Japan
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Free tickets sold with knowledge of officials and memorial poorly maintained says report comes just before annual rite honoring 2,400 servicemen killed in 1941
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News: Parents beware: the ultimate piece of Frozen merchandise has hit the shelves – a calendar made of pure platinum
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She may look like a pile of pixels but Miku is a lot more, including the world’s first open-source singer
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Ultra-nationalist group, which claims to have 15,000 members, deemed a threat to law and order
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Megumi Igarashi ‘planned to build boat based on her genitals using 3D printer’ having been arrested and released in July on similar grounds
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The Japanese Hayabusa 2 space probe launched on Wednesday, setting off on a six-year round trip to an asteroid
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Hayabusa 2 probe aims to touch down on rock called 1999 JU3, blast hole in it and analyse debris for clues to origins of life
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State-linked corporation asked the Japanese ambassador to tell Solomon Islands PM that foreign aid to hospital in his home town would be suspended
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Children's books My inspiration: Satoshi Kitamura on why he loves Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy and manga
When Satoshi Kitamura came to the UK he was shocked to find reading comics was looked down on, things were very different when he was growing up in Japan...
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Pepper the android is set to rival George Clooney as the face of coffee in 1,000 Japanese stores, thanks to SoftBank
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Japan’s style tribes and catwalk creations are bought to life in Brisbane at an exhibition of Japan’s best designers
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It’s 40 years old and worth billions. But what is it that drives people so crazy for the little Japanese toy? Tamara Hinson joins Hello Kitty anniversary celebrations
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Photographer Barry J Holmes takes in the sights at the Los Angeles Hello Kitty Convention
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Safety debate re-ignited after one brand was found to contain up to 10 times more formaldehyde than conventional cigarettes
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Attempts to portray women who were forced to work in brothels as willing prostitutes at odds with mainstream historical opinion
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As Ukraine's MPs attend their inaugural session of parliament, we take a look at parliamentary brawling from around the world
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Anything that doesn’t make you happy or isn’t absolutely necessary should be touched, thanked and sent on its way, the bestselling Japanese author says
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Nobel prizewinner’s team successfully converts patients’ skin cells into healthy muscle cells, raising hopes for treatment
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Tokyo’s chief negotiator at the International Whaling Commission attacks ‘eco-imperialist’ countries who want a ‘stupid’ ban on hunting
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Residents of Hakuba, Japan, begin a clear-up on Sunday after a 6.8-magnitude rocked the area late on Saturday
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Homes destroyed in ski resort town, and at least 39 people injured across region after magnitude-6.7 quake
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Grilled chicken and beer fail to raise the spirits of poorly paid and part-time workers who see little sense in yet another costly election
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Haruki Murakami on the importance of walls as motifs in his novels
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December election seen as mid-term referendum on PM’s ‘Abenomics’ strategy after country slips back into recession
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Police seek traces of poison at home of Chisako Kakehi, 67, after cyanide is found in body of her latest husband
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Shimizu Corp says technology needed to build structure and sustain life below ocean surface could be ready in 15 years’ time
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A 67-year-old woman dubbed a black widow has received $6.8m in insurance payouts after the deaths of previous partners
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Recall has targeted hot and humid areas where the air bags are likelier to fail – five deaths including four in the US have been linked to the company’s air bags
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Greg Hunt promises ‘robust scrutiny’ at International Whaling Commission but gives no commitment to raise issue directly with Japan
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Japanese actor known for playing the tough outsider in action and gangster movies
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All the latest business and finance news, including the latest on Greece’s bailout review and the UK inflation data
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Japanese go to the polls in December as prime minister Shinzo Abe attempts to revive ‘Abenomics’ growth strategy
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Japan’s election is being branded as a referendum on the PM’s economic plans, but with debates on defence and nuclear energy still dividing public opinion the balance of power that emerges from the ballot box will matter greatly
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Japan has reduced quota by two-thirds after UN court called the controversial ‘research whaling’ programme a commercial hunt masquerading as science
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Project Syndicate economists Currency wars bode ill for the world economy