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Sanctions are clearly not deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. But alternative strategies have huge risks, too.
Ivory poaching is threatening regional elephant populations.
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Japan was one of the world’s largest ivory markets – research explains why the country is no longer a key destination for the product.
Ash Ketchum and Pikachu with the World Championship trophy.
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Twenty-five years on from his promise to become “the very best”, Ash Ketchum has won the Pokémon World Championship. But for a franchise that’s always evolving, this is far from the end.
Monsters and spirits –including ‘tsukumogami,’ which are made of everyday objects – in the ‘Hyakki-Yagyō-Emaki’ scroll, painted between the 14th and 16th centuries.
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Shinto and Buddhist ideas about interconnectedness have deeply influenced Japan, shaping centuries-old rituals and stories whose impact continues today.
Now a symbol of Japanese culture, the Kimono has Chinese roots.
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The Kimono is a distinct cultural symbol of Japan and for that reason, it has a complicated reputation around much of Asia.
Soviet whalers manning mechanized harpoons in 1960.
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The Soviet Union was a latecomer to industrial whaling, but it slaughtered whales by the thousands once it started and radically under-reported its take to international monitors.
Lanterns decorate the plaza in front of Nippori station, in Tokyo, for obon.
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Each summer, during the obon festival, apanese people clean altars and family graves to welcome back their ancestors. These contemporary traditions are rooted in ancient rituals.
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Issey Miyake’s clothing is both theatrical and practical. The Japanese designer has died aged 84.
‘Lower Meguro (Shimo Meguro)’, artist: Katsushika Hokusai, c1830–32.
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Japanese people had to rely totally on materials already present within the country.
Priests from several religions pray for the victims of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki upon the 60th anniversary.
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As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
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Seven years in the making, this disturbing Australian film looks at the death of 100,000 citizens in during the second world war.
People line up to pay their respects before the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on July 12, 2022, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo.
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A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe.
Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving post-WWII prime minister, who was assassinated on July * 2022.
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Abe was Japan’s longest-serving post-war PM. His legacy, while considerable, is mixed.
In the 1920s and 1930s there were a number of attacks on prime ministers, sometimes after they left office.
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Shinzo Abe’s murder is the latest political attack in Japan, a country which has strict gun laws.
Former Japanese prime minster Shinzo Abe being taken to hospital following a shooting on Friday July 8th.
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The world is in shock after news Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot dead during a speech in Nara, western Japan.
Nakashima Harumi, born Ena City, Gifu prefecture, 1950, Struggling forms, c2005, Ena City, Gifu prefecture, porcelain, under and overglaze, 66.0 x 49.0 x 43.0 cm.
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Pure Form at the Art Gallery of South Australia brings together some of Japan’s most interesting post-war art.
Leaders of the ‘Quad’ alliance, including new member, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, left.
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The security landscape in the Asia-Pacific region is shifting in the face of China’s increasingly assertive foreign policy.
The ‘bad’ Yakuza boss, Tozawa in the series Tokyo Vice.
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The show is an accurate representation of how the yakuza see themselves and their culture.
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More gunboats and weapons in the Asia-Pacific region will not enhance regional or global security.
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As New Zealand considers how and whether to incorporate traditional Māori knowledge in the science curriculum, what might we learn from the experiences of Japan?