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Students walk under snow covered trees at a park in Tokyo on February 14, 2014. (AFP/ Toru Yamanaka)

Opinion: An Experience of a Lifetime in Japan

by Khaled Al-Mana | Feb 21, 2014 | Opinion

When I was 18 I could not have dreamed that visiting a strange and faraway land—both in terms of geography and culture—such as Japan would have such an impact on the course of my life, particularly as this country was so mysterious and distant and not much was known...

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Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito (R) accompanies Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud as he arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo February 18, 2014. (Reuters/Yuya Shino)

Saudi Crown Prince Salman in Japan to discuss bilateral relations

by Umar Farouq | Feb 18, 2014 | Middle East

Islamabad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, as part of an official visit to Japan during which he will discuss strengthening Saudi–Japanese bilateral relations on all levels....

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Protesters shout slogans during a march against the government’s planned secrecy law in Tokyo November 21, 2013 (Reuters).

Thousands protest against tough new official secrets law in Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 22, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Thousands of people protested in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed secrets act that critics say would stifle information on issues such as the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The law, proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government, would...

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An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks (bottom) in Fukushima, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 20, 2013. (Reuters/Kyodo)

Japan nuke watchdog may raise leak to ‘serious’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2013 | World

Tokyo, AP—The Japanese nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said they are taking the leakage of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant seriously, and proposed raising the rating to describe it from “an anomaly” to a “serious...

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A handout picture made available on 20 August 2013 and taken on 19 August 2013 shows highly radioactive water leaked from drain valve of contaminated water storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Japan. (EPA/TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO)

Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The storage tank...