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Search launched for British girl, 12, after she disappears from Tokyo holiday apartment
A 12-year-old British schoolgirl is missing in Japan, causing a search operation.
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Exposed Russian GRU spy flees Japan after New York Times investigation reveals sanctions-busting scheme
Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in sourcing high-tech equipment for Russian weapons producers. Filchenkov’s role was exposed by a New York Times investigation, precipitating his departure.
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Russian spy network exploits Japan to keep Putin’s war machine running
Soon after troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western leaders expelled hundreds of Russian spies from their capitals and blacklisted companies with ties to the Kremlin.
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Tokyo schoolchildren escape through windows as fire tears through elementary school
Teachers and pupils escaped through windows after a fire ripped through a school in Tokyo.
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16-year-old Japanese student breaks Bolt’s record with 100m in 10.00 seconds
A 16-year-old schoolboy has broken the world record for the fastest 100m time ever by an under-18 athlete, beating Usain Bolt’s time when the Jamaican legend was 20.
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Boeing 737 makes emergency landing in Japan after cabin pressure loss — 191 aboard
A Boeing 737 plane flying from Shanghai to Tokyo made an emergency landing in Osaka after a sudden pressurisation failure forced it to drop nearly 26,000ft in 10 minutes on Monday.
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Kanye West loses $20 million Tokyo gigs after shocking Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori, misjudging Japanese tolerance
Kanye West has lost a $20 million deal to play in Japan as a result of his controversial stunt at the Grammys, according to sources in Tokyo.
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Eight students injured in hammer attack at Tokyo university
Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ began swinging hammer in classroom.
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Jet plane collides with aircraft at airport but passengers make 'miracle' escape
Terrifying footage showed a Japan Airlines flight engulfed in flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today after colliding with a coastguard plane during landing, killing two on the second plane and leaving the captain in critical condition
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Man who spent £12,000 becoming human Collie now wants to find a Lassie to love
A man fulfilled his childhood wish of becoming a dog earlier this year after paying over £12,000 for a costume to make him look like a Collie, and has now built up enough confidence to start searching for love
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Japan discovers more than 7,000 islands that it didn’t even know about
Advances in digital mapping have lead to authorities discovering 14,125 islands in Japanese territory - a massive 7,300 more than originally detected in a Coast Guard report in 1987
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World's best cities announced - there's a handful of UK hotspots named in elite
More than 50 per cent of the locations making the top 10 of the World's Best Cities rankings were in Europe, with New York, Tokyo, Dubai and Singapore dotted between them
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