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McLarens on top as grass fires and crashes disrupt F1 practice at Suzuka

Practice for Formula One’s Japanese Grand Prix heavily disrupted as McLarens take top two spots.

Al Jazeera

Australian Open 2025: Schedule, how to watch, top seeds, prize money

Who are the favourites and when are the finals? Al Jazeera gives a low-down on the year’s first tennis Grand Slam.

Al Jazeera

Not so cute: Investigation uncovers troubling side of ‘aggressive’ panda breeding programs

The National Zoo and a panda breeding center in Chengdu denied ever harming the animals or having records of pandas in China being injured

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Australian Open | Carlos Alcaraz cruises into fourth round

Carlos Alcaraz advances to the fourth round of the Australian Open after his opponent retires due to injury.

The Hindu

How a Yokohama drama won Ange Postecoglou respect of Pep Guardiola

Spurs and Manchester City managers face each other for the first time since a friendly set the Australian’s star on the rise

The Guardian - UK

Japan’s workers get rare pay bump after decades without a raise

Japanese employees earn only three-quarters as much as developed-country peers over 30 years after asset bubble burst.

Al Jazeera

Japan's March visitors at post-COVID high, lured by cherry blossoms

Visitors to Japan surged in March to their highest after the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday, with overseas tourists flocking to see the nation's famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four years as travel curbs eased.

Reuters

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School closures spread as Japan struggles with depopulation

With Japan's birthrate plummeting, about 450 schools close in Japan every year, dealing a further blow to the country's regional areas which are already struggling with depopulation.

ABC News

Last students graduate: School closures spread in ageing Japan

- As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy with students.

Reuters

Japan planning new Russian sanctions with G7 partners

Japan is considering new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, in step with moves by other Group of Seven (G7) countries, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.

Reuters

Light show meets opera as new 'Turandot' seeks to lure people back to theatre

A kaleidoscopic light show has helped reinvent Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" currently playing in Tokyo - a production which aims to bring people back into theatres now that the pandemic has eased.

Reuters

Inflation brings end to beloved 114-year-old Japanese candy

A beloved Japanese candy eaten by generations, so iconic it even appeared in a hit anime film, has come to the end of the line, a victim of surging raw material and energy prices.

Reuters

Japan hosts multilateral display of naval unity amid East Asia tension

Japan hosted its first international fleet review for seven years on Sunday with ships from 12 other nations in a show of unity as North Korea fires record numbers of missiles and China increases its pressure on Taiwan.

Reuters

Japan honours Shinzo Abe with controversial state funeral

Japan holds controversial state funeral for slain leader amid anger over his party’s ties to a fringe religious group.

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With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to divisive Abe

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years - a ceremony that has become as controversial as he was in life.

The Guardian - UK

The sento owners making group bathing in Japan cool again

Covid accelerated a decline but a new breed of bathhouse is reimagining a Japanese tradition

Reuters

Olympic sponsor fee for Japan retailer in bribery scandal was more than halved -Kyodo

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic sponsor fee for Japanese fashion firm Aoki Holdings was less than half the standard fee, news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday, one day after the arrest of the former Aoki chairman on suspicion of bribery.

Reuters

Japan PM vows no more war; ministers visit shrine to war dead

Prime Minster Fumio Kishida vowed on the anniversary of Japan's World War Two surrender on Monday that his country would never again wage war, as members of his cabinet visited a shrine that honours war dead, angering South Korea and China.

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Japan cabinet minister visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead - Kyodo

Japan's industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday became the first member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

Reuters

Factbox-Profiles of Japanese cabinet ministers after Kishida reshuffle

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, dropping some ministers with links to the Unification Church.

The Guardian - AU

Wearable fans help Japan’s hot dogs beat the heat

A maternity clothes maker in Tokyo is marketing portable fans to help dogs and cats cope with oppressive summer weather

Reuters

U.S. and Japan pursue commercial diplomacy to counter China, envoy to Tokyo says

Chips, batteries and energy are key collaboration areas between the United States and Japan as the allies seek to secure supply chains and counter China, Washington's envoy to Tokyo said.

Reuters

Hot dogs - and cats - get wearable fans to beat Japan's scorching summer

A Tokyo clothing maker has teamed up with veterinarians to create a wearable fan for pets, hoping to attract the anxious owners of dogs - or cats - that can't shed their fur coats in Japan's blistering summer weather.

ABC News

Habitual mask-wearing is likely helping Japan, Singapore and South Korea bring daily Omicron deaths down, epidemiologists say

There is "a really quite important cultural difference" in Asia that epidemiologists suggest is having a dramatic impact on their daily rate of COVID-19 deaths.

Reuters

China complains to Japan about Taiwan vice president at Abe funeral

China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday its embassy in Japan had lodged "stern representations" with the government there about Taiwan Vice President William Lai attending the funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

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