Tokyo

Social media immediately lit up as scenes of Abe wearing a Super Mario costume proved jaw-dropping

Police reportedly told media that at least one child had a mark indicating strangulation

University student Hikaru Yamato, 22, went missing after a 7.0 magnitude quake on April 16

China's envoy reiterated stance that the bits of land were its territory and called for talks to resolve the dispute

Some 74,000 people died in the explosion, while thousands perished months or years later from radiation sickness

Tokyo police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect

The temblor's epicentre had a relatively shallow depth of about 23 kilometres

Files reveal police in Tokyo had been monitoring mosques, halal restaurants, and 'Islam-related' organisations

Cafe was closed after the cooped-up kitties bred rapidly and began showing signs of illness

A computer system malfunction forced Japan's All Nippon Airways to cancel more than 100 domestic flights

Most advocates of the legal change say respect for individual rights, not cost, is the key factor

Sky Mile Tower is set to reach a height of 5,577ft and host up to 55,000 people in Tokyo bay

The zebra - actually a zoo staff member dressed up in a furry suit - supposedly bolted from a cage at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo

The scrooges - mostly single men - said they are against capitalism and the commercialisation of Christmas

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

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

Defenders of the hunt say it is a tradition and point out that the animals are not endangered

The H-IIB rocket is set to lift off from the southern island of Tanegashima at 8:50 pm (1150 GMT)

Says future generations of Japanese should not have to keep apologising for the mistakes of the past

Several other houses nearby also appear to be badly damaged

The merger is set to give Nikkei a major international presence in the media sector

None of his fellow members reportedly gave him water or treatment until they called an ambulance four hours later

The skeletal remains of four more infants found in sealed plastic bags during investigation