Japan

The Ukrainian-born winner of this year's Miss Japan beauty pageant says she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man.

It's relatively easy to disappear in Japan — so much so, there's even a name for the thousands of people who deliberately go missing each year: the Johatsu. The country's most wanted terrorist may have been one of them.

The magnitude 7.6 earthquake killed 238 people, and running water to some areas might not be restored until March.

Resources Minister Madeleine King has used a week-long visit to Japan and South Korea to assure both government and business figures that Australia will remain a "reliable supplier" of export gas well into the future.

There are cat cafes, where lattes take second place to the animals, and now in Japan, customers can cuddle up with pigs while having a cuppa.

A change in the sunlight's direction is believed to helped Japan's SLIM lunar probe regain power more than a week after it ran out.

A judge has found one of Japan's most deadly mass murders to be mentally fit to be criminally liable for an arson attack where dozens of people were killed at an anime studio.

Shinji Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation and set it on fire, killing 36 people and leaving more than 30 others burned and injured because he thought the famous anime studio had ripped off some of his work.

While the module landed successfully and precisely where it was supposed to, its solar panels are not facing the sun so are unable to generate power.

Video shows a preview of the SLIM mission, Japan's first lunar surface mission. 

Japan's space agency says it hopes a shift in the sunlight's angle will hit the solar panels of its 'Moon sniper' in a way that can restore its functions.

Japan is planning to land a car-sized spacecraft on the Moon this week. If SLIM succeeds, it will make history and pave the way for building landers that can explore the Solar System's  planets and moons.

A domestic flight of Japan's All Nippon Airways returns to its departure airport after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Human Rights Watch warns of an authoritarian slide across the region in its latest annual world report. Still, there were several milestones in 2023, particularly across LGBT rights and same-sex marriage.

A high profile case of sexual harassment in Japan's military forces has made improving female recruitment numbers difficult.

An enormous earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day, initially prompting fears of a deadly tsunami on the country's west coast. Wajima is one of the worst hit cities on the remote Noto Peninsula.

The miraculous rescue of the woman in her 90s has provided hope for 200 others still missing, as challenging weather hinders rescue efforts.

Japanese prosecutors make their first arrest on Sunday in connection with a major political slush funds scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's already unpopular government.

More than 120 people have been confirmed dead and 200 are still missing as the weather makes it more difficult for rescuers.

As investigators piece together what led to a fatal crash on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport this week, aviation experts say this will be another opportunity for the industry to learn valuable lessons.

Despite rescue efforts, the death toll grew to at least 94 people on Friday, and the number of missing was lowered to 222 after it shot up the previous day.

The Airbus A350 caught fire after hitting a Coast Guard aircraft while it was landing at Tokyo's Haneda airport, now the wreckage is being cleared.

Through bitter cold and heavy rain, rescuers continue to search the rubble of collapsed homes in western Japan in the hopes of finding survivors of this week’s earthquake.

A transcript of communication between air traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport sheds some light on how the incident unfolded. Here's what it says.

Japanese authorities say the coast guard aircraft which collided with a passenger plane had not received clearance for take-off.