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Get the most recent news and updates from RT on Japan, including weather, sports, and breaking news. Japan is an island nation in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean. The capital and largest city of Japan is Tokyo. Japan consists of approximately 6,800 islands. The three largest are Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido. Read news on geography and history at RT.com. Japan is considered a Great Power and is a member of international organizations such as the UN, G7, ASEAN Plus Three and Six, etc. Follow RT for news and reports on politics in Japan, as well as Japan’s relations with other countries, including Russia, the US, and North Korea. Don’t miss news and stories about Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe - who is also leader of the Liberal Democratic Party - and his relations and meetings with other world leaders. Japan is one of the most developed countries in Asia with a very high standard of living, and also known for its traditions, culture, and history. Don’t miss news and stories on the culture and history of Japan. Сheck out news on the economy of Japan. It enjoys a highly skilled workforce, industrial sector, tourism, etc. Read about the terrible accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan in March 2011. It was mainly triggered by a tsunami following an earthquake. Follow RT for its consequences and investigations, as many critics claim the disaster could have been foreseen, and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) failed to meet the most fundamental standards, causing thousands of deaths.
- Four Japanese basketball players expelled from Asian games over prostitute scandal
Four members of the Japanese men’s basketball team have been sent packing from the Asian games for allegedly paying to prostitutes during their promenade in Indonesian capital of Jakarta.Sport News - Russia & Japan plan to launch freight route via Trans-Siberian Railway
A rail cargo transport route is expected to be officially developed between Russia and Japan, according to the Japan News. It will become the “third distribution channel” for the two countries, after sea and air routes.Business News - American arrested for peeing on passenger two rows behind him during flight to Japan
A 24-year-old American has been arrested for urinating on a fellow passenger, seated two rows behind him, during a flight to Japan. He was inebriated and said he didn’t recall doing it.US News - Homeless & migrant workers ‘exploited’ to clean up Fukushima radiation, UN warns
UN human rights experts have slammed the Japanese government for the alleged exploitation of “tens of thousands” of workers, as well as migrants and the homeless, said to be cleaning up the mangled Fukushima nuclear plant.World News - ‘We defeated communist Japan’: Fox News host offers irrefutable proof of America’s greatness
The US victory over “communist Japan” serves as ironclad proof of America's greatness, Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt has argued, laying waste to highly un-American utterances made by New York governor Andrew Cuomo.US News - Japan & China slashing US sovereign debt is Washington's worst nightmare
Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that Russia and Turkey are not the only countries to dump US debt bonds. Washington’s second-biggest creditor, Japan, is doing the same.Business News
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