Japan

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Shrine displays 1,000 colourful dolls to mark Japan's girls' festival

Colourful dolls in traditional clothing are on display at Juunisho Shrine, north of Tokyo, to mark Japan's girls' day

03/03/2019

Focus

Building resilience in the face of disaster

In partnership with The Government of Japan

More than two decades since a devastating earthquake, Focus travels to the Japanese city of Kobe to see how the city has rebuilt itself and find out how it turned the disaster into an opportunity.

27/02/2019

Japan

Japan successfully lands spacecraft on asteroid

Hayabusa 2 touched down on the Ryugu asteroid and will bring back the biggest number of samples from space since astronauts landed on the moon

22/02/2019

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Contestants mimic cranes at Japan winter festival

Contestants have mimicked cranes for a winter festival in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.

11/02/2019

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Japanese spa offers chocolate bath as Valentine's Day treat

The operator of the spa in the resort town, southwest of Tokyo, is using bathing powder made from cacao seeds for the unusual bath.

07/02/2019

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The annual Sapporo snow festival kicks off

Visitors are flocking to the city of Sapporo on Japan`s northern island of Hokkaido to see snow and ice sculptures as the annual snow festival kicks off.

04/02/2019

Japan

Japanese 20-year-old celebrate 'coming of age' festival

People in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, enjoyed a unique New Year`s `coming of age` festival in which they carry portable shrines in the sea

22/01/2019

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Japanese plunge into ice bath at Tokyo's shrine in purification ritual for New Year

Nearly one hundred people gathered at a Tokyo shrine to wash themselves in an icy bath on Sunday (January 13) to purify their souls and wish for good health in the new year.

13/01/2019

Japan

Japanese Olympic chief indicted in France, suspected of corruption

The head of Japan's Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has been indicted in France on corruption allegations, Paris' financial prosecutor's office spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.

11/01/2019

Japan

Watch: This beautiful octopus was cut out of a single piece of paper

The artist, Masayo Fukuda, is a master of Kirie, an ancient Japanese art form.

10/01/2019

Japan

Which country has the 'most powerful' passport in 2019?

Japan ranked top of the Henley Passport Index in 2019, meaning its citizens could travel visa-free to the most countries in the world

10/01/2019

Japan

Carlos Ghosn claims innocence in first appearance since arrest

The ousted Nissan Chairman professed his innocence in his first appearance in seven weeks.

08/01/2019

Japan

What are the most retweeted tweets of all time?

A teenager in search of free chicken nuggets has been knocked off the top of the ranking for the most-retweeted post of all time — Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa, has taken first position.

07/01/2019

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Thousands take part in New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo

Thousands of people gathered and competed in a New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo on Saturday (November 5), hoping to get a good start to 2019

06/01/2019

Japan

Endangered blue fin tuna gets record price at Tokyo fish market

A Japanese tuna tycoon paid a record price for an enormous 278 kilogramme blue fin tuna at the first auction of the new year.

05/01/2019

Japan

Tuna sells for record €2.7 million in Japan's New Year fish market

The 278-kg bluefin tuna was sold to the owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant, but experts say demand for the fish has made it an endangered species.

05/01/2019

Japan

The Japanese New Year's ritual that's making a comeback

People wearing demonic masks and straw garments visited homes in Japan's northern prefecture of Akita on New Year's Eve to ward off evil spirits and invite good luck in 2019

02/01/2019

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Masked demons visit homes in Japan

People wearing demonic masks and straw garments visited homes in Japan on NewYear's Eve to ward off evil spirits, bring good luck and make children behave.

01/01/2019

Japan

Japan New Year incident: What we know

After a car rammed into a crowded Tokyo street on New Year's Day, Euronews tells you what we know so far of the incident.

01/01/2019

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Watch: A giant rice cake at a shrine north of Tokyo to pray for a good harvest year

A giant rice cake has been placed at a shrine north of Tokyo to pray for a good harvest and the safety of the region in the coming year

30/12/2018

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From dog to wild boar to mark new year of Oriental zodiac

A dog handed over its responsibilities to a wild boar at a ceremony marking the change of year under the Oriental zodiac

27/12/2018

Business

Japan to restart commercial whaling in 2019

The government announced on Wednesday that they would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and commercial whaling in its territorial waters would resume in July 2019.

26/12/2018

Japan

Carlos Ghosn re-arrested on new charges

The re-arrest comes as Ghosn was expected to be release don bail on Friday.

21/12/2018

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Tokyo's illuminations draw the crowds

Winter in Japan means warm clothes, hot soup, and light shows. The illuminations are a holiday tradition which run until February.

19/12/2018

Japan

Japanese doll collectors gather for festival

Japanese doll collectors gather for festival

18/12/2018

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Cleaners dressed as zodiac animals clean hotel windows in Japan

Window cleaners dressed as the current and the next Chinese zodiac animals washed hotel windows in Tokyo on Thursday (December 13) in anticipation of the coming year.

14/12/2018