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An H3 rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture

Japan launches spacecraft to Mars’ moons in bid to return samples

Japan calling for Calandagan

Japan Cup next for Calandagan after gallant Champion Stakes effort

The menu spans classic and contemporary Japanese sharing plates. Photo: Nic Crilly-Hargrave

Award-winning Japanese style kitchen and bar opens in Birmingham today

UK and allies back International Criminal Court over US sanctions

Friedrich Merz, left, and Andy Burnham

UK ‘open’ to Germany joining next generation fighter jet programme, says Burnham

Scientists with the cubesat

Whisky to be aged in space for first time in university satellite project

A plane taking off

South Africa, Kenya and Japan among best-value winter break spots – report

A man holding car keys

Car firm ad banned for use of racial slur against Japanese

Enable returns following her Arc defeat

Japanese runners have Arc chance if ground is quick, says Dettori

Kimi Antonelli

Monaco to host Formula One sprint race for the first time in 2027

Tiffany at Ascot

Tiffany set for international farewell after sparkling in Kentucky

Andy Burnham

Long-term government borrowing costs leap to 28-year high ahead of Budget

Emiliano Martinez

Chelsea offered chance to sign keeper Emiliano Martinez by his representatives

A building on fire

Japan executes man convicted over fire that killed five at pachinko parlour

Torrential rain floods a road, causing a car to stall, in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, Japan,

Heavy rain causes deadly flooding near Tokyo and strands travellers

Someone walks in the rain

Airport closes in Okinawa as Typhoon Dolphin hits parts of southern Japan

Calandagan (right) went down fighting at Ascot

Calandagan taken out of York as all roads lead to Japan
A third run in the Champion Stakes not completely ruled out if the ground is suitable.
Adam Morgan, Press Association

Shiho Kuwaki lifts the trophy

Japan’s Shiho Kuwaki wins first major title after dramatic Women’s Open play-off

A firefighter searches a damaged shopping centre following an explosion triggered by an earthquake in Kashima, southern Japan

Quake survivors in Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises

In this aerial image taken with a drone, responders work outside AEON Mall Kumamoto

Time running out for survivors after quake in south-west Japan

Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro

Death toll from Japan earthquake climbs to 23 as rescuers face race against time

A rescue worker walks in front of Aeon Mall, which was damaged by an explosion following an earthquake

Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers search rubble for quake survivors in Japan

This aerial image shows a chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries' Yatsushiro factory

Earthquake leaves 13 dead in Japan as effort to rescue survivors continues

Japan Earthquake

People missing at shopping mall after magnitude 7.1 quake shakes southern Japan

Players, staff and family line up in the Molineux media room

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Huge waves crash on the coastline ahead of Typhoon Bavi in Wenling in eastern China’s Zhejiang province

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China with more than one million evacuated

People struggle with an umbrella

China evacuates more than one million people as region braces for Typhoon Bavi

Masquerade Ball striding out on the training track at Sha Tin

Masquerade Ball on course to try to make history for Japan at Ascot
King George target for high-class colt just denied by Calandagan in Japan Cup.
Nick Robson, Press Association

Doctor measuring body fat

Give workers health checks when they start new jobs, says Labour adviser

England head coach Thomas Tuchel ahead of a press conference (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Thomas Tuchel says seeing big names exit World Cup can help calm England

Brazil’s Gabriel Martinelli celebrates his winning goal against Japan

Late Gabriel Martinelli goal edges Brazil past Japan and into last 16

Rayan in action

Teenage star Rayan ‘living the dream’ at World Cup as Brazil target last-16 spot

Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook

Fatboy Slim: Getting sober was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done

A coastline is hit by high waves as a typhoon approaches Futtsu city

Floods and landslides as two tropical storms pound Japan

Sweden’s Anthony Elanga, left, and Japan’s Ao Tanaka battle for the ball

Japan and Sweden share points to book places in last 32 of World Cup

Ayase Ueda (left) celebrates after scoring Japan's fourth goal against Tunisia

Ayase Ueda scores twice as Japan end Tunisia’s World Cup hopes

Honda Super N

First Drive: Could the Honda Super N be the future of city driving?

G7 summit

Starmer and G7 urge robust agreement to follow Trump’s Iran ‘breakthrough’ deal

Koki Ogawa, right, and Daichi Kamada celebrate Japan's leveller

Japan leave it late to deny Netherlands victory in Dallas

Japanese prime minister visit to UK

UK and Japan building ‘new era of co-operation’, says Starmer

George Russell

George Russell vows to bounce back from latest setback in drivers’ championship

United are more likely to replace Altay Bayindir than Andre Onana this summer and Parma goalkeeper Zion Suzuki is still of interest to the club.

Villa eye Japan international as Walsall close on deal

Matthew Hudson-Smith from Great Britain reacts after finishing fourth in heat 2 of the Men’s 400 Metres on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships

Matthew Hudson-Smith opens up about personal battles since taking Olympic silver

Masquerade Ball winning at Tokyo

Masquerade Ball to fly the flag for Japan in King George

Surgeons look at a screen displaying an AI overlay of patient anatomy, including nerves and connective tissue during bowel resection surgery

New AI tool which colour-codes the body during live surgery used in UK-first

A bear walking behind a fence

Bear injures four people in residential area of Japan

Kim Kardashian laughing on the Graham Norton Show

Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton’s relationship timeline

Factory workers using machinery, wearing masks and ear defenders

UK manufacturing growth strikes four-year high despite rising inflation

A crested Ibis marked with painted wings flies as it was released into wild during an event in Hakui, Japan,

Eight crested ibises released in Japan decades after extinction

A rescuer entering a cave in Laos

Heavy rains threaten to delay search for last two missing in Laos cave

A HS2 worker

HS2 trains to run slower than planned to save money

Arsenal’s Ben White (left) goes off injured

Arsenal defender Ben White to avoid surgery but World Cup dream set to be over

Maneiki Ramen Chef's Table

Japanese restaurant celebrates first anniversary with Chef’s Table

Max Verstappen says little has changed

George Russell in action

George Russell not worried about trailing early in F1 title battle

A scottie dog

Scotland fans’ dogs left out of Adidas World Cup canine jersey line

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

Lando Norris believes Max Verstappen will stay in Formula One

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