Japan

The former point guard, who helped the team win the 2011 NBL titled, died in Japan.

Shigeru Ishiba prevailed over hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi in a run-off vote in what was one of the most unpredictable leadership elections for his party in decades.

There have been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants following the quake.

Victims of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki believe their horrific past must act as a warning for the future.

However, absent will be Kiribati President Taneti Maamau due to upcoming elections and New Caledonia Congress President Louis Mapou due to the political crisis in the French territory.

Coach Ross Filipo said his side had extra motivation in their opening match in Tokyo, dedicating the win to Connor Garden-Bachop.

The Māori All Blacks found themselves in the unfamiliar position of facing a haka when they arrived in Tokyo on Thursday.

Japan has recorded 219 bear attacks on people in a year, including six fatalities, and officials say some bears view humans as prey.

Japanese health officials have searched a pharmaceutical factory in Osaka after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements, an official said.

The Bank of Japan has ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive…

The death toll from Japan's devastating New Year's Day earthquake has risen to 161, authorities say.