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Nestlé Japan has announced it is launching recyclable paper packaging for its KitKat products in a bid to tackle plastic waste. The new Latte Levy in the UK means there will now be a 25p charge …
A Japanese pop star who was stabbed 60 times by an obsessed fan is suing the government for not doing enough to protect her. Ms Tomita, who was just 20-years-old at the time, was stabb…
Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health threat to athletes and fans that Olympics organisers must tackle bef…
Nissan has announced it will cut about 12,500 jobs globally as it unveiled quarterly operating profit had crashed by 98.5 per cent. The Japanese carmaker will cut production capacity by around 1…
Q On 10 July, my wife and I were stranded at Jersey airport. Our flight to Gatwick due out at 8.50pm was cancelled at about 8pm due to an “air-traffic control system issue” at Gatwick. We arrang…
On YouTube you can find a couple of videos of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima being interviewed in English, conducted in the late 1960s. In one, the grainy black-and-white footage feature…
Walking just under 9,000 steps a day could help protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease, researchers have claimed. In a new study published in journal JAMA Neurology, a team of scientist…
After a decade as a journalist in Washington DC, working for a variety of outlets and covering a number of different beats, I'd thought I'd seen everything. Apparently, I was wrong. No…
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit off Fukushima in Japan. It was also felt in the capital Tokyo, some 250km away. The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 7.23pm local time, was of…
At least 33 people have died after a man burst into a Japanese animation studio and shouted ”you die” before starting a fire, according to officials. Police say the blaze broke out at the three…
