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Why Japan is running short of plastic bags, trays and gloves

Shortage affecting bakeries to convenience store chains, and making everyday items more expensive for people

The Independent UK

People are stealing copper roof plates from Japan’s Shinto shrines as value of metal soars

Even remote sacred sites being hit repeatedly, forcing them to replace traditional copper with cheaper materials

The Independent UK

Japan’s military leads backlash against government plan to bring back WWII-era titles

Ruling coalition says move aligns SDF with ‘international standards’, but critics warn it risks regional tensions

The Independent UK

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Demand for bedbug-sniffing dogs soars at hotels in Japan

A surge in tourists has fuelled a rise in bedbug complaints

The Independent UK

Japanese TV show under fire for editing interview to falsely imply Chinese people eat crows

Editor thought manipulating street interview would make show more entertaining

The Independent UK

The Honda-Nissan Merger Might Not Happen After All

In early December 2024, Honda and Nissan inked a deal to explore the potential of a mega-merger. The two Japanese brands signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and set up a committee to debate the possibility of establishing a new holding company that would become operational as early as 2026.…

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Truck driver disappears into swimming pool-sized sinkhole in middle of road

Driver, 74, was initially conscious but became unresponsive on Tuesday evening

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Meet emperor Naruhito and empress Masako: Japan's anglophile royal couple visit the UK

Emma Loffhagen takes a look at the island nation’s royal couple and their unlikely British connections

Evening Standard

Tokyo’s government plays matchmaker with new dating app to reverse its plunging birth rate

The app will have strict prerequisites to help fight scams and misrepresentation.

Fortune

Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan

A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago.

LiveScience

Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific

A volcanic eruption off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Oct. 30 led to the formation of a new 330-foot-wide island just north of the explosion site.

LiveScience

Osaka’s baseball underdogs hope one more win will lift curse of KFC

Many in the city have put the Hanshin Tigers’ lack of success down to an unusual Colonel Sanders-based superstition, but it may be about to end

The Guardian - UK

Sisi: Egypt Facing Growing Difficulties with More Sudanese Seeking Refuge

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that his country is facing growing economic “difficulties” because of Sudanese people fleeing the conflict raging in their country to Egypt . In an interview with a Japanese newspaper on Tuesday, The Asahi Shimbun, Sisi said that the Egyptian economy is doomed to worsen…

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