North Korea has fired a missile over Japan, putting further strain on tensions between the isolated dictatorship and its regional neighbours.
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World’s heaviest firework explodes into ball of light 800m across (video)
Festival-goers were treated to the sight of a record-breaking 460kg firework as the finale of a huge display during the 13th Kounosuhanabitaikai festival in Konosu City, near Tokyo.
World
Japan: Schoolgirl arrested for beheading classmate
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of strangling and beheading her classmate.
Sport
World Cup: Japan fans show courtesy and clear up own rubbish after Ivory Coast match
Japanese fans have put down the gauntlet to other fans around the world for the title of best behaved and most welcomed back after photographs have appeared online of them clearing up the stands before they left.
World
Russian fighter jet intercepts and nearly hits US surveillance plane near Japan
A Russian fighter jet intercepted a US surveillance plane in waters off Russia’s east coast in April, flying unusually close…