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Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US...
Zaha Hadid hits back over scrapped stadium for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
London-based architect’s firm says warnings over selection of building contractors and other issues were not heeded by Japan’s sport...
Toshiba boss quits over £780m accounting scandal
Hisao Tanaka stands down at Japanese electronics firm as finance minister warns the scandal risks damaging market’s trust in country...
Japan's Mitsubishi apologises to US prisoners of war
Historic apology is first made by a Japanese firm for forced labour during World War II. Japanese corporation Mitsubishi has issued an...
Japan PM Shinzō Abe scraps Zaha Hadid's Tokyo Olympic stadium design
The Japanese government has scrapped controversial plans for a dramatic Zaha Hadid-designed $2bn (£1.3bn) stadium envisioned as the focal...
Former Japanese PM tells Shinzo Abe to confront wartime atrocities in Asia
Architects of Japan’s wartime apologies have warned the prime minister risks ‘disgracing Japan’s people’ by glossing over war record....
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