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John Kerry lays flowers at Hiroshima memorial

John Kerry paid his respects to the victims of the 1945 American nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Monday. By doing so he became

World News

Japan PM slams North Korea ballistic missile engine test

The Japanese prime minister has strongly condemned North Korea’s reported testing of an engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile. Shinzo Abe

World News

G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima, Japan

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7)are meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday and Monday. Japan is

Sport

Kento Momota admits to gambling at an illegal casino

Japanese badminton sensation Kento Momota is set to miss the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after admitting to gambling at an illegal casino. The World

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Thousands visit cherry blossoms in Tokyo park

Thousands of visitors have flocked to Ueno Park in Tokyo to savour the cherry blossoms in full bloom and to celebrate the onset of Spring. Japan’s

Economy

Takata airbag recall costs could total 21 billion euros

Japan's Takata could face a bill of 21 billion euros for a recall of all of its potentially faulty airbag inflators.

Focus

Japan's luxury and lifestyle markets a magnet for investors

A country of trends, Japan is one of the world’s top markets when it comes to lifestyle and luxury goods. In our special edition of Focus on Japan

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Postcards from Japan: Enjoying a Zen Buddhist meal

In this last episode of Postcards from Japan, we're back in Kyoto, to take the time to enjoy some traditional cuisine

World News

South Korea protests over Japan school textbooks claiming disputed islands

New Japanese school textbooks that include territorial claims on islands that are in dispute with South Korea have prompted protests from Seoul

Japan

Japan: helping Cambodia clean up its landmines

Millions of landmines are still scattered across Cambodia. But help from abroad is making an impact: equipment and expertise from Japan are giving people back their land - and their hope.

Focus

'Reference market for the rest of Asia' - why investors choose Japan

In this Japan Special, Focus show host Serge Rombi examined how and why the world’s third largest economy continues to attract investors and

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Postcards from Japan: Hiking on Yakushima island

This week in Postcards we visit Yakushima island off the southernmost tip of mainland Japan

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A lush island paradise of mountains and ancient trees

Target

Marunouchi: where the heart of Japan's business beats

Why does the district of Marunouchi attract big multinationals as well as entrepreneurs from around the world? Target went there to take a closer look.

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Japan remembers tsunami victims

Japan has remembered the nearly 20,000 victims of an earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear crisis. Friday (March 11) marked five years since

Japan

Japan: Fukushima wounds still deep, five years on

Japan’s Emperor Akihito led the tributes, five years on from the Fukushima disaster on Friday, but for those who lived through it, the wounds have

Japan

Five years on: Japan remembers tsunami and earthquake victims

Five years on, Japan pays tribute to the almost 19,000 victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

Sport

Judo helping to heal the emotional scars left by 2011 tsunami

On March 11, 2011 Japan was rocked to its core both metaphorically and literally. A 9 magnitude earthquake just 60-odd kilometres off Japan’s east

Japan

Before and after: The scars of Japan's tsunami five years on

One of the biggest earthquakes in history shook Japan’s northeast five years ago. It triggered a 10-metre tsunami which smashed into the Fukushima

Business Series

Fukushima nuclear disaster site: a suitable tourist destination?

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site is not to be an official tour site, despite the wishes of some Japanese to take visitors there for so-called 'dark tourism'.