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Three deaths from float crushes raise safety concerns over Japanese festivals

By: Justin McCurry

There is mounting concern over the safety of Japan's traditional festivals after the death of a senior local official who was reportedly crushed

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‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance': Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars's moon Phobos

By: Justin McCurry

Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth

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‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos

By: Justin McCurry

Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth

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Japan launches unprecedented mission to bring back samples from Mars's moon Phobos

By: Justin McCurry

Japan has successfully launched a spacecraft on an unprecedented mission to bring back samples from one of Mars's moons that scientists hope will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

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Sanae Takaichi took on Japan’s male-dominated politics and won – can she survive a second year in power?

By: Justin McCurry

The straight-talking PM’s ability to manage Trump and stand up to China have endeared her to the public, but she may need friends closer to home to survive

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Sanae Takaichi took on Japan's male-dominated politics and won – can she survive a second year in power?

By: Justin McCurry

Visitors squeeze into the kiosk near Japan 's national diet building to snap up souvenirs bearing the face of Sanae-chan, the affectionate nickname

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Can Japan’s firebrand PM survive a second year in power? - podcast

By: Hannah Parkes, Lu Hill, Rachel Herron, Justin McCurry, Reged Ahmad, Daniel Semo

Tokyo correspondent Justin McCurry speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether Sanae Takaichi can ride out what comes next

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North Korea has opened up bridges to Russia and China – in which direction will it go?

By: Justin McCurry, Rebecca Bailey

For more than a decade, local Chinese residents pilloried it as nothing more than an empty bridge that led to a North Korean vegetable patch on the other side.

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US bans vehicles from China’s BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable’ risk

By: Justin McCurry

US military says the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena airbase also apply to delivery drivers and taxis

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US bans vehicles from China's BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable' risk

By: Justin McCurry

One of America's biggest overseas military bases has banned vehicles made by the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD over security concerns, the US military in Japan said on Tuesday.