Japan

Kansai Electric says company plans to restart its No 4 reactor in late February

The justice ministry sys it received a record 7,586 refugee applications in 2015

Koide, born just months before the Wright brothers made their first successful flight, died in hospital in Nagoya

Young skiers were asleep on bus when it careened off road before dawn in resort town of Karuizawa

No tsunami warning was issued

Another 28 Pakistani students will visit Japan under the programme from January to March 2016

Abe has made clear he wants to revise the US-drafted, pacifist constitution

Rana Assad Amin tells PAC not to waste time on culprits lower in hierarchy

The price was three times higher than last year but still far below a record 155.4 million yen paid in 2013

Abe also stressed that he was focused this year on reviving Japan's fragile economy and hosting the G7 summit

I am happy that freedom of expression has been acknowledged, says Ahn Sehong

China and South Korea both criticise Japan for soft-pedalling on historical issues

The executions bring to 14 the total number of death sentences carried out since PM Shinzo Abe took power in late 2012

Modi and Abe, have forged an unusually warm relationship since Modi stormed to power at general elections last year

Improved security is integral to economic development and Japan is committed to help the law enforcement agencies

Al-Khidmat Foundation will utilise its grant for installation of water filtration plants in the suburbs of Faisalabad

Report says Japan will offer more than $8.11 billion in loans to construct India's 980 billion rupee fast train

Hiraoka posts anti-US messages on his blog

A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic despite environmentalists slamming move as "crime against nature"

PM Shinzo Abe earlier said increasing the number of women in senior jobs was key to his 'Abenomics' growth blitz

The unit is to work alongside other intelligence-gathering operations run by foreign and defense ministries, police

It is the only smartphone that can withstand a soapy bath

At least 11 cases involving wooden boats with 20 bodies on board have been reported during October and November

Japanese Ambassador Inomata expressed pleasure with Pakistani haiku poets that have published books on the subject

Authorities began investigating after the woman's mother in Japan reported her missing on November 19

More than 600 babies in Tokyo wriggled to the finish line in the three-metre race

The incident occurred while more than 100 people were gathered at the shrine; however none were injured

A tsunami measuring 30 centimetres (about one foot) in height was observed on the southern island of Nakanoshima

The move is part of a package of reforms due this month to tackle the biggest bottleneck to economic growth

After further reviews there was no official and recent data to support the 13-percent figure, says UN Office

Local reports say it was not the first time the man was arrested for the same offence

The plane marks a new chapter for Japan's aviation sector, which last built a commercial airliner in 1962

Jatoi says new players will be facilitated

Pakistan outlines unfavourable conditions for textile exports

UN envoy says 13 per cent of school girls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex

The vehicles are part of Japan’s Non-Project Grant Aid to Pakistan

Geishas are not allowed to eat fast food and are even barred from being on Facebook

Project intends to mitigate shortage in water supply capacity to improve coverage ratio and living environment

Japanese PM switcheS his focus back to the country's flagging economy after pushing unpopular security legislation

PM Shinzo Abe made no reference to whether Japan would ease its own strict conditions for accepting refugees.

Not one Japanese company applied for a subsidy programme aimed at promoting more women to senior jobs

Police gave his name as Hideto Ueda

Players waved their hands, kicked around and swung their heads as they tried out the new virtual reality head gear

People holding placards saying "No war" and "Don't ram through legislation" face line of police outside in Yokohama

Super Mario series creator Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on stage as a crowd cheered at a packed live-music venue

Unprecedented rain in Japan and heavy floods floods have forced more than 100,000 people to flee from their homes

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate

Japan accepted only 11 of a record 5,000 asylum seekers in 2014

Architects sifted through 400 applications before settling on two dozen companies with the loveliest latrines

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide said, as other energy consumers also rush to explore Iran’s commercial potential