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Unexpected drop in Japan's industrial production

Olympics: Boys fly business, girls fly economy

Australian men's basketball team, who have never won a medal, flew Business class to the Olympics. Guess where the silver medal winning female team flew. Hint: Not Business.

Japanese team wants Sonny Bill to feel right at home

Japan rain kills 19, swamps neighbourhoods

John Armstrong: Petty ban a black mark for America

Tokyo: Awash with Japanese seafood

You'll find all sorts of creatures at this market, writes Nicholas Jones.

Christchurch shaken by magnitude 4 quake

Karen Walker's Japan

Designer Karen Walker on the cool, calm charms of Tokyo.

Solar energy boom on horizon for Japan

Nuclear plant closure in Japan

Lost budgie gets home after reciting address

Muttonbirds affected by Fukushima - researcher

Kiwi salmon company secures lucrative Japanese deal

Cost of rocket could have fueled the nation

Japan: Living with Tokyo's pod people

Nicholas Jones tries a different type of accommodation, testing his ability to cope with small spaces... and smelly feet.

The dos and don'ts of taking a Japanese bath

Like almost everything else in Japan, bathhouse use is governed by strict rules, finds Chris Pritchard.

Japan's radiation no-go restrictions eased

Japan is letting up to 16,000 people back into their homes around its leaking nuclear power plant.

Japan tsunami: Sweeping away the nightmare

A year on, Michael Dickison finds a Government keen to improve its world image while its citizens struggle on.