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Japan PM Abe: too early to discuss specific revisions to constitution
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday it would not be easy to revise Japan’s constitution, a day after a resounding election victory opened the...
Athlete who helped expose doping in Russia allowed to compete at Olympics
The athlete who blew the whistle on widespread doping in Russia has been cleared to compete in the Olympics.
Spain’s Rajoy claims right to form government after poll win
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would make a push for power after his conservatives won more seats in parliament in a repeat...
Japanese banks raise guard after $16 million taken from ATMs
Japanese banks that lost some 1.8 billion yen ($16.5 million) when fake overseas cards were used at convenience store ATMs are scrambling to combat such...
Search resumes for 7yo boy left in remote woods ‘as punishment’
A seven-year-old boy is missing in a forest after his parents made him get out of the car as punishment, police in Japan have said.
Tooled up: Man, 72, fights off circling crocodiles with spanners
A 72-year-old man threw spanners and spark plugs to fight off circling crocodiles after his friend drowned when one of the reptiles capsized their boat.
Bodies of elite climber and cameraman ‘frozen in time’ in glacier for 16yrs
The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found.
Panama police raid offices of Mossack Fonseca data breach law firm
Police in Panama have raided the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the massive data leak that send shockwaves through the...
Thousands protest demanding Icelandic PM’s resignation
Iceland’s opposition filed a motion of no confidence in the prime minister and protesters gathered outside parliament on Monday after the Panama...
Japan’s ‘vagina kayak artist’ defiant as prosecutors seek fine
A Japanese artist charged with obscenity for distributing a design for a kayak shaped like her vagina scoffed on Monday at a demand by prosecutors to punish...
Last throw of the dice: Japan boosts world markets with negative interest rate
Japan’s central bank has given surprised world markets a shot in the arm by introducing a negative deposit rate for commercial banks.
Last throw of the dice: Japan stuns world markets with negative interest rate
Japan’s central bank has surprised world markets by introducing a negative deposit rate for commercial banks.
Weeks of tough talking ahead as Spain wakes to new era of politics
Spanish political parties face what are likely to be weeks of tough negotiations to form a government after the country voted in a fragmented Parliament...
Blow for women as Japan’s highest court upholds same surname law for couples
Women’s rights campaigners were dealt a blow yesterday when Japan’s highest court upheld a law insisting that married couples must have the...
We’ve done our best, so agree to disagree, says Japan’s whaling minister
Japan has done nothing wrong by sending its whaling fleet out on its annual Antarctic hunt and the world must agree to disagree on the issue, the country’s...
Panama jungle island is nerve centre for climate researchers
In a manmade lake in the Panama Canal sits an island whose compact jungle is teeming with researchers studying biodiversity and climate change –...
‘North Korean ghost boats’ wash up in Japan after deadly hunt for fish
Fishing boats carrying decomposed corpses have washed ashore in Japan in recent weeks, leading to speculation they are rickety North Korean vessels that...
Japanese illustrator considered father of manga-anime art, dies aged 93
An award-winning Japanese manga artist, whose retellings of traditional ghost stories and depictions of the horrors of World War II helped propel anime...
Japan defies claims it’s killing for meat to resume whaling in the Antarctic
Japan will resume research whaling in the Antarctic by the end of March next year, despite a lack of evidence that it has a scientific purpose. The...
Extraordinary case of chimpanzee mother caring for disabled infant
A chimpanzee mother cared for her disabled infant in the wild in Tanzania, Japanese researchers have reported.
Walk the plank! Pan nosedives at the box office
The new Pan film cost $150m to make but has only managed to take $15.5m in an extremely poor opening weekend in the US.
Japan write Rugby World Cup history with sensational win against Springboks
Japan recorded the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history as substitute Kame Hesketh scored on the last play of the game to seal a 34-32 victory over...
Scuffles in parliament as Japan defies protests to unleash might of its army
Politicians scuffled in parliament on Thursday during a heated debate over a security bill that could see Japan’s military fight abroad for the first...
20 people missing and thousands evacuated after floods devastate Japan
Thousands of rescue workers have continued to search for more than 20 missing people in a flooded city near Tokyo, a day after a raging river washed away...
Evacuations underway: Raging floodwaters swamp Japanese town
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as heavy rain fell on parts of Japan for a second day. The Kinugawa River burst...
Heavy downpour on Japan leads to evacuations, many stranded
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as heavy rain fell on parts of Japan for a second day. The Kinugawa River burst...
Tens of thousands told to leave their homes as heavy rain buckets down on Japan
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as heavy rain fell on parts of Japan for a second day.
Heartbreak for zoo keepers as smaller of twin giant panda cubs dies
The smaller of two panda cubs born at Washington’s National Zoo has died. The cub lived for a little longer than three days but its mother, Mei...
Zoo celebrates as giant panda has twin cubs … but who’s the daddy?
A rare giant panda called Mei Xiang gave birth to twin cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, apparently surprising delighted zoo officials...
Japan’s Prime Minister asks Joe Biden for investigation into possible U.S. spying
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden for an investigation into possible spying on high-level Japanese government...
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