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#theguardian.com. × China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates. Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island

#theguardian.com. × Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console. Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic

#theguardian.com. × Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions. Diplomatic dispute over Japan’s stance on Taiwan continues to rumble after Senae Takaichi’s comments

#theguardian.com. × China sends coast guard to Senkaku islands amid row with Japan. Activity around Japanese-held islands, also claimed by China, comes after PM Sanae Takaichi said Japan might respond militarily to an invasion of Taiwan

#theguardian.com. × China advises against travel to Japan amid escalating row over PM’s Taiwan comments. Sanae Takaichi says the use of force against Taiwan could warrant a military response from Tokyo

#theguardian.com. × Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance. Takaichi caused a stir last week after she summoned aides to her office for a 3am meeting to prepare for a budget committee hearing

#theguardian.com. × Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety. Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fiction

#theguardian.com. × Japan’s new PM faces sumo-sized dilemma: will Takaichi defy the sport’s ban on women?. Women are banned from entering the ‘sacred’ dohyo. Sanae Takaichi is undecided on whether to attend a trophy presentation later this month

#theguardian.com. × Tokyo court orders dissolution of ‘Moonies’ Unification church. Assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe spurred official request for closure of South Korea-based sect

#theguardian.com. × Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan. Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murder

#theguardian.com. × Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a meltdown, research finds. About 1,000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011

#theguardian.com. × Back to the feudal: Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the most beautiful game I’ve ever seen. This thrilling trip through Japan is the best the series has given us in years

#theguardian.com. × Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – a historic frolic through feudal Japan. Ubisoft’s historical fiction series returns with its best adventure in years

#theguardian.com. × ‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life. From watching classic samurai movies to rendering the unique way light falls on Japan’s mountainsides and modelling individual characters’ socks, Ubisoft has spared no effort recreating a fascinatingly

#theguardian.com. × Norwegian writer Dag Solstad dies aged 83. A hugely influential novelist and critic, Solstad won the Norwegian Critics prize three times, and his work was translated by Haruki Murakami

#theguardian.com. × Japan to deploy long-range missiles able to hit North Korea and China. Planned missiles on Kyushu said to be part of ‘counterstrike capabilities’, as fears grow over US security pact

#theguardian.com. × US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights. Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations

#theguardian.com. × Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas. The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal

#theguardian.com. × Toyota plans to build battery vehicles in UK and keep European plants. Japanese company announces two new EVs and promises another three by 2026, as well as new Lexus models

#theguardian.com. × Japan battles largest wildfire in decades. More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of Iwate

#theguardian.com. × Elon Musk rebuffs claims that Tesla could invest in Nissan. Japanese carmaker’s shares rise almost 10% after reports that a group wants US EV firm to put in money

#theguardian.com. × Three resort workers die in suspected gas poisoning near hot spring in Japan. Hydrogen sulphide gives Takayu Onsen its unmistakable sulphurous smell but can be dangerous if inhaled in high enough concentrations

#theguardian.com. × Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar. Agriculture minister says rising prices have ‘had a significant impact on people’s lives’ amid record heat, surges in demand and distribution problems

#theguardian.com. × Sweet romance: Japanese boys start buying into gift giving on Valentine’s Day. Women are traditionally expected to buy chocolates for male colleagues on Valentine’s Day but teenage boys are shunning the one-sided custom

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