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Minami Minegishi, a pop idol from the Japanese girl band AKB48 has shaved her head as penance for having a boyfriend. Reporter Katie Razzall explores why.
by Geoff White
Sony fined £250,000 over poor PlayStation security
Sony is fined £250,000 by the UK's data protection watchdog for failing to safeguard the personal details of millions of customers using its PlayStation Network.
Japan's two leading airlines ground their Boeing 787s fleets after one of the dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, in the latest and most serious of safety scares.
Japan's next prime minister, Shinzo Abe, restates the country's claim to uninhabited East China Sea islands - but vows to work to improve relations with China, which disputes Japan's claim.
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of north-eastern Japan shakes buildings as far away as Tokyo but early fears of a tsunami and devastation on the scale of the March 2011 disaster have receded.
A tunnel on a major motorway in central Japan collapses killing at least three people and trapping a number of others.
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It is 13 feet tall, can be controlled by an iPhone, has "guns" that fires thousands of BB pellets and costs almost £900,000. Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata unveils his dream.
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Hokkaido was hit by a blizzard on Tuesday as heavy snow and strong winds affected the northern Japanese island. Road, rail and airline networks were closed and 40,000 homes left without power.
Heather Watson becomes the first Briton to win a women's tour tennis singles title in 24 years after winning the HP Open in Japan.
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China and Japan hold talks as their diplomatic duel over a chain of small but strategically important islands continues to escalate.
