The material, dichlorosilane, is mainly used in thin films needed to produce logic, memory, analog and other types of chips, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. The move marks the latest escalation in a dispute over comments on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in early November.

Lately a diplomatic spat with China has begun depressing the number of people coming to Japan from that country—but even this does not seem to have much deterred Japan’s leaders from their course. Three related trends have fuelled what anxious Japanese have come to call the “foreigner problem”.

Over recent years, the chewy rice cakes have killed and hospitalized hundreds of people in Japan, where it is eaten to celebrate the new year.

Japan’s lack of public trash cans often surprises visitors, but cultural norms and safety concerns explain why travelers carry their trash all day.

An employee at Japan's nuclear safety agency lost his work phone containing sensitive information during a personal trip to China, Japanese media report.

For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs.He considers his internship a success, despite his "extremely dirty" task of sandblasting rust off ships,

As of the end of November, 235 bear attacks had killed 13 people across Japan this year, both the highest figures since records began in 2006, according to official data.

The fish in question was caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, a region that is renowned for its high-quality tuna fish. According to a report by AP, tuna fish costs $13,360 per kilogram in t