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We have started to collect the most important news related to Japan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
CanadaA late Ander Monro penalty for Canada denies Japan their first victory of the Rugby World Cup.
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GreeceJapan's finance minister says it may consider being part of a global plan to help bail out Greece from its ongoing debt crisis.
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United StatesUS planemaker Boeing delivers its first 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways, after three years of delays.
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Is Tokyo turning its back on the high-rise lifestyle?
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The powerful typhoon that hit Japan on Wednesday makes its way across the country, bringing floods, damage and deaths.
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A powerful typhoon strikes disaster-ravaged Japan and heads towards the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, where clean-up work has been suspended.
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Images from Japan as Typhoon Roke makes landfall
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United KingdomInsurance market Lloyd's of London says catastrophes such as the Japanese tsunami made the first half of 2011 the most expensive on record.
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Japan's exports rise less than expected as slowing growth abroad and the strength of the yen begin to weigh on the country's economic recovery.
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More than a million people in central Japan are urged to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon approaches, bringing heavy rains and flooding.
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Japan's biggest weapons maker is investigating a cyber attack, believed to be the first of its kind against the country's defence industry.
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One of Japan's richest men, the billionaire property developer Akira Mori, has called for a halt to the building of skyscrapers.
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ChinaOne of Japan's best-known pop groups has performed a long-awaited concert in the Chinese capital Beijing.
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ChinaTop Japanese pop band SMAP are in China for a long-awaited concert seen as a rare chance to ease strained ties, after previous tours were shelved.
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New ZealandWorld Cup hosts New Zealand lay down a marker with a one-sided 83-7 mauling of Japan in their Pool A encounter.
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Japanese Coast Guards say they have found a boat carrying nine people, who say they are North Koreans, off the country's west coast.
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Six months on from Japan's nuclear crisis, science correspondent David Shukman enters the Fukushima exclusion zone.
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North KoreaCoast Guards find a boat carrying nine apparent North Korean refugees off Japan's west coast, only the third group to arrive in the country.
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Japan tsunami survivor swims for friends who lost their lives
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Six months on from the tsunami that devastated parts of Japan and resulted in the deaths of thousands, the rebuilding process continues.
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Panorama travels to Okawa in Japan to hear from tsunami survivors and to hear about one mother's search for the body of her missing 12-year-old daughter.
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Yukio Edano has been appointed Japan's trade minister, reports say, after the abrupt resignation of the previous incumbent.
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How do Japan's tsunami-hit regions look six months on?
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United StatesA Japanese air traffic controller is questioned after apparently blogging about the flight plans of the US president's plane, Air Force One, reports say.
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Japan's new trade minister quits after calling the area around the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant a "town of death", media reports say.
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Japan's economy contracted more severely in the second quarter than was initially estimated, latest government data shows.
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Helicopters have begun lifting supplies to communities cut off by a powerful typhoon in central and western Japan.
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Japanese rescue teams are continuing the search for dozens of people missing after Typhoon Talas ripped through the west of the country.
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Japanese rescue workers search for the missing and plan relief flights by helicopter, after Typhoon Talas left at least 37 dead.
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IndiaJapanese car major Honda says it will recall thousands of City sedans in India to replace a faulty component.
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Dozens have been killed and more than 50 are still missing after Talas typhoon hit Japan on the weekend.
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Sculptor Anish Kapoor is designing a mobile concert hall to benefit the region of Japan hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March.
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ChinaToyota plans to manufacture key components for its hybrid cars outside Japan for the first time, as it seeks to boost sales.
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At least 19 people are killed and more than 50 are missing after powerful Typhoon Talas brings high winds and heavy rain to western Japan.
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New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveils his cabinet which will be charged with rebuilding the country and boosting growth.
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Japan's firms cut their investment in business expansion, showing continued worries about the country's economic growth.
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Japanese police block main roads in Tokyo during rush hour to simulate gridlock in an elaborate annual earthquake drill.
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Hundreds of people in Japan pay to sleep on a bus just to wake up the next day to work for free.
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Soaring global gold prices have Tokyo residents digging for gold through their personal belongings.
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Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba form a major joint venture to make LCD displays for tablet PCs and smartphones in an attempt to cut costs.
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Tesco announces that it is to sell off its "unscalable" Japanese retail business after an eight-year struggle.
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Behind the scenes with Japan's notorious Yakuza syndicates
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Japan's parliament elects Yoshihiko Noda prime minister, a day after he won his party's leadership vote.
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Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda wins the Democratic Party leadership race, putting him on track to become Japan's sixth PM in five years.
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United StatesMaria Sharapova fights back to beat Britain's Heather Watson in the first round of the US Open after Laura Robson reaches round two when Japan's Ayumi Morita retires injured.
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Japan's governing Democratic Party (DPJ) has chosen Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its leader.
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Members of parliament from the governing Democratic Party voted for Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as their new leader after a run-off ballot.
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Five candidates put their names forward to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and become the country's sixth leader in five years.
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Japan's PM Naoto Kan announces his resignation, amid criticism of his leadership after the devastating quake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear crisis.
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Consumer prices in Japan rose unexpectedly in July as higher prices of fuel resulted in increased energy costs, figures show.
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The Japanese government sets up a new $100bn (£61bn) fund to help local businesses combat the strength of the yen.
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Rating agency Moody's cuts Japan's debt rating citing concerns about the size of the country's deficit and borrowing levels.
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Seiji Maehara confirms he plans to run in the leadership race, making him a key contender to succeed Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister.
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