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Japan’s sake joins Unesco heritage list

Is Tokyo now Asia’s sex tourism hub?

The hidden seafood capital of Japan

How Japan is pushing its own limits of militarisation

Japanese boy mourned in China after fatal stabbing

Why Japan issued its first ‘megaquake’ warning

Why nearly 100,000 people left Japan to move to North Korea

Costco Japan brings steady income to rural homes

Japan’s ‘lonely death’ surge among elderly

How Japan’s economy has become a cautionary tale

Chinese man spray-paints word ‘toilet’ and urinates on Tokyo shrine

‘Civil war’ divides Japan’s ruling party

Japan’s new banknotes cause trouble for small businesses

Japan suspends clearing nuclear debris from Fukushima plant

Japan's 'host clubs' driving women into sex work

Schools close across rural Japan as birth rate plummets

Japan lost 800,000 people in 2023

Japanese spoon could make meals healthier

Thousands of dead fish wash up in northern Japan

Can China learn lessons from Japan’s ‘lost 30 years’?

Japan’s population drops by 644,000 in a single year

Why China fears an Indo-Pacific alliance

Japan’s ‘dark gig’ economy linked to series of brazen daylight robberies

Tourists get taste of old Japan at hidden 'snack bars'