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  • Overcrowding in crematoriums means Japan has to find new places to store the dead.
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    Japan's 'Corpse Hotels' Jump to media player Overcrowding in crematoriums means Japan has to find new places to store the dead.
    • 29 Apr 16
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    Japan's 'plus sized' models Jump to media player A Japanese magazine is trying to buck the trend of girls striving to be skinny, by celebrating different shapes and sizes. Meet two of their models - Nao and Aisha.
    • 25 Apr 16
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  • Young people in Japan
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    Voting age in Japan to be lowered Jump to media player Japan looks set to lower its voting age for the first time in seven decades, dropping it from 20 to 18.
    • 17 Jun 15
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    Helping Japan's young entrepreneurs Jump to media player Serial start-up businessman William Saito is on a mission to make Japan more entrepreneurial.
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