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Tokyo Olympic organisers playing down cancellation rumours

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics are trying to shoot down rumours that this year’s Games might be cancelled or postponed because of the spread...

Heavy rain and winds lash Tokyo as strong typhoon approaches

Heavy rain and strong winds have pounded Tokyo as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall. Typhoon Hagibis, closing in...

South Korea asks IOC to ban Japan’s ‘rising sun’ flag at Tokyo Olympics

South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese “rising sun” flag at next year’s Tokyo Games, calling it a...

One person killed and almost one million power failures after Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo

A typhoon blew across the Tokyo metropolitan area on Monday morning, killing one person and causing dozens of injuries, while disrupting rush-hour travel and...

Donald Trump arrives in Tokyo for state visit

US President Donald Trump sought to tackle the US-Japan trade imbalance as he kicked off a state visit to the country. Speaking at a reception...

New lawyer for ex-Nissan boss Ghosn questions handling of case

The newly appointed lawyer for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has said he believes the case against his client does “not meet international standards”...

Japan : Three Cities and an Island

By Sean Sheehan The term psychogeography sounds like it might describe a state of mental derangement but a French writer, Guy Debord, came up the...

Pedestrians injured as van ‘deliberately’ driven into New Year crowd in Tokyo

A minivan slammed into pedestrians in a street where people had gathered for New Year’s festivities in central Tokyo, injuring eight people, Japanese police...

Search for seven sailors after US destroyer damaged in container ship collision

Crew members from the destroyer USS Dewey were helping to stabilise the damaged USS Fitzgerald after it collided with a container ship off the...

Japan holds evacuation drill amid North Korea missile fear

A town in western Japan has conducted an evacuation drill amid rising fears of a North Korean ballistic missile strike. More than 280 residents and...

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