Japan
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Transport minister urges counterparts from Japan to buy trains made in Derby for their suburban rolling stock
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Crown Prince Naruhito turns 57 and says he will share ‘pain and joy of the people’ like his father, who wants to let him step down due to illness
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Film-maker who paired pop art visuals and yakuza hitmen in Tokyo Drifter leaves behind a singular, surreal body of work that gained international acclaim
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Kasumigaseki Country Club is due to host the men’s and women’s tournaments in 2020 but the IOC has demanded it allows full access to both sexes
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Editorial: The death of Kim Jong-un’s brother in Malaysia raises questions about North Korea’s instability. But the pressing issue is the country’s nuclear programme – and how Donald Trump might respond to it
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Fresh concern about future of planned Moorside power station in Cumbria as Toshiba’s financial woes deepen
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Survey by country’s family planning association found that nearly half of married couples had not had sex for more than a month
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Shares plunge 8% after Japanese giant says it is ‘not ready’ to release details about US nuclear subsidiary Westinghouse
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In a blow to plans for a new UK power station, the Japanese firm’s expected announcement comes after review of overseas investments
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President hosts Japanese PM for a spot of fairways diplomacy but high-level golf game is off limits to reporters, blocked by black plastic sheeting
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President says he will win legal battle over travel ban as confusion reigns over whether he will appeal to supreme court
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After Trump appeared to be nodding along to Japanese prime minister’s remarks, White House spokesman says he was not using device
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Editorial: Destabilising the Asian-Pacific status quo and unsettling China is not an end in itself. Regional powers are unnerved by erratic and even contradictory signals from the US
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Exclusive: Metal salvaging off Borneo was originally authorised as ‘research’ by Malaysian university
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PwC predicts UK will be hit in short term by Brexit, but will outperform US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan by 2050
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Mission to clear up Earth’s orbit ends after device created with a fishing net company fails to deploy
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James Mattis was seen as a safe pair of hands at the defence department, but is fighting fires started by the president and secretary of state
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Beijing reacts to defence secretary James Mattis saying that the US would defend Japan in a conflict with China over disputed Senkaku islands
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Extraordinary readings pile pressure on operator Tepco in its efforts to decommission nuclear power station
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Man convicted for breaking child prostitution laws loses legal bid to have details removed from Google results
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Campaigners call for full ban on smoking in bars and restaurants to comply with IOC requirement to stage healthy Games
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Operator says it has seen what may be fuel debris beneath badly damaged No 2 reactor, destroyed six years ago in triple meltdown
Seijun Suzuki obituary