Asia Japan The main tower of Kumamoto Castle, the samurai fortress completed in 1607 and damaged by an earthquake in 2016, has reopened to the public
Asia Japan Japanese export in May recorded the strongest increase in 41 years, +49.6% on last year, mainly driven by robust demand for cars and auto parts
Asia Japan Games-related events in Tokyo are being cancelled due to the pandemic; the Community Live Site, which includes public viewing and all events has been officially deleeted
Asia Japan There is great attention on the progress of the vaccination campaign in the country, which will have an important bearing on the decision on whether to hold or cancel the Olympics
Asia Japan The town of Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture spent 800 million yen of relief funds from the Government to build a statue of a giant squid, 13 feet high and 29.5 feet long
Asia Japan Yasuko Tamaki, a 90-year-old Japanese woman, has worked for the same company since 1956 and has earned a Guinness World Record as the world's oldest office manager
Asia Japan Tokyo plans to turn a 2km urban motorway known as the KK Expressway into a linear park forming a green loop around the outskirts of Ginza
Asia Japan The final chapter of the "Attack on Titan" manga series has been released, concluding a story that has been running since 2009
Asia Japan Seiko Hashimoto, head of the Tokyo 2020 OC, is the first woman to head an Olympic Committee
Asia Japan AR500 tidal turbine by Kyuden Mirai Energy (KME) now generating power as pilot project off the coast of Naru in Goto islands chain
Asia Japan World's oldest person, Mrs. Kane Tanaka, lives in southwestern Japan and has just turned 118