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As if Japan hasn't got enough problems, now a severe storm has been beating Japan's main island of Honshu at rates of 140 km/h with a torrential downpour of rain.
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A group of three students from Tokyo found themselves taking an unexpected water trip on their vacation in Australia.
The trio was driving to North Stradbroke Island and their GPS took them straight into Moreton Bay.
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A wayward penguin is making headlines around the globe after escaping from the Tokyo Sea Life Park. The 1-year old Humboldt penguin has been seen in local rivers and may be heading towards Tokyo Bay.
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To the Western eye, Japan is home to many densely packed cities. But according to a recent report, that may all change by 2060, when the country's population is expected to drop by 33%.
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The pop singer tweeted from Tokyo Wednesday: "Sipping tea in Japan with Haus. Feeling so grateful. We sold about 1 million albums a month worldwide since the release of BORN THIS WAY"
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To those who grew up in the post-Tyson era, the name Joe Frazier is only a name, if that, but once like Mike Tyson, he was the baddest man on the planet, though unlike Tyson, for all the right reasons. Today, he is fighting his most feared opponent.
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Japan has been hit by unimaginable tragedies this year. In March, a 9.0 earthquake rattled the countryside of Fukushima.
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Japan's Emperor and Empress turned off the lights and heat for voluntary palace power outages in support of citizens experiencing rolling blackouts. The Emperor and Empress also visited evacuees in Tokyo.
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Foreign news reports bring preconceived notions to the forefront of the stories. Combined with on-camera theatrics and selective video and photos, the parachute journalists present a distorted version of the Fukushima effects on Tokyo.
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Tokyo’s tap water has seen a spike in radiation levels to more than twice the safe level recommended for infants, while TEPCO reports that gray smoke was “belching” from the No. 3 reactor building, increasing fears over the ongoing crisis.
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An aquarium in Tokyo is trying to locate a one-year-old escaped Humboldt penguin last seen heading for Tokyo Bay.
Tokyo's governor says he plans to buy a group of islands at the centre of a dispute between Japan and China.
 The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, has opened to the public.
Construction finishes on the Tokyo Sky Tree in Japan - now the world's tallest free-standing broadcast tower completed in Japan.
 A tornado has torn through a city northeast of Tokyo, killing one person, injuring dozens of others and destroying scores of houses.
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Damage in Urayasu, Chiba prefecture, Japan, caused by liquefaction during March 11, 2011 earthquake.
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