Japan
Quirky trees to spot on your travels
Tree fans can branch out on holiday to find some weird and wonderful specimens.
Shigemi Fukahori, Nagasaki bombing survivor and peace advocate, dies aged 93
Mr Fukahori was only 14 when the US dropped the bomb on the Japanese city, killing tens of thousands of people.
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor who devoted life to peace dies
Shigemi Fukahori died at a hospital in the Japanese city on January 3 aged 93.
North Korea’s Kim vows toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
Many experts say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump diplomacy is unlikely as the new US president will focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Former Japanese car company boss Osamu Suzuki dies aged 94
He became CEO of Suzuki in 1978.
Japanese company aborts second satellite launch after take-off
Space One aborted the flight after concluding it was unlikely to complete its mission.
Denmark frees whaling activist Paul Watson after Japan extradition request
The Canadian-American citizen is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
McConnell’s Irish Whisky secure entry into Japanese market
Belfast Distillery Company signs new distribution deal with Oyama
Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls horrors in Nobel Peace Prize speech
The prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Japanese atomic bombing survivors.
Japanese court convicts Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs
Donna Nelson, 58, will serve six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines.