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independent.co.uk | Millie Cooke |David Maddox |Adam Withnall |Andy Gregory
Farage’s Reform overturns Labour majority of nearly 15,000 votes in Runcorn and Helsby as Dame Andrea Jenkyns wins Greater Lincolnshire mayoraltyMillie CookePolitical correspondent, in Runcorn,David Maddox,Adam Withnall,Andy GregoryNigel Farage’s hopes of Reform contending as a potential party of government at the next election have received a massive boost as his candidate won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by just six votes.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.co.uk | Adam Withnall
special reportJapan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case history repeats itselfOn a clear day, residents of Japan’s picturesque holiday island of Yonaguni can see Taiwan’s mountain ranges rising above the sea mist.
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Jan 12, 2025 |
everand.com | Adam Withnall
Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and waiters is proving a major challenge to the country’s economy.
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Jan 11, 2025 |
independent.co.uk | Adam Withnall
Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s flatlining economy. Adam Withnall reports from Tokyo Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and waiters is proving a major challenge to the country’s economy.
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Jan 4, 2025 |
independent.co.uk | Adam Withnall
special reportThe number of people visiting Japan hit record levels in 2024, but top ‘Golden Route’ destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka are suffering from overcrowding. If current trends are unsustainable, where should people go instead? Adam Withnall reports from TokyoWhen a Chilean woman posted a video on Instagram of herself doing chin-ups on a sacred torii gate at a Japanese shrine, the backlash was almost immediate.
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