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In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules. Even though Japan has a rapidly ageing population and is suffering labour shortages in many sectors, opposition to immigration is growing and…
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The Japanese Embassy in Beijing. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP China imposed new export controls on Monday (June 29, 2026) on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarisation” as tensions with Tokyo continue to rise. Twenty Japanese entities, including multiple divisions of Mitsubishi Corporation, have been placed on a…
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Getting ready: Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki will be in the thick of things when Brazil flies in on his post. | Photo Credit: AP The World Cup has always belonged to the dreamers. Every four years, nations arrive believing history can be rewritten. The knockout rounds of the tournament, however, have little time for romance…
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No tsunami warning was issued after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the east coast of Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Thursday (June 25, 2026). The epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Iwate prefecture, at the depth of about 50 km, and no damage from tsunami is…
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Sweden’s Alexander Isak, right, celebrates with Viktor Gyokeres after he scored to put Sweden up 3-1 during the World Cup Group F soccer match between Sweden and Tunisia in Guadalupe, near Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, June 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Group F remains delicately poised heading into the final round of matches in the…
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A pool devoid of big teams is set to be highly competitive, while Germany and The Netherlands are overwhelming favourites to top their groups. Group D (USA, Turkiye, Australia, Paraguay) The USA team is chasing the American dream. Competing on home soil in the global competition for the first time since 1994, the national side,…
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At World No. 135 Aditi Ashok is the highest-ranked Indian in the side. | Photo Credit: AFP The Indian Golf Union has finalised a six-member team for the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 2023 silver medallist Aditi Ashok leading the charge. Besides world No. 135 Aditi, who is also the highest-ranked Indian in the side,…
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The new guideline scraps those limits and allows the export of equipment such as fighter jets, missiles and destroyers. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during her press conference on February 9, 2026, in Tokyo. Photo: Pool Photo via AP Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday (February 9, 2026) that Japan would steadfastly protect its territory, territorial waters and airspace, pledging to bolster the country’s…
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