Japan stun two-time champions South Africa to cause arguably the biggest upset in rugby union history.

Scuffles break out in Japan's upper house ahead of a vote on a controversial move by the government to expand the role of the armed forces.

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Chile, killing eight people, forcing the evacuation of a million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach Japan.

Terrified Dolphin swims up to man to plead for him to rescue it from poachers.

A strong earthquake shakes Tokyo, knocking books from shelves, but authorities say there is no risk of a tsunami.

One dead and 22 missing after record-breaking rain pounded the Kanto and Tohoku regions, causing widespread flooding and resulting in an evacuation advisory being issued to more than 1 million residents.

Areas of Japan are on high alert as heavy rains and flooding continue for a second day, following Typhoon Etau.

The rise of selfie photography in some of the world's most beautiful, and dangerous, places is sparking a range of interventions aimed at combating risk-taking that has resulted in a string of gruesome deaths worldwide.

A Japanese artist comes up with a clever idea of using straw left over after rice harvests to make sculptures of dinosaurs with them!

Tokyo's 2020 Olympics organisers on Tuesday scrapped the event's scandal-hit logo in the latest mishap for the Games.

Japan's leading toilet giant opens a new museum dedicated to a century of lavatories, from its first water flushing model to the most cutting edge version with odour-neutralisers and variable water jets.

People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study.

Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima proudly announces a new cat stationmaster, named Nitama, will be filling Tama's rather petite shoes.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses "profound grief" over his country's actions in World War Two.

From the ashes of World War II, Germany and Japan became global economic powerhouses in a few decades, but how did they achieve this remarkable feat so quickly, and what is the legacy of these parallel economic "miracles" today?

As World War II progressed, Japan’s military power started to wane. With only a few lead ships left, the navy had no choice but to transfer the command centre to land.

China devalued its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform.

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

While Lexus teases us with hard to obtain hoverboards, a more practical kind of futuristic skateboard has been unveiled by an inventor in Japan: the WalkCar.

The Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking 70 years since the dropping of an atomic bomb by the United States.