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Tokyo tuna fetches nearly 250,000 at auction

Hundreds of thousands of euros' worth of fish is auctioned off in Tokyo.

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Elephants show off their calligraphy skills at a zoo near Tokyo

2018 is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac and one of the elephants wrote the Chinese character for "dog" on a piece of white paper.

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An app to help pregnant women find train seats is being trialled in To

Tokyo is trialling an app allowing a pregnant women to send a message when she wants a seat, which will then look for pre-registered users who have said they are willing to give up theirs.

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Trump dumps full box of fish food into Japanese koi pond

The US President showed off an interesting technique while feeding carps with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Tokyo film festival extends special welcome to Chinese filmmakers

Festival opens with rare Chinese-Japanese co-production, "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

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Japan election: Abe hails massive win, but what now for the country's pacifist constitution?

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Abe dissolves Japan's parliament & sets Oct 22 election date

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has set an Oct 22 election date and dissolved parliament.

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Russian chef wins world sushi cup

Sushi might have originated in Japan, but this year's winner of the country's World Sushi Cup is a Russian, who runs a restaurant in Norway.

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Japan's living doll

Lulu Hashimoto, the creation of Hitomi Komaki, is the world's first living doll

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Tokyo firefighters tackle a blaze at world's largest fishmarket.

Firefighters struggle to contain a blaze at Tsukiji fishmarket, the world's largest and one of Tokyo's most popular tourist sites

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Japan counts down to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

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Japanese Olympians join schoolchildren for education programme launch

Hundreds of children take part in official launch ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic education programme

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Tokyo Cherry blossoms in full bloom

Hundreds of people joined together to celebrate the start of spring under Tokyo’s cherry blossom trees as they reached ‘peak bloom’.

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Japan tackles its workaholic culture

The government has launched the "Premium Friday" campaign encouraging firms to let workers out a few hours early on the last Friday of each month.

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Japan's annual snow festival

The annual Sapporo snow festival kicked off on Monday (February 6) featuring ice sculptures of iconic locations, movie characters, celebrities, and even the U.

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Chocolate sushi for your Valentine!

Nestle presents sushi-shaped KitKat chocolate in a light-hearted bid to attract more Valentine's Day shoppers

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Row explodes over choice of men-only golf club for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Organisers are facing a barrage of criticism for granting the 2020 Olympic gold tournament to one of Japan's oldest, but men-only, clubs, the Kasumigaseki.

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Nintendo's Switch excites gamers

Nintendo unveiled their latest console, the Switch, at a presentation in Tokyo on Friday (13 January).

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Japan sticks to tradition to mark 2017

A bell tolled to mark the New Year at Japan’s Zentsu Temple in Zentsuji City.

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Judo: Tokyo Grand Slam wraps up 2016 season in style

Serbian judoka Aleksandar Kukolj celebrated his second consecutive Grand Slam victory after winning the men’s -90 kilo title on the third and final day in Tokyo – the last event of the 2016…