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Japan

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Claim: A video shows a group of people being struck by a tsunami after an earthquake hit Japan on 1 January 2024. Fact: The clip is neither recent nor is it from Japan. It is from Indonesia and dates back to at least 2021. On 1 January 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user @ZockerfreakYT posted a […]

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Claim: Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to embarrass a Japanese delegation by bringing his dog to a recent official meeting. Fact: The video is not recent but  from 2016, showing Putin meeting two Japanese journalists along with his dog at the Kremlin. Fact or Fiction? On 11 March 2022, Facebook user Imran Lashkarani shared a […]

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