Natsuko Fukue
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Journalist @AFP Agence France-Presse in Tokyo covering general news. Previously covered the health ministry & the parliament. Occasionally @AFPFactCheck
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Japanese governor calls for help from the military to deal with a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to record levels this year in Japan https://t.co/RkriOnliMK
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🇯🇵 A Japanese court has handed down an eight-year jail sentence to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape, a rare case in the country where many victims stay anonymous. ➡️ https://t.co/dNITLHWW7L
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🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative saying she wanted "candid discussions" with US President Donald Trump just days ahead of his visit to Tokyo. ➡️ https://t.co/4Po6o4jHzd
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”
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Beautiful sunset as a typhoon approaches Tokyo's remote islands
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🩺 Le prix Nobel de médecine 2025 a été décerné aux chercheurs américains Mary E. Brunkow et Fred Ramsdell et au Japonais Shimon Sakaguchi pour leur recherche sur la façon dont le corps contrôle le système immunitaire.
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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🇯🇵 Japan heralded on Saturday the coming-of-age of Prince Hisahito with an elaborate ceremony at the Imperial Palace, where a succession crisis is brewing. The nephew of Emperor Naruhito is the second in line to become emperor after his father. ➡️ https://t.co/ba253XBxap
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Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing US-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine https://t.co/QJVOm5tEFG
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Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing US-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
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Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors it unleashed https://t.co/JfqvhoOKNd
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How do tsunamis form? AFP Graphic explaining how tsunamis are generated by quakes below or near the ocean floor
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied discussing his resignation with party elders, as media speculation about his future https://t.co/igXiovGpZO
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Trump says US has agreed a "massive" trade deal with Japan that will include a 15% tariff. Japanese leader Ishiba says he needs to examine the details of the deal before commenting https://t.co/2bz2n4K6Sc
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Japan's education minister reacted angrily Friday after the arrests of two teachers who allegedly shared photos showing girls' underwear in a group chat that reportedly included nearly 10 elementary and junior high school teachers https://t.co/SXCvTTN5C1
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🇯🇵 VIDEO: Japan's high-tech sunscreens tap into skincare craze When YouTuber Hannah Price set out to compare Japanese and Australian sunscreen, she wasn't expecting her deep dive into the subject to rack up over two million views, showing the growing interest in skincare
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A Japanese company lost contact with its Moon lander Resilience during a daunting final descent, dealing a blow to its bid to make history two years after a prior mission ended in a crash https://t.co/yR7igHEsGX
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