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An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) looks up at a tank reserved for storing treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami
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Tepco finds melting of ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant

The ice wall is intended to limit the seepage of groundwater into the plant, which has created large amounts of toxic water being stored by Tepco in tanks

Firefighters and officers work at a Tokyo train station following a knife, arson and acid attack, in Tokyo, Japan October 31, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. TWITTER / @SIZ33/via REUTERS
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Man in joker costume injures 17 on Tokyo train

Photo: Reuters
South Asia

China, Russia navy ships jointly sail through Japan strait

Japan confronts rising inequality after Abenomics
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Japan confronts rising inequality after Abenomics

Representational image. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo, preliminary magnitude at 6.1

People walk in Shibuya shopping area, during a state of emergency amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki?Christodoulou
Coronavirus chronicle

Japan to extend Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area - paper

Police escort rescue workers carrying a person through a train station after a knife attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan August 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'- NHK

People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 surge hits Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections

People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 surge hits Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
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Japan expands state of emergency as Covid-19 surge shadows Olympics

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
Coronavirus chronicle

Tokyo records record virus cases days after Olympics begin

A silhouette of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Athletes' Village is seen in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. Photo: REUTERS
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Olympic Village Covid-19 infection bubble already ‘broken', says health expert

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn talks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon June 14, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

American duo sentenced to prison by Tokyo court for helping Ghosn flee Japan