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Japan faces pressure at home to leave whale conservation body

 

Following the ruling by Hague-based ICJ that Japan's whaling programme is illegal, questions are raised over whether the country should reamin in the IWC

01 Apr 2014

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Japan's whaling past

 

Whale hunting has been practised in Japan since the 12th century, but a UN order to end its annual Antarctic hunt could mean the end of the controversial practice

31 Mar 2014

Japan banned from Antarctic whaling

 

Japan has reluctantly accepted an International Court of Justice order halting whaling in the Antarctic

31 Mar 2014

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UN orders Japan to halt whaling in the Antarctic

 

Japan must end its annual Antarctic whale hunt, UN orders in landmark ruling

31 Mar 2014

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Gold rush in Japan ahead of sales tax hike

 

Gold ignot sales are soaring in Japan ahead of Japan’s first sales tax rise in 17 years

30 Mar 2014

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World's 'longest-serving' death row inmate granted retrial in Japan

A 78-year-old Japanese man is freed following more than four decades on death row after a court finds DNA tests on bloodstained clothing do not match

27 Mar 2014

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The 2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition

The finalists in the eVolo Magazine 2014 Skyscraper Competition

27 Mar 2014

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'Longest serving' death row inmate freed

The world's longest serving death row inmate, Iwao Hakamada, has finally been released from a Japanese prison after serving 47 years

27 Mar 2014

Life as a Fukushima nuclear worker uncovered in comic

A former worker at Fukushima’s stricken nuclear power plant is to publish a manga comic book offering vivid insight into everyday life inside its walls

26 Mar 2014

Panasonic to power 8K NHK broadcasts for Tokyo Olympics

Japanese giant Panasonic will experiment with unprecedented broadcast standards for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

25 Mar 2014

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Children in Japanese city banned from using smartphones after 9pm

Soaring mobile phone use and rising bullying rates have prompted one Japanese city to issue a nightly curfew on mobile devices after 9pm from next month.

24 Mar 2014

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MtGox finds 200,000 Bitcoins in 'forgotten' wallet

MtGox, the Tokyo-based digital currency exchange says, 2000,000 Bitcoins were found in an old-format wallet believed to be empty, but checked after the company's bankruptcy filing

21 Mar 2014

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MtGox finds 200,000 Bitcoins in 'forgotten' wallet

MtGox, the Tokyo-based digital currency exchange says, 2000,000 Bitcoins were found in an old-format wallet believed to be empty, but checked after the company's bankruptcy filing

21 Mar 2014

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Tokyo funds matchmaking parties to boost birth rate

Japan’s birth rate at lowest since records began in 1899 and if current trends continue it will lose a third of its population in the next 50 years

20 Mar 2014

Eight Chinese crew missing after ships collide off Japan

Two cargo ships collide in Tokyo Bay, leaving eight Chinese crew members unaccounted for and another in a critical condition

18 Mar 2014

Elderly Japanese couple meet family of daughter kidnapped by N Korea

Parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, have emotional first encounter with her daughter - and her baby girl

17 Mar 2014

Japan hit by 6.3-magnitude earthquake

Earthquake off southern Japanese damages buildings and injures at least 17 people but no fatalities reported

14 Mar 2014

Air hostesses tell airline: our skirts are too short

Skymark Airlines accused of inviting sexual harassment with uniform intended to attract more customers

13 Mar 2014

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Dawn memorial for Japan tsunami victims

Across Japan people mark the third-year anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis

11 Mar 2014

Japan quake anniversary: eerie journey to nuclear disaster zone

Dispatch Three years after an earthquake and tsunami brought meltdown to Fukushima, Japan still struggles to cope, writes Julian Ryall

10 Mar 2014

Blow for Abenomics as Japan's economy grows less than expected

Revised data from the government shows the economy grew just 0.2pc in the final quarter of 2013 and 1.6pc over the year, lower than previously forecast

10 Mar 2014

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Thousands of tsunami victims still missing in Japan three years after disaster

Police in Japan confirm that 2,626 remain missing – including the missing wife of a bus driver who has taken up scuba diving to find her remains himself

10 Mar 2014

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Japanese astronaut leads ISS team

Astronaut Koichi Wakata has taken charge of the International Space Station, marking the first time a Japanese national has led a human space mission

09 Mar 2014

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Singapore tops new 'world's most expensive cities' table

Singapore has been named as the world’s most expensive city thanks to the soaring cost of cars and utilities and a strong currency - knocking Tokyo off the top spot

05 Mar 2014

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China announces surge in military spending

China continues years of double-digit rises in military spending to alarm of Asian nations and US

05 Mar 2014

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