Japan

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Offbeat

Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'

Police took the 37-year-old into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu in southern Japan, a police spokesman told AFP

Flags of Bangladesh and Japan. Photo: Jica
Economy

70% of Japanese firms cite legal, tax hurdles in Bangladesh

A fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under development is seen at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Japan November 26, 2024, in this photo released by Kyodo. Photo: Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Asia

Japan's space agency halts Epsilon S rocket engine test after fire

Flags of Bangladesh and Japan. Illustration: Collected
Infrastructure

Japan provides $248.88m for Jamuna rail bridge, Ctg sewerage system

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Bangladesh

1 grave found empty, 23 other WWII Japanese soldiers’ remains repatriated

People walk along Takeshita street at Harajuku shopping area in Tokyo, Japan, August 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
Asia

Japan sets monthly record 3.31 mln visitors in October

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Foreign Policy

Bangladesh, Japan to sign MoU on climate and waste management cooperation

The Mainamati War Cemetery is the burial site of 738 soldiers who died between 1941 and 1945 during World War II. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Home after 81 years: Japan repatriates remains of 24 WWII soldiers’ from Cumilla

Peru's President Dina Boluarte welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in Lima, Peru November 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce
Politics

Peru, Japan strengthen ties with defence and mining agreements

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles speaks during a tour of the Sheffield Forgemasters site, where steel used in defence programmes including a future fleet of nuclear-armed submarines is manufactured, in Sheffield, Britain, July 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/Pool/File Photo
World+Biz

Japanese troops to train with Australia, US militaries in Darwin

US President Joe Biden attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, November 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis
Asia

Biden meets South Korea, Japan leaders for pre-Trump huddle on risk

Princess Misaka. Photo: Collected
Asia

Japan's Princess Mikasa, great aunt to emperor, dies aged 101

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori meets Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin at his office on 12 November 2024. Photo: PID
Foreign Policy

EPA, FTA with Japan to open new avenues for Bangladesh: Commerce adviser