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Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves

Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military

Japan

Ahead of Fukushima anniversary residents worry about future of affected areas

Locals say the future will depend on young people returning and so far there's only a handful, amid lingering fears about radioactivity

France

Paris mayor calls on Japanese to return to France following attacks

The Mayor of Paris has visited Japan to encourage tourists to return to France following the November terrorist attacks. Anne Hidalgo says the number

Egypt

Egypt touts for Japanese investment as route to economic recovery

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to secure Japanese investment projects worth around 15 billion euros on his visit to the country –

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Postcards from Japan: The sacred Ise-Jingu Shrine

Our postcard this week comes to you from one of Japan's most sacred places, the Ise-Jingu Shrine

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A walk around the ‘spiritual home’ of the Japanese

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Postcards from Japan: Relaxing in traditional hot springs

This week in Postcards from Japan we are in Kagoshima, where there is pleasure to be found in the geothermal activity

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Unwinding in Japan's geothermal wonderlands

Business Series

Toyota recalls millions of vehicles over seat belt fears

Toyota is to recall almost 2.9 million mostly RAV4 vehicles to make the seat frames safer and ensure they don't damage seat belts in case of a crash.

World News

High hopes Japanese satellite will unravel mysteries of Universe

A rocket carrying an astronomy observation satellite has been successfully launched from southern Japan. ASTRO-H is equipped with four telescopes

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High-tech afterlife

High powered LED lights illuminate over 2,000 glass Buddha statues in the Ruriden charnel house at Koukokuji temple in Tokyo, Japan.

Economy

Japan's economy weakens further, consumer spending and exports down

Japan's gross domestic product shrank more than expected in the final quarter of 2015 which pushed up share prices on Monday as investors hope for more central bank stimulus.

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Postcards from Japan: Meditation in a Kyoto temple

Our new series of Postcards begins in Kyoto, Japan, with a mission to find some of the best places for a true zen experience

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A Zen Buddhist temple experience in Kyoto

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Melting hearts ahead of Valentine's Day

A sea otter in Japan has been melting the hearts of onlookers ahead of Valentine’s Day. Yutan, who lives at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, was

Economy

Japan's yen for zen in the financial markets

Japanese policymakers are fretting about the turmoil in the world's financial markets as share prices fall in Tokyo and the yen rises sharply against the dollar, while deflation still threatens the ec

North Korea

World condemns North Korean satellite launch

At some time over the next seven days North Korea says it is to launch a communications satellite. Pyongyang has brought the launch window forward

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Devastating beauty

Sakurajima, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, erupted spectacularly on Friday (5 February) night. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

Japan

Japanese volcano erupts on nuclear power station island

A Japanese volcanic eruption has fired ash nearly 2km into the sky and sent molten lava flowing down its slopes. The Sakurajima

Sport

Anders Fannemal the latest victory in a spectacular ski season for Norway

Twenty-four hours after the Slovenian double of the Prevc brothers it was the turn of the Norwegians at the World Cup in Sapporo, Japan. Anders