Japan

Baseball star Ohtani's interpreter jailed for $17m gambling fraud
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World
Posted
6 February
WATCH: Huge snowfall causes chaos in Japan
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Weather
Posted
5 February
Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed grand champion
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World
Posted
31 January
Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in Japan sinkhole for days
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Asia
Posted
30 January
Top executives resign over Japanese TV host's sex scandal
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Asia
Posted
27 January
China hands death sentence to man who killed Japanese boy
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Asia
Posted
24 January
Star TV host retires as sex scandal rocks Japan industry
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Asia
Posted
23 January
Lonely sunfish in Japan gets cardboard human friends
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Asia
Posted
20 January
SpaceX rocket launches private missions to Moon
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World
Posted
15 January
Witness History. Kobe earthquake. Audio, 9 minutes
On 17 January 1995, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
First Minister Eluned Morgan sings Japanese anthem. Video, 00:00:28
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Wales
Posted
9 January
Japanese UK ambassador samples Welsh cake. Video, 00:00:44
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Wales
Posted
9 January
Witness History. Marie Kondo. Audio, 9 minutes
In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
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Asia
Posted
5 January
World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116
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Asia
Posted
4 January
Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from buying US Steel
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World
Posted
4 January
Do not wipe toilet seat with toilet paper: Japanese maker
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Asia
Posted
31 December 2024
American History Hit. Japanese in America. Audio, 51 minutes
Farming, the family units & forced internment, hear the story of Japanese American life
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
One woman's 56-year fight to free her innocent brother from death sentence
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Asia
Posted
20 December 2024
Japanese city to name and shame people who break rubbish rules
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Asia
Posted
19 December 2024
Honda and Nissan hold merger talks
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Business
Posted
18 December 2024
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson released from jail in Greenland
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World
Posted
17 December 2024
Why Final Fantasy director almost rejected his dream job
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Newsbeat
Posted
16 December 2024
Japanese star Miho Nakayama found dead at 54
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Asia
Posted
6 December 2024