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Friday, 28 August 2026
Japan
Japan's imports hit record high as oil price surge strains central bank policy37dTokyo urges office workers to wear shorts as deadly heat grips Japan37dJapan records first 'brutally hot days' above 40 degrees Celsius as heatwave grips nation37dJapan enacts revised imperial succession law, maintaining ban on female emperors42dBear breaks into homes and raids fridges in Japanese town amid string of repeat offences44dJapan launches biggest intelligence overhaul since World War Two after Russian 'den of spies' report45dTyphoon Bavi kills 15 in Philippines, forces mass evacuations across East Asia[Updated]47dJapan's mobile Suica and PASMO payment apps hit by simultaneous outages58dUS and European diplomats fail to agree on Bosnia and Herzegovina's top international envoy58dMartinelli's 95th-minute goal sends Brazil into World Cup last 16 after comeback win over Japan59dChina adds 20 Japanese defence entities to export blacklist over military ties60dNorth Korea condemns Japan-US military drills as 'war rehearsal'60dTropical Storm Mekkhala causes severe flooding in Taiwan before moving toward Japan61dJapan reach World Cup last 32 after 1-1 draw with Sweden, setting up Brazil clash62dJapan's 7.2-magnitude earthquake causes no deaths, credited to strict building codes and preparedness culture63dJapan draw 1-1 with Sweden to finish second in World Cup Group F, face Brazil next63dJapan quintuples visa fees in first major increase since 197866dTunisia become first African team eliminated from World Cup after heavy defeat by Japan67dJapan fans keep World Cup clean-up tradition alive after 4-0 victory over Tunisia67dJapan thrash Tunisia 4-0 to reach 2026 World Cup knockout stage68d