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Japan Ex-PM Shinzo Abe's Killer Appeals Sentence
The gunman convicted of shooting dead former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has appealed his life sentence, his lawyer told AFP.
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Death Counts From Heavy Japan Snow Hits 30
Unusually heavy snow killed at least 30 people in Japan in the past two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as the government deployed troops to help clear huge drifts that left residents in the country's north struggling to leave home.
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Train Stationmaster Cat 'Nitama' Dies In Japan, More Than 500 Attend Funeral
Nitama, who oversaw the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway Co., passed away on November 20 at the age of 15.
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Ex-Japanese PM Tomiichi Murayama, Known For Apology Over Wartime Aggression, Dies At 101
Japan's former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 "Murayama statement" apologizing to Asian victims of his country's aggression, died Friday. He was 101.
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Explained: What Is The Battle Over China's Wartime History?
China commemorated 80 years since the end of World War Two this week with a massive military parade against a backdrop of a disputed history about who ultimately defeated Japan.
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Scientists Drilled Deep Under The Sea, Here's What They Learnt
Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench - seven kilometres below sea level - lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth.
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Japan Police "Apologise" For Death Of Innocent Man After Long Detention
Japan's top law enforcement officials apologised to the family of a businessman who was wrongfully arrested and died after a months-long detention.
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Japanese Man, 93, Was Presumed To Be Killed By Bear. Attacker Was His Son
Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested on Tuesday in Daisen for allegedly stabbing his 93-year-old father, Fujiyoshi, to death at their home on Monday afternoon.
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2011 Tsunami Recap: When 40-Metre Waves Crashed Into Japan Coasts
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, unleashing tsunami waves up to four metres high and leading to evacuation alerts across the Pacific.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Japan Ex-PM Shinzo Abe's Killer Appeals Sentence
The gunman convicted of shooting dead former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has appealed his life sentence, his lawyer told AFP.
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Death Counts From Heavy Japan Snow Hits 30
Unusually heavy snow killed at least 30 people in Japan in the past two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as the government deployed troops to help clear huge drifts that left residents in the country's north struggling to leave home.
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Train Stationmaster Cat 'Nitama' Dies In Japan, More Than 500 Attend Funeral
Nitama, who oversaw the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway Co., passed away on November 20 at the age of 15.
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Ex-Japanese PM Tomiichi Murayama, Known For Apology Over Wartime Aggression, Dies At 101
Japan's former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 "Murayama statement" apologizing to Asian victims of his country's aggression, died Friday. He was 101.
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Explained: What Is The Battle Over China's Wartime History?
China commemorated 80 years since the end of World War Two this week with a massive military parade against a backdrop of a disputed history about who ultimately defeated Japan.
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Scientists Drilled Deep Under The Sea, Here's What They Learnt
Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench - seven kilometres below sea level - lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth.
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Japan Police "Apologise" For Death Of Innocent Man After Long Detention
Japan's top law enforcement officials apologised to the family of a businessman who was wrongfully arrested and died after a months-long detention.
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Japanese Man, 93, Was Presumed To Be Killed By Bear. Attacker Was His Son
Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested on Tuesday in Daisen for allegedly stabbing his 93-year-old father, Fujiyoshi, to death at their home on Monday afternoon.
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2011 Tsunami Recap: When 40-Metre Waves Crashed Into Japan Coasts
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, unleashing tsunami waves up to four metres high and leading to evacuation alerts across the Pacific.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
