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Here are some recent Japan-related news items from the BBC News website.

British Swimming gets £1.5m funding boost as UK Sport invests £11.2m

British Swimming receives a £1.5m funding increase from UK Sport after enjoying a record haul of eight medals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Yesterday

Watch the moment rescuers reach the 69-year-old, whose boat capsized in stormy waters.

5 days ago

Vincent Fichot says his Japanese wife disappeared from the family home with his two children in 2018.

5 days ago

The Omicron variant could exacerbate the shortage of chips used in cars, Makoto Uchida tells the BBC.

6 days ago

GB Judo secure seven medals at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam — a record for the team at that level — thanks to a gold and a bronze on the final day.

7 days ago

Wife of a former Nissan boss on trial in Japan says he is a forgotten victim of the Carlos Ghosn affair.

About a week ago

Among those prioritised are international students, skilled migrants, South Koreans and Japanese.

2 weeks ago

An unexpectedly rapid turnaround in attitudes has allowed vaccination rates to skyrocket in Japan

2 weeks ago

Stuart Hogg becomes Scotland’s leading try scorer as they earn a third Autumn Nations Series win in four by edging past Japan at Murrayfield.

2 weeks ago

Peng Shuai has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a Chinese official.

3 weeks ago