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Japanese enjoy sweeping cherry blossom in spring sunshine

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Combating the COVID-19 across borders: Japan’s multilateral approach to the global pandemic crisis

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Countries around the globe are taking comprehensive measures to respond to COVID-19, but this is a crisis that cannot be solved by nations acting alone.

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Super Mario has finally got his own theme park in Japan

Find out more from visitors to Nintendo's first-ever theme park.

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Harmonious and inclusive society: Paralympian Aki Taguchi takes aim at a new target

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While the global coronavirus pandemic forced the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 to be postponed to 2021, one notable first that will occur this summer is that Tokyo will be the first city to host the Paralympic Summer Games a second time.

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Innovators in Japan are developing new technologies to counter coronavirus

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As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, the world is searching for new measures that will minimize the risk of infection while allowing essential institutions such as hospitals, government, and schools to continue to function.

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Robotic assistance has the potential to play a key role in the fight against COVID-19

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The coronavirus pandemic has presented enormous challenges to healthcare providers, businesses, governments, and to the general public.

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How is life getting back to normal in Fukushima 10 years after the disaster?

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The Kato family are farmers in Fukushima, they are one of the groups that suffered the most after the disaster 10 years ago because consumer confidence had collapsed. But now they say they don't see much apprehension over their produce and they're happy to be back home.

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Experts say Fukushima "is a completely different story" to Chernobyl

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Authorities behind the scenes of the Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up show where they're at with decommissioning and decontaminating. Experts say it's nothing like Chernobyl.

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Japan tightens border controls over rise in new COVID-19 variant cases

Japan has confirmed 345 cases of the more contagious new variants.

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Fukushima: Japan marks 10th anniversary while still recovering

More than 18,000 people died in the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011.

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Euroviews. How we rose from Fukushima disaster with a renewables vision | View

On Thursday (March 11) it's 10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

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10 years of decontamination - How the Japanese are handling Fukushima

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10 years ago, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, was partially destroyed by a tsunami. Many inhabitants fled and a race against the clock to decommission and decontaminate began. But what's it like today?

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10 years later: Tohoku’s recovery and resilience together with the world

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On a cold Friday afternoon, life for millions in Japan would be changed in the span of just a few minutes. On March 11, 2011, northeastern Japan was struck by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history.

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Judo Grand Slam: Japan, Italy and Mongolia take top spots on day 2

In another day filled with stunning displays of judo, the middleweights battled it out for victory on day two. Japanese judoka took home another two gold medals with Italy and Mongolia adding one each.

USA

US father and son extradited to Japan over Carlos Ghosn's escape

Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, will be tried on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in 2019.

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Island hopping Russia: Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula

Russia's Far East: an epic, paradoxical wilderness of domineering mountains, active volcanoes and endless forests. This is island hopping, but not as you know it.

Japan

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

Seiko Hashimoto was named as president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee in Japan, where women are still rare in the boardrooms and positions of political power.

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid Olympic worries

The late rollout will make it impossible to reach so-called "herd immunity" against the virus before the Olympics begin in July, experts say.

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Japan: Frozen fun in Shikaoi ice village as winter festival kicks off

The annual winter festival on Lake Shikaribetsu in the town of Shikaoi kicked off on Friday.

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Tokyo 2020 president resigns over derogatory comments about women

Yoshiro Mori had initially refused to step down but conceded on Friday after more than a week of non-stop criticism.