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Contaminated water that will reportedly be released into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains a radioactive substance that has the potential to damage human DNA, a …
Until recently, Sayaka Murata, who won Japan’s most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa prize, worked in a convenience store. She had toiled in them for half her life, writing most of her 11 no…
The fashion world has paid tribute to the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, who has died aged 81 after contracting Covid-19 in France, describing him as a man of “energy, kindness and talent” whos…
Yuru-kyara competition ‘lost original purpose’ after aggressive campaigning by prefectures A cuddly fairy on a mission to “deliver happiness” to her disaster-hit hometown has been crow…
It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move.…
Kane Tanaka, who has not been able to see her family due to the pandemic, celebrated with a bottle of Coke A 117-year-old woman with a weakness for fizzy drinks and chocolate has becom…
Since it was founded 135 years ago, Tokyo Wagakki has come to dominate Japan’s shamisen scene, accounting for more than half of all the instruments produced in the country. But the market is shrinkin…
More than half of yakuza are now over 50 - and 10% are over 70 - as a result of an ageing population and police crackdowns Adouble-whammy of skewed demographics and legal crackdow…
Covid and a campaign to encourage cashless payments prompts credit card companies to consider adding 17th digit Japan is running out of credit card numbers amid a surge in online shopping during…
Hana Kimura, a female professional wrestler who was among the cast of the popular Japanese reality series Terrace House, has died at 22, her wrestling organisation said, after she reportedly faced on…
