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Glasgow needs protecting

A corner of Glasgow’s historic Central Station was destroyed by fire last Sunday in scenes that resembled the 1970s disaster film Towering Inferno....

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Down with the Old Firm

Yesterday afternoon, Rangers and Celtic played out a dismal 0-0 draw (‘eye-bleeding’, was journalist Tom English’s verdict) in the Scottish Cup...

09.03.2026 9

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The decline and fall of Tottenham Hotspur

How the mighty have fallen. Tottenham Hotspur, the fifth richest club in England, the ninth richest in the world, current Europa League Champions...

06.03.2026 10

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Japan is refusing to tiptoe around the Taiwan issue

One of the most serious issues in the well-filled in-tray of freshly endorsed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is Taiwan, which China claims as...

27.02.2026 7

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Japan is holding firm against China's Taiwan bullying

One of the most serious issues in the well-filled in-tray of freshly endorsed Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi is Taiwan (which China claims as...

25.02.2026 8

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What Kemi Badenoch could learn from Sanae Takaichi

10.02.2026 10

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Japan doesn't want to see Starmer

31.01.2026 6

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Could the Japanese economy crash out?

27.01.2026 10

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The real trouble with Naomi Osaka

25.01.2026 10

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Japan’s Thatcher is making a huge election gamble

14.01.2026 10

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Silence of the hams / Hollywood is all but silent on Iran

12.01.2026 40

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Disunited / Do football managers still matter?

10.01.2026 10

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Do football managers still matter?

09.01.2026 20

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The strange world of ‘2D exclusive’ Japanese women

14.12.2025 8

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How an Iran-Egypt Pride match threw the World Cup into disarray

10.12.2025 5

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Fifa's great World Cup rip-off has gone too far

05.12.2025 10

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‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan

23.11.2025 10

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Nightmare / ‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan

22.11.2025 10

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4-2 / Scotland’s win showed the beauty of international football

19.11.2025 10

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Is the British Council worth saving?

02.11.2025 10

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New alliance / Is Japan’s new PM the Thatcher to Trump’s Reagan?

29.10.2025 10

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How sumo wrestling bounced back

19.10.2025 10

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Sport / How sumo wrestling bounced back

18.10.2025 6

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Japan has a bear problem

12.10.2025 10

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Why Japan doesn’t care about having its first female leader

05.10.2025 9

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Japan’s Asahi cyber attack is a national embarrassment

03.10.2025 6

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Rock on / A fitting encore for Spinal Tap

01.10.2025 9

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Who will succeed Shigeru Ishiba?

08.09.2025 5

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Is the British Council really a ‘nest of espionage’?

05.09.2025 8

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Man Utd vs Grimsby is what football should be about

28.08.2025 7

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Frankly / What J.K. Rowling misses about Sturgeon’s memoir 

16.08.2025 10

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What J.K. Rowling misses about Sturgeon’s memoir 

15.08.2025 10

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What Marcus Rashford gets right – and wrong – about United

13.08.2025 7

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Could Britain learn from Japan’s ‘vigilante’ groups?

08.08.2025 6

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Women’s football is better without the politics

28.07.2025 10

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

23.07.2025 6

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Japan’s prime minister is on borrowed time

21.07.2025 7

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

17.07.2025 10

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Could Japan soon be governed by chatbots?

17.07.2025 10

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

08.07.2025 4

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In defence of Wimbledon’s AI line judge

07.07.2025 3

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Will China interfere in choosing the next Dalai Lama?

04.07.2025 10

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Nissan’s future looks bleak

02.07.2025 6

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Where have all the Japanese tourists gone?

31.05.2025 9

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Why the Japanese don’t believe Fukushima is safe

30.05.2025 10

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RIP Brian Glanville / Great football writers are different

24.05.2025 9

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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 8

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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 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

01.05.2025 7

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