is the

06/04/2015

Japan

School text books fuel South Korea-Japan island dispute

South Korean protesters gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Monday (April 6). They are angry at Japan for approving school textbooks

06/04/2015

Japan

Japan: Okinawa governor stands firm on opposition to US military base

Tense talks have failed to resolve a row between Japan’s central government and the governor of Okinawa who fiercely opposes Tokyo’s plans to

05/04/2015

Target

Japan: a world leader in disaster prevention

Japan is a world-leader in thwarting the risk of natural disasters. In the first episode of this special edition of Target Japan, we head to Sendai

30/03/2015

Japan

Japanese row heightens over US military base move

A clash has deepened between Japan’s central government and Okinawa island leaders over the building of a new US troop base. Local and national

30/03/2015

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Kirobo, a robot companion

28/03/2015

Japan

Japan remembers the deadly metro sarin attack 20 years on

Twenty years ago the normally bustling Tokyo metro was brought to a standstill when a deadly sarin attack struck the city's underground system.

20/03/2015

Japan

Two nuclear reactors retired in Japan as it hosts UN disaster conference

Two Japanese power companies have announced they will scrap three ageing nuclear reactors. It marks the first moves to permanently shut down nuclear

17/03/2015

Japan

New Japan bullet train route links Tokyo with Kanazawa

Japan has launched a new bullet train service linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

14/03/2015

Japan

Anger at huge 'anti-tsunami' sea walls in Japan

Japan is building a series of controversial concrete walls along parts of its northern coastline to protect against tsunamis. Nearly 400 kilometres

13/03/2015

Sport

Halilhodzic vows to rebuild Japan

Former Algeria manager coach Vahid Halilhodzic has made his first public appearance as the new Japan coach. Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo

13/03/2015

Japan

94-year-old Japanese battleship attack survivor finds his shipwreck

A 94 year-old survivor of the Japanese battleship Musashi is certain the wreckage found by a US research team is that of the ship he was aboard 71

13/03/2015

Japan

Japan remembers victims of Fukushima disaster exactly four years on

Four years to the day since Fukushima, a minute of silence has been observed across Japan to remember the more than 18,000 people dead or missing in

11/03/2015

Japan

Japan's 2011 earthquake disaster still reverberates

Four years ago on 11th March the earth shook Japan. The magnitude nine quake went on for six minutes, the strongest the archipelago had ever

10/03/2015

Japan

Visiting Merkel reminds Japan to confront wartime past

On her first visit to Japan in seven years, there was plenty for Germany’s Angela Merkel to talk about with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They discussed

09/03/2015

Japan

Japan:Thousands protest against government nuclear policy

Thousands of demonstrators surrounded Japan’s parliament building on Sunday to protest against the government’s attempt to restart some of the

09/03/2015

Sport

Halilhodzic agrees to take over as Japan coach

Vahid Halilhodzic has agreed to become the new Japan coach. The 62-year-old has been out of work since quitting Turkish side Trabzonspor in November

06/03/2015

Sport

Venue changes for Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid cost-cutting drive

The International Olympic Committee executive board has given the green light to organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Games to move three competition venues

28/02/2015

Japan

Japan: Was brutal murder of boy, 13, inspired by ISIL?

Three teenage boys have been arrested in Japan after the brutal murder of a thirteen-year-old. Ryota Uemura’s naked body was found slashed and beaten

28/02/2015

World

Handwriting and the digital age, time for change in schools?

Is the writing on the wall for cursive script? The advent of digital technology has raised searching questions in the academic world about the

27/02/2015

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Prince William welcomed by crowds in Tokyo

27/02/2015

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Star Wars sculptures capture audience at Hokkaido snow festival

06/02/2015