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Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Japan
Tokyo records most heat-related hospitalisations in 15 years as Japan heatwave intensifies82dChina conducts live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait and Pacific as regional tensions mount82dJapan's imports hit record high as oil price surge strains central bank policy83dTokyo urges office workers to wear shorts as deadly heat grips Japan83dJapan records first 'brutally hot days' above 40 degrees Celsius as heatwave grips nation83dJapan enacts revised imperial succession law, maintaining ban on female emperors88dBear breaks into homes and raids fridges in Japanese town amid string of repeat offences90dJapan launches biggest intelligence overhaul since World War Two after Russian 'den of spies' report91dTyphoon Bavi kills 15 in Philippines, forces mass evacuations across East Asia[Updated]93dJapan's mobile Suica and PASMO payment apps hit by simultaneous outages104dUS and European diplomats fail to agree on Bosnia and Herzegovina's top international envoy104dMartinelli's 95th-minute goal sends Brazil into World Cup last 16 after comeback win over Japan105dChina adds 20 Japanese defence entities to export blacklist over military ties106dNorth Korea condemns Japan-US military drills as 'war rehearsal'106dTropical Storm Mekkhala causes severe flooding in Taiwan before moving toward Japan107dJapan reach World Cup last 32 after 1-1 draw with Sweden, setting up Brazil clash108dJapan's 7.2-magnitude earthquake causes no deaths, credited to strict building codes and preparedness culture109dJapan draw 1-1 with Sweden to finish second in World Cup Group F, face Brazil next109dJapan quintuples visa fees in first major increase since 1978112dTunisia become first African team eliminated from World Cup after heavy defeat by Japan113d