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What’s the difference between hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons?
With this year’s hurricane season under way, Al Jazeera visualises the differences between various storm systems.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Photos: Japan holds state funeral for Shinzo Abe amid protests
Japan bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, with a rare state funeral that has divided the nation.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Flowers, protests as Japan bids farewell to Shinzo Abe
Japan holds controversial state funeral for slain leader amid anger over his party’s ties to a fringe religious group.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Japan lodges protest after Russia detains diplomat in Vladivostok
Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was released after a few hours and ordered to leave the country.
Published On 27 Sep 2022

Controversy erupts after Shinzo Abe’s assassin says he killed the former leader over his support for a ‘religious cult’.

Finance minister says government and Bank of Japan are on same page in sharing concerns about the currency’s fall.

Japan condemns ‘unprecedented pace’ of North Korean missile launches, lodges official protest through Beijing embassy.

Some 62 percent of respondents in recent poll by Japanese newspaper said they oppose holding a state funeral for Abe.

Japanese prime minister’s comments come after Tokyo buys yen to support the currency for the first time since 1998.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says rules restricting tourists to package tours will be scrapped from next month.

BOJ sticks to global outlier status as central banks elsewhere hike interest rates to tame inflation.

Japan and S Korea’s leaders agree to improve relations soured by disputes over WWII forced labour and sexual slavery.

Shinzo Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, but polls show more than half of the public opposes the ceremony.

Fumio Kishida steps up calls for reform of UN system after failure of Security Council to respond to Russian attack.

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