Japan

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Health & Medicine

Opening the flood gates at Fukushima

Discharging radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is avoidable, risky and potentially illegal

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Politics & Society

Japan’s hidden landscape of violent crime

While the shooting of Shinzo Abe shocked the world, Japan has a hidden number of violent crimes – particularly against women

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Politics & Society

The symbolism of the Olympic Games

With indications that it may have to accept the inevitable, why has Japan been adamant that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games should go ahead in the face of COVID-19?

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Arts & Culture

The weird world of Christmas traditions

From wrapping presents to decorating a tree, some of the traditions many of us associate with Christmas get their own cultural spin in different countries around the world

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Politics & Society

Protest and democracy in Asia

Protests on the Japanese island of Okinawa are an example of growing civil society dynamism in Asia, an important element of democracy and active peace-seeking

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Arts & Culture

Video: A graphic way to tell the story of tsunami

Film director Irene Metter tells the story of journalist John Bailey, who is creating a graphic novel based on the stories of those affected by the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

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