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19 March 2012 Last updated at 13:12 ET

Violent words on the web Japan's polite society masks a hidden and aggressive online world

Japan's obsession with perfect fruit Growing faultless fruit is a Japanese passion - and the results do not come cheap

In pictures: The finest fruit The farmers growing perfect melons and the Tokyo shop where presentation is everything

The cautious army Japan's non-combat military saved many lives after the quake - but what is their future role?

Japan: Then and now Images showing north-east Japan in the aftermath of the quake, and one year on

Challenging tradition The Australian who has become the first non-Japanese geisha

Nagasaki: One Square Mile of Japan The port is one of Japan's most diverse cities thanks to centuries of trade

Fukushima's radiation fears A year after the earthquake and tsunami, some residents still fear the fallout

Your pictures: Japan A gallery of readers’ images - from capsule hotels to bathing monkeys

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