Japan
Japan's Princess Mako marries after years of controversy
Since announcing their engagement in 2017, the couple has faced tabloid scandals over reports that Komuro's family had run into financial difficulties.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile: Seoul
The 'unidentified ballistic missile' was fired from Sinpo into the sea east of the peninsula, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
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Fumio Kishida: calm centrist picked as Japan's next PM
The 64-year-old won the ruling party's leadership vote on Wednesday, beating popular vaccine chief Taro Kono to finally clinch a job he has long targeted.
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Race for Japan's new prime minister kicks off
The candidates include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female prime minister, though both are considered long shots.
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Feline generous: Japan cat lovers give $2 million to kidney research
Domesticated cats and their bigger cousins in the wild are highly prone to kidney problems because of a genetic inability to activate a key protein discovered by the Tokyo researchers.
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Japan stops use of 1.63 million Moderna doses over contamination
Takeda, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the Moderna shot in Japan, said it had "received reports from several vaccination centres that foreign substances have been found inside unopened vials".
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Japanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year over virus
Japan is currently battling record coronavirus infections, with Tokyo and other regions under a state of emergency.
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Japan expands virus emergency to battle surge
Virus emergency measures that ban restaurants and bars from selling alcohol and require them to close by 8 pm are already in place in Tokyo and five other regions, and had been due to end by August 31.
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Japan economy rebounds despite virus surge
The world's third-largest economy contracted at the beginning of the year as a new wave of infections forced the government to impose virus restrictions that slowed consumption.
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Tens of thousands urged to evacuate as heavy rain hits Japan
The downpours are forecast to continue for several days over a large swathe of the country, from the northern Tohoku region to Kyushu in the south.
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Nagasaki marks atomic bomb anniversary with sombre ceremony
Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno that killed 74,000 people, three days after the nuclear bomb that hit Hiroshima.
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Japan announces virus emergency during Olympics
With just two weeks until the July 23 opening ceremony, coronavirus infections are rising in the capital, and the spread of the more infectious Delta variant has spooked Japanese authorities.
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Survivor window closing in Japan landslide, 24 unaccounted for
Four people have been confirmed dead after the disaster in Atami in central Japan and officials said they were still unable to clarify the fate or whereabouts of 24 other residents.
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Fears grow for dozens in landslide-hit Japan town
Soldiers and emergency workers used hand-held poles and mechanical diggers in the desperate search, two days after a torrent of earth slammed down a mountainside and through part of the hot-spring resort of Atami in central Japan.
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Rescuers search for survivors in landslide-hit Japan town
Nineteen people have been rescued and around 20 others are still missing, the town's disaster-management spokesman Yuta Hara said.
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Japan lifting virus emergency one month before Olympics
The state of emergency in place in Tokyo began in late April and largely limits bar and restaurant opening hours and bans them from selling alcohol.
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Japan donates more than 1 million AstraZeneca jabs to Taiwan
Taiwan has pre-order deals for around 30 million vaccine shots, but has so far received just 726,600 AstraZeneca doses and 150,000 Moderna shots for its population of 23.5 million.
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Citing COVID-19 risk, US warns against travel to Olympic host Japan
The warning came in a travel advisory issued by the State Department as Japan, which has been criticised for its slow inoculation rate, opened its first mass vaccination centers in a push ahead of the Olympics, which were postponed last year due to the pandemic.
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1.7 million affected by hack of top Japan dating app
Net Marketing Co, which runs the Omiai app, said it detected unauthorised access in April to the server that stores member information.
