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Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
Japanese fans snap up first Murakami novel in six years
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» TOKYO - Dozens of excited Haruki Murakami fans queued outside a bookstore in Tokyo on Thursday for the midnight release of the world-renowned author's first novel in six years.
Ohtani stars as Japan beat Mexico to reach World Baseball Classic final
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» MIAMI - Japan came from behind twice to defeat Mexico 6-5 on Monday and set up a World Baseball Classic final showdown with the United States.
Japan's 'Little Trains that Could' battle for survival
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» CHOSHI (JAPAN) - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba.
Japan's Mieko Kawakami wants to 'stir things up'
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» TOKYO - Mieko Kawakami has called out cliched depictions of women by one of her country's most feted writers, and seen her own bold style attacked by a top politician.
Tent and garden: Displaced Syria teen recreates lost family home
AFP, Published on 24/11/2020
» ATME (SYRIA) - Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants.
Race for acceptance: why Japan's Paralympics mean more than medals
AFP, Published on 22/10/2020
» TOKYO - Long-jumper Sayaka Murakami is hoping not just for a medal at the postponed Tokyo Paralympics, but also for lasting acceptance in a Japanese society where disabled people can feel pressured to stay out of the public eye.
Art in a pandemic: Tokyo show tests if fans will come
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» TOKYO - It's a blockbuster exhibition, featuring some of the biggest names in Japan's contemporary art scene. But will people flock to galleries in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic?
'Race against time' in Japan floods, 50 feared dead
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» YATSUSHIRO, Japan: Emergency services in western Japan were "racing against time" on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides, with at least 50 feared dead and more torrential rain forecast.