Japan

Watch back: Japanese Emperor Akihito abdicates in Tokyo ceremony

Japan's Emperor Akihito was on Tuesday set to step down from his role after 30 years on the Chrysanthemum throne.

30/04/2019

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Babies cry and demons fly at bizarre Sumo weeping festival in Japan

The Nai Sumo Baby Crying Festival takes place every year at the Sensoji Temple in Japan. According to tradition, Sumo wrestlers try to provoke the babies' cry to drive away from the demons that are close to them.

29/04/2019

Japan

Watch: Teacup pigs take centre stage at Tokyo café

There are 1,000 pet cafés in Japan. Visitors say the animals help relieve stress, and the cafés have become a €12 billion industry.

26/04/2019

World

EU and Japan prepare for Brussels summit as new trade deal underway

The European Union is holding a summit with Japan in Brussels later today. The high level gathering precedes the G20 meeting, which is to take place in Osaka in June. It also comes less than three months after the EU-Japan trade deal came into force.

25/04/2019

Japan

Watch: 'The most dangerous fishing event in Japan'

It all started as an April Fool, when people took the organiser's joke about a piranha fishing event seriously.

16/04/2019

Japan

Nissan's former chair Ghosn says 'conspiracy' is behind his arrest

Nissan's former chair Carlos Ghosn says he was a victim of "backstabbing" and a "conspiracy" in a video address showed on Tuesday.

09/04/2019

Japan

Nissan shareholders oust Carlos Ghosn from board

Nissan shareholders voted to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn from board.

08/04/2019

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Spring blossoms bloom throughout China

Pear, apricot, peach and other blossoms have bloomed in various parts of China, unfolding the spring season in full.

02/04/2019

USA

Watch: Kites and cherry tree blossom announce spring's arrival

Thousands of people marked the arrival of spring by flying kites at the Washington Monument in DC over cherry trees in full bloom.

01/04/2019

Japan

Dolls modelled on Japanese politicians usher in new era

Japan's traditional calendar uses era names tied to the reign of the emperors. The name of the new era is expected to be announced on April 1, ahead of the abdication of Emperor Akihito.

28/03/2019

Japan

Japan's 'Uncle Olympics' dies before Tokyo 2020 dream comes true

Superfan Naotoshi Yamada, famous in Japan for having been to every Summer Games since 1964, has died aged 92 with an unfulfilled dream of watching the Olympics when it returns to Tokyo next year

18/03/2019

Global Japan

Colombian rice growers fight climate change with Japanese tech

In partnership with The Government of Japan

Japanese researchers and a private company help Colombian farmers increase their rice production and use less water, using mobile technology.

15/03/2019

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Japanese robot delivers Buddhist teachings

A robot is drawing worshippers to a temple in Kyoto, Japan, by delivering the teachings of Buddha.

12/03/2019

World News

116 year old Kane Tanaka is confirmed the oldest person alive

Tanaka lives in a nursing home in Fukuoka City in southern Japan and was born in 1903.

09/03/2019

Japan

Japanese lawyer apologises for Carlos Ghosn's costume fiasco

Carlos Ghosn's lead defence lawyer apologised on Friday for disguising Nissan's former CEO as a construction worker as he left prison earlier this week.

08/03/2019

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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

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Riverboat piligrimage heralds arrival of spring in western Japan

The journey along Kumano-gawa River echoes pilgrimages of emperors and samurais.

02/03/2019

USA

World's tiniest baby boy has grown enough to go home

While he weighed less than 10 ounces at birth, this tiny baby now weighs 7 pounds and can go home with his family.

01/03/2019

Global Japan

From Japan to Bhutan: improving resilience against earthquakes

In partnership with The Government of Japan

In this edition of Global Japan, we look at how Japanese scientists are working with their local colleagues in Bhutan so that traditional buildings in the Himalayan kingdom can better withstand earthquakes.

28/02/2019

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