Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country’s biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more…
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Japan: Man jailed for attempted murder of former PM
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan’s former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at…
Japan: Government to increase reliance on nuclear energy in post-Fukushima shift
Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors. An…
Japan: Woman arrested for squashing bun in shop
A woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly squashing a bun at a convenience store and leaving without buying the packet of bread. Authorities in the southern city of…
Japan: Honda-Nissan multi-billion dollar merger collapses
5 hours ago João da Silva & Annabelle Liang Business reporters, BBC NewsShareSave Merger talks between Honda and Nissan have collapsed after the firms failed to agree on a multi-billion-dollar…
Japan: Truck found in pipe weeks after falling in sinkhole
A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities say. Drone images suggest that a human…
Japan: Finance ministry worker on night out loses sensitive files
A Japanese finance ministry employee on a night out with colleagues lost documents containing the personal data of 187 people suspected of drug smuggling, local media say. The employee, who…
Japan: Success behind PM Shigeru Ishiba’s US state visit
If Japan needed reassurances it was indeed still the US’s top ally and friend in the increasingly unstable Asia-Pacific, it got that and then some. But what was striking about…
USA: Trump says Nippon Steel will ‘invest heavily’ in US Steel, drop takeover bid
President Donald Trump has said Japan’s Nippon Steel will drop its $14.9bn (£12bn) bid to acquire US Steel. Speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, Trump…
USA: How Japan sparked Trump’s 40-year love affair with tariffs
When Donald Trump’s fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the Trump Princess, to Asia hoping he…