Journalism & Reportage

Al Jazeera

• Japanese scientists graft living skin onto ‘smiling’ robot

• As war enters year two, Ukrainians are filling Japan’s tech gap

• Myanmar, Ukraine war shift Japanese policy on refugees

• In Japan, push to shatter glass ceiling spurs hope, doubts

• Japan shrugs as Americans fume over Gwen Stefani ‘appropriation’

• In Japan, book criticising trans ‘craze’ sparks rare culture-war skirmish

• Japan is swamped with tourists. Now visitors are going off the beaten track

• One year in, Japanese PM’s ‘new capitalism’ faces old complaints

• ‘Mind-reading’ AI: Japan study sparks ethical debate

The Japan Times

• Japanese rugby faces murky future following World Cup exit

• Colorful snow algae is blooming in Japan's alpine areas. What does this mean for climate change?

• One tour company’s mission to ‘revive a small corner of Japan’

• Pub owner Will Ryan has a few tips to avoid 'getting burned' when starting a business in Japan

• Where eco-friendly diets falter, ‘climatarianism' thrives

• A father pens a message to his son on the climate crisis: ‘I tried my best’

The Belfast Telegraph

• Tokyo Olympics ban hugging and handshakes but handout 160,000 ‘souvenir’ condoms … should games go ahead?

• Tokyo had expected to welcome millions, but now the perception of the Olympic Games has totally changed

• Welcome to the new Jazz Age: Why the music scene in NI is ‘the best we’ve ever had’

The Independent & Irish Independent

• Poland offers asylum to Belarus runner as husband hurriedly flees to Ukraine

• How the Tokyo Olympics became the Achilles heel for Japan’s prime minister

• Japan’s leadership: Kishida takes the helm as PM, maintaining the LDP status quo

• Living the dream: Dublin scientist’s mission to catch ‘big fish’ UFOs of Utah’s Skinwalker Ranch