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Japan wants to toss a bunch of clunky, cacophonous '80s fax machines from its offices, but many employees are demanding that the devices stay
Japanese office workers are waging war over the fax.
Matthew Loh
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Heavy rains are hindering rescue efforts at the Japanese hot spring resort town hit by a deadly landslide last weekend
Heavy rain is hampering rescuers in the hot spring resort town of Atami after a landslide killed th…
Matthew Loh
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Video shows mud hurtling through a Japanese city during a landslide, leaving at least 20 missing
21,000 households in Atami were ordered to evacuate, Kyodo News said, adding that some residents re…
Bill Bostock
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There are more than 8 million empty homes in rural Japan, and local governments are selling them for as little as $500 in a bid to lure residents
In Japan, local authorities are giving away renovation subsidies to incentivize people to move into…
Cheryl Teh
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Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank and the 2nd-richest person in Japan, joins the growing chorus of voices calling to cancel the Tokyo Olympics
"Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or canceled. On what authority…
Katie Warren
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9 weeks out from the Olympics, around half of Japan's medical workers are still not fully vaccinated
The vaccine rollout for healthcare workers was impeded by supply bottlenecks and flaws in the reser…
Cheryl Teh
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As Japan suffers another wave of COVID lockdowns and struggles to vaccinate its people, new poll shows more than 80% of citizens don't want the Olympics to go on
Some even took to the streets of Tokyo to protest against the Games - which are set to go on even a…
Cheryl Teh
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Fears of a Chinese attack on Taiwan are growing, and Taiwan isn't sure who would help if it happened
"This problem is much closer to us than most think," the new head of US Indo-Pacific Command said i…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Japan is set to place a quarter of its population under a state of emergency just 3 months before the Olympics are scheduled to start
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo are under a state of emergency in a bid to control a surge in COVID-…
Lina Batarags
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US backs Japan's plan to release radioactive water from Fukushima despite pushback from South Korea, China, and Russia
US climate envoy John Kerry has backed Japan's plan to release 1.2 million tons of radioactive wate…
Cheryl Teh
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South Korea and China are unhappy with Japan's decision to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
China and South Korea, along with Japanese fishing unions and Weibo users, expressed concern that r…
Cheryl Teh
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Kamala Harris will also participate in the first Quad summit with Joe Biden and Narendra Modi
US Vice President Kamala Harris will also participate in the first Quad summit with President Joe B…
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China's ships are getting bigger and more aggressive, and Japan is scrambling to keep up
China's massive Coast Guard and a new law expanding what it can do have worried its neighbors, mayb…
Benjamin Brimelow
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30 people injured in massive earthquake in Japan
At least 30 people were injured after a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struc…
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Joe Biden and Narendra Modi spoke over the phone last night— here’s what they discussed
The US’ new President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Modi will be ‘working closely’ in the co…
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Tokyo Olympics officials say the summer games are still on track despite Japan's COVID-19 surge
Despite a third wave of COVID-19 infections, Japan's government officials say they're still committ…
Erin Snodgrass
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New Russian weapons add to simmering tensions over a lingering territorial dispute in Asia
The recent arrival of Russian weapons to small islands north of Japan adds a new wrinkle to a centu…
Christopher Woody
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China and other ASEAN countries sign the world's biggest trade pact – the door has been left open for India to rejoin the bloc
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually on Sunday on…
PTI
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India and fellow QUAD countries agree to step up coordination in Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness in South China Sea
The four major Indo-Pacific democracies, collectively known as the Quad, vowed to coordinate i…
PTI
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Japan, US agree to cooperate in COVID-19 fight
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters the leaders exchanged views on the CO…