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The US trade deal may come too late for Japan’s prime minister

The US trade deal may come too late for Japan’s prime minister
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Japan’s prime minister is on borrowed time

Japan’s prime minister is on borrowed time
21.07.2025 5

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The AIs have it / Could Japan soon be governed by chatbots?

17.07.2025 7

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Could Japan soon be governed by chatbots?

17.07.2025 6

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Japan is running out of time to save itself from Trump’s tariffs

Japan is running out of time to save itself from Trump’s tariffs
08.07.2025 3

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In defence of Wimbledon’s AI line judge

07.07.2025 1

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Will China interfere in choosing the next Dalai Lama?

04.07.2025 7

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Nissan’s future looks bleak

02.07.2025 10

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Where have all the Japanese tourists gone?

31.05.2025 10

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Why the Japanese don’t believe Fukushima is safe

30.05.2025 9

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RIP Brian Glanville / Great football writers are different

24.05.2025 4

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Great football writers are different

24.05.2025 10

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Bad sport / What the Europa League losers’ final reveals about English football

20.05.2025 10

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Fighting talk / ‘It is sad that we are sometimes seen as just killers’: an interview with Japan’s last ninja

02.05.2025 30

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Fighting talk / ‘It is sad that we are sometimes seen as just killers’: an interview with Japan’s last ninja

01.05.2025 3

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‘It is sad that we are sometimes seen as just killers’: an interview with Japan’s last ninja

01.05.2025 2

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Trump’s tariff pause has given Japan time to plan its next move

10.04.2025 2

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Trump is bending Japan to his will

07.04.2025 8

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They think it’s all over for President Yoon – it is now

04.04.2025 7

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I’m bored by this blossom worship

04.04.2025 8

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Japan has been stunned by the Trump tariffs

03.04.2025 5

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Up to 11 / What’s wrong with a Spinal Tap reboot?

25.03.2025 9

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Does Japan want its own nuclear weapons?

22.03.2025 10

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Football is demolishing its past

12.03.2025 30

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Is Trump going to rip up the US security alliance with Japan?

09.03.2025 10

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Japan and Britain are too weak to help each other

07.03.2025 4

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The comedy genius of John Shuttleworth

23.02.2025 6

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Tokyo grift / Why Japan is best at whisky, tailoring, cheese, pastries… I could go on

05.02.2025 10

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Japan’s smoking ban is a sham

31.01.2025 10

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The real reason female footballers aren’t on birthday cards

22.01.2025 4

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Beautiful game / The Arts Council should subsidise footballers

22.01.2025 30

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Yoon Suk-yeol / The arrest of South Korea’s president won’t end this saga

15.01.2025 10

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The ‘MAGA’ South Koreans still supporting President Yoon

09.01.2025 10

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Are Premier League fans right to protest ticket hikes?

It takes quite a lot to unite the fans of Manchester United and Liverpool, but it will happen today at Anfield. Some of the most committed...

05.01.2025 4

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Why did South Korea’s President Yoon declare martial law?

The aftershocks of last Tuesday’s declaration, and then cancellation, of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol continue to be felt by South...

12.12.2024 20

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South Korea’s President Yoon will be lucky to escape jail

Six hours. That was the duration of the profoundly disturbing and simultaneously farcical version of martial law invoked by South Korea’s president...

04.12.2024 10

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Cut above / Is London the most stylish city on earth?

Let’s face it, there are many reasons not to visit London these days: the crime, the intimidatory protests, the woeful public transport, the eye-...

04.12.2024 10

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Why has South Korea’s president declared martial law?

In a dramatic and unnanounced move, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday in a live broadcast on YTN television....

03.12.2024 3

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Jeremy Clarkson’s time has come

It’s a reasonable bet that if Jeremy Clarkson stood for prime minister tomorrow, he’d win by a country mile. Some might even crown him the next...

20.11.2024 40

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It was time for Gary Lineker to go

Having thought it was all over, several times, it is now – for Gary Linker as presenter of Match of the Day. Lineker who has occupied the hot seat...

12.11.2024 8

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Kamala Harris and the death of the celebrity endorsement

Poor old Bruce Springsteen. The legendary rocker bet the farm on an endorsement of Kamala Harris and may well have alienated about half his...

08.11.2024 2

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Japan could soon lose one of its best assets

What now? This is the question on everyone’s lips here in Tokyo after a dramatic general election which looks to have inflicted a potentially...

28.10.2024 2

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Newcastle, Saudi Arabia and desperate decline of English football

Is a major scandal over the sale of Newcastle United to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund about to engulf the club? And...

22.10.2024 10

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A day of violence in Tokyo

It has been an alarming day in Tokyo as political terror returned to the streets of the capital. A man was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails...

19.10.2024 2

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England manager / Does it matter that Thomas Tuchel isn’t English?

Thomas Tuchel has been confirmed as the next manager of the England national football team, to take over from the hapless and seemingly confused...

16.10.2024 4

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Rising Sun / I think we’re turning Japanese

Japanese culture is rapidly colonising the West, from our theatres to our cinemas, to our streaming services and our bookshops, to the food we eat...

16.10.2024 10

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Wimbledon won’t be the same without line judges

It will soon be the end of an era at Wimbledon. From 2025, the All England Club has announced that the services of line judges, who ringed the...

10.10.2024 2

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Japan’s next prime minister is a bit of a maverick

The 67-year-old Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister on 1 October after winning a surprisingly exciting play-off vote against his...

27.09.2024 2

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The tragic cost of Japan’s floods

Yet another natural disaster has struck in Japan as floods and landslides in the Noto peninsula, precipitated by ‘unprecedented’ rainfall, have...

23.09.2024 5

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The trouble with the Champions League

The revamped Champions League kicks off this week with all the gushing hyperbole we have come to expect from this glossy, money-saturated event....

17.09.2024 1

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