Journalist @AFP Agence France-Presse in Tokyo covering general news. Previously covered the health ministry & the parliament. Occasionally @AFPFactCheck
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Natsuko Fukue retweeted
Chanting and swishing a wooden wand, a Japanese priest blessed a cat, a shiba inu and several Yorkshire terriers at a shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, in a rite usually reserved for children.
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🇯🇵 A Japanese spacecraft was on its way to one of Mars's moons on a world-first mission to retrieve samples, potentially helping unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth.
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ALT The H3 rocket -- carrying the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft -- is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, on October 20, 2026.
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Tokyo urges Moscow to ensure "fair and impartial treatment" for a Japanese journalist who was arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage.
Russia's foreign ministry identified the reporter as Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, with a spokeswoman saying he was accused of "conducting espionage activities on Russian territory"
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US military on Okinawa face curfew, alcohol ban after murder case.
The case has triggered outrage in Japan, where any crimes involving US forces have long inflamed criticism of the troops' presence
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Japan's Emperor & Empress with No-Face at the Ghibli Park🩷
天皇、皇后両陛下は20日午前、スタジオジブリ作品の世界観を表現した愛知県長久手市のジブリパークを訪問されました。
「千と千尋の神隠し」の名場面を体験できるコーナーでは、電車に座る「カオナシ」の隣に両陛下そろって腰かけられ、記念撮影されました。
写真特集 mainichi.jp/graphs/20260920/…
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🇯🇵 Japan should overhaul its prostitution law to punish those who seek to buy sex, experts have recommended in proposals likely to lead to changes to the decades-old legislation.
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Natsuko Fukue retweeted
Hiro Murai ("Widow's Bay") has made #Emmys history as the first Asian director to win the prize for outstanding directing for a comedy series.
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Dans la ville de Kanazawa, des artisans japonais s'affairent autour de blocs de glace. Ils cassent, façonnent et taillent la matière jusqu'à ce que leurs créations soient dignes des cocktails de certains des bars les plus branchés du monde information.tv5monde.com/soc… @afpfr
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🎥 Aujourd'hui "on peut lire les mangas sans que quelqu'un nous critique", a déclaré lundi le réalisateur japonais Hirokazu Kore-eda, qui dans son dernier film présenté à Venise, "Look back", adapte une célèbre BD japonaise.
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🧊My team and I visited a firm that produces crystal-clear ice cubes. They freeze the water over a period of 48–72 hrs. "We take our time and freeze water slowly, keeping it in motion... That's how we end up with good ice," said Kazuhiko Kuramoto, the firm's fifth-generation head
In the historic Japanese city of Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape and slice blocks of ice destined to chill negronis in some of the world's trendiest bars.
The luxury ice, believed by those in the industry to melt more slowly than regular blocks, is a staple of Japan's cocktail culture
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Leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church in South Korea is sentenced to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials
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ALT The Cheon Jeong Gung (top), the Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja's residence, the Cheon Seung Jeon (C) and Cheon Won Gung in Gapyeong on December 18, 2025
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Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97.
One of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists, Kusama channelled hallucinations and trauma into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades
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Après un signalement contre un supérieur pour harcèlement, @songyi_baek_86 n'a jamais eu de nouvelles. La Sud-coréenne se bat pour le droit des victimes à être informées pour "tourner la page" u.afp.com/SV5L
✍️par @CLAIRE_D_AIRE @afpfr
Kept in the dark after reporting her boss for harassment, South Korean advocate @songyi_baek_86 is now campaigning for survivors' right to know how their bullies were disciplined u.afp.com/SV56
✍️@AFP story by @CLAIRE_D_AIRE
Natsuko Fukue retweeted
South Korean survivor @songyi_baek_86 endured reporting her workplace bully and reliving the ordeal, only to be denied the right to know exactly how her harasser was disciplined. Now, she is fighting to change that. My @AFP story ➡️ tinyurl.com/3y87fn3s
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Trump administration ramps up campaign against International Criminal Court, sanctions court president Tomoko Akane of Japan
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Ahead of its launch this autumn, a Japanese probe designed to bring back surface sand from Mars was unveiled 🛰
火星衛星探査機「MMX」公開 秋にも打ち上げへ
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