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Hiroshima 70 years on: Survivors remember horror of nuclear bomb

Thursday marks 70 years since the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It killed around 140,000 people in the Japanese city by the end of 1945. The only

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors 70 years later

August 1945. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese towns. One on Hiroshima on August 6th; another fell on Nagasaki three days later

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Nebuta Festival kicks off in Japan

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Company hails breakthrough in Fukushima nuclear clear-up

The company that operates the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, says it has managed to remove a 20-ton fuel handling machine from one of the

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Head of failed bitcoin company arrested in Japan

It was once the world’s biggest exchange company for the virtual Bitcoin currency. Now Mount Gox is no more and its head has been arrested in Tokyo

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Crew member missing after ferry fire off Japanese coast

One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was rescued after

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Samurai parade in Japan

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Small plane crash in Tokyo suburb leaves three dead

Three people have been killed when a light plane crashed into a residential area of Tokyo. Firefighters battled burning houses after the five-seater

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Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic and Paralympic emblems

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Tokyo unveil 2020 Olympics emblems

The official emblems for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled in Japan’s capital exactly five years before the Games begin. The emblems represent

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Olympics: New stadium plans to be drawn up for Tokyo 2020

The internal wranglings over the main arena for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games have – for the time being – abated after Japan’s Olympic minister and

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Toshiba boss quits over billion euro accounting scandal

The boss of Japanese electronics company Toshiba has quit over a massive accounting scandal. Hisao Tanaka said he would step down after an

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Mitsubishi apologises for WWII forced labour

The handshake that ends 70 years of suffering. #UPDATE WWII POW James Murphy shakes hands with Mitsubishi Materials executives after apology

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Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi dies in France

French Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died, nine months after suffering severe head injuries in a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. He was

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Formula One driver Jules Bianchi dies after Japan Grand Prix crash last year

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of injuries suffered during last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old had been in a coma

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Japan pulls plug on new Olympic stadium plans

Japan’s new National Stadium has been scrapped as the main venue of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo

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Thousands evacuated as typhoon Nangka makes landfall in Japan

Authorities urged 350,000 people to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Nangka made landfall.

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Welcome to Japan's robot hotel

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki horrors recalled, undiminished

The dropping of atom bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago is given new focus in a special exhibition at American

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Japan lawmakers approve contentious bills to bolster military presence abroad

Japan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a set of bills to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War