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•  John Pilger: The lessons that should be learnt from Hiroshima
John Pilger: The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims' names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East

•  Justin McCurry on a Japanese town that aims to produce no waste
Japanese village's strict recycling regime heralds a future free of incinerators and landfill

•  Environment: Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste village
A day with the unlikely eco-warriors of Japan’s zero-waste village, which aims to eliminate the use of landfills and incinerators

•  Climate change: Quest for zero waste community in remote Japanese village
Japanese village's strict recycling regime looks to a future free of incinerators and landfill

•  Video: Escaped chimp disarms zookeeper
A chimpanzee at a zoo in western Japan apparently wanted to escape into the shade. To stay there, he disarmed a zoo worker

•  Video: Painting elephants in Japan
An elephant couple and their one-year-old calf put paint to canvas at Ichihara zoo, on the outskirts of Tokyo.

•  Seoul bars Japanese condom ad
South Korean authorities have ordered the removal of posters advertising Japanese condoms from subway trains. By Justin McCurry

•  South Korea metro bans Japanese condom adverts amid islands row
Order to remove posters from subway trains comes as tension mounts over Japan and South Korea's competing claims to two islands

•  Video: iPhone queues around the world
See how many people queued up in Tokyo, Sydney and London for Apple's iPhone 3G

•  Senior Toyota engineer died of overwork
The long hours endured by Japan's workforce have again come under scrutiny after a labour office ruled that a senior, 45-year-old employee of Toyota died suddenly as a result of overwork

•  Global polluters agree need for cuts in emissions - but not how or when
The G8 rich western nations and leading developing countries today papered over their differences on cutting greenhouse gases as they said they shared a "joint vision" for action to combat climate change

•  Explainer: G8 climate deal
Explainer: G8 climate deal

•  G8: A deal on climate change - but then the backlash
US signs up to new global deal to reduce carbon emissions by 50% but emerging economies demand more

•  Editorial: In praise of ... Japanese food
Editorial: Award winning Japanese chef cooks for G8 leaders providing a spectacular menu but bad timing

•  Full text of the G8 statement on climate change and environment
Full text of the statement from the G8 nations on climate change, biodiversity, waste and forests at the meeting in Hokkaido, Japan

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