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83-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest person to sail solo non-stop across Pacific

An 83-year-old Japanese man named, Kenichi Horie, has reportedly become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, passes away at 119 in Japan

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman certified as the oldest person in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2019, passed away at the age of 119 at a hospital in Fukuoka city.

Missing Japanese boat: 3-year-old girl's body found; death toll rises to 11

A body of a child has been discovered during search and rescue operations initiated after a boat accident in northeastern Japan. The death toll in the accident has reached 11 now.

Missing Japanese boat: Ten people confirmed dead

Ten people who were found by rescue workers after a tour boat went missing off Japan's northern coast have been confirmed dead by the coast guard.

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Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo's Olympics

Outside the Olympic bubble, Japan hit new virus records, with the capital accounting for a large portion of the numbers.

Germany's Wellbrock doubles up to win Olympic marathon swim

"The temperature today was the biggest competitor. I beat it and I beat everything in this race."

Biles in Olympic spotlight as Bermuda win first ever gold

The US women came to Tokyo as firm favourites but Biles admitted to feeling the pressure

Tokyo Olympics: Andy Murray withdraws from men's singles event

Murray will continue playing doubles with Joe Salisbury

Barcelona release statement on Griezmann and Dembele's 'racist' video

Japanese sponsors Rakuten and Konami were particularly enraged by the incident.

Barcelona players caught making racist jokes in viral video

Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele were caught mocking Asian hotel workers on video

Japan newspaper sponsoring Tokyo Olympics urges cancellation

It comes less than two months until the Games are set to begin, and days after the US State Department issued a travel warning for Japan over virus risks.

China makes anal swab mandatory for all foreign arrivals even after complaints from Japan, US

Foreign visitors to China will have to undergo an anal swab test or give a stool sample to test for COVID-19.

Japan urges China to stop 'psychologically painful' anal COVID-19 test

Japanese visitors in Beijing confirmed with the embassy that they were subjected to the mandatory anal swab for COVID-19 testing.

Only in Japan! Man gets paid £70 per booking to literally 'do nothing'

This man offers his "do nothing" services in Japan, and people are actually paying him just to eat, drink or listen to them.

Logan Paul hit with 3m lawsuit over 'Suicide Forest' video

YouTuber Logan Paul is ordered to reimburse the 3M licensing deal he made with Planeless Pictures for a 2016 film.

Freaky 3D masks featuring real faces of people can be bought in Japan

Any adult can don these masks and they would look like another person, depicting the face of an unnamed Japanese adult.

Libraries in Japan install machines that would disinfect books using UV light

The machine gives visitors peace of mind knowing that a book that they take out from the library would be free of viruses.

Japan to fund AI matchmaking services next year to boost dwindling birthrate

The city of Saitama spent about £107,000 on matchmaking services in 2019 and saw 21 couples make it to the altar

Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on Earth

The samples were collected by Hayabusa-2, which launched in 2014, from the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometres from Earth.

18 percent of Olympic tickets sold in Japan to be refunded

The Games were postponed in March in the first peacetime delay of an Olympics, and are now scheduled to start on July 23, 2021.

Nike's new advert receives backlash in Japan for highlighting issues on racism.

Comments on social media accused Nike of exaggerating the scale of discrimination in Japan

Japan exits recession as GDP grows 5.0% in Q3

The positive figures come after three quarters of contraction in the world's third-largest economy.

The Southeast Asian Summit is happening online

Huge China-backed trade pact to be signed at Southeast Asian Summit

Once signed, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be the world's largest trade pact in terms of GDP, according to analysts.

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi

Britain inks post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

The deal covers sectors from food to textiles and tech and largely replicates the existing EU-Japan arrangement.

67-year-old British man dies in Japanese jail during imprisonment for smuggling drugs

The man died just one year into his sentence for trying to smuggle 2.1 kilograms of amphetamines into the country.

Tech companies are cashing in on mask-wearing

Translation tools, air purifiers: Face masks go high-tech

As masks become the norm worldwide, tech companies are rolling out weird and wonderful models to both guard against infection and cash in on a growing trend.