Japan

Japanese offices bring in 'sleep boxes' so workers can get 40 winks in the office (while standing up)Japanese offices plan to install new 'nap boxes' for workers to sleep standing up The comic invention was devised by a…
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Shinzo Abe - Japan's longest-serving, best-known and perhaps most-consequential leader of modern times - is being laid to rest today in a private funeral in the capital Tokyo. Friends and family gathered inside the city's Zojoji temple -…
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Eyes shut tight with emotion, her staff bowing their heads in respect: This is how slain Japanese leader Shinzo Abe's wife left their Tokyo home for his wake today.Akie Abe, 60, was photographed with what seemed to be tears in her eyes…
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Shinzo Abe - Japan's longest-serving former prime minister - has died after being shot in the neck and heart as he made a campaign speech in the south of the country earlier today. The 67-year-old, who served for a total of nine years…
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For Shinzo Abe, a life in politics was destined for him - growing up he watched his maternal grandfather lead Japan as Prime Minister and his father work as a foreign minister.Abe, 67, became Japan's most famous politician and…
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People found guilty of cyberbullying in Japan now face up to a year in prison under rules implemented Thursday, which were toughened up after the suicide of a reality TV star who had been trolled online.Pink-haired professional wrestler…
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Hilarious reaction of fussy penguins who REFUSE to eat their food at Japanese aquarium after it switched to cheaper fishThe aquarium in southern Japan wanted to save by switching to a cheaper kind of mackerel but the…
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Japanese man saves giant murder hornet's life by pulling a large white parasite from its belly during DIY surgery using a pair of tweezersA Japanese man saved the life of a giant murder hornet with mini-surgery Insect…
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Japanese castaway Masafumi Nagasaki, 87, who spent 29 years on a deserted island before being forced to leave by Japan's government, returned to his paradise home on June 16 for a final goodbye.Japan's 'naked island hermit' was the only…
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The Austrian capital of Vienna has been ranked as the world's 'most liveable city', while Copenhagen and Zurich followed close behind in The Economist's annual 2022 rankings.The list was dominated by Western European and Canadian cities,…
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