Siddikur Rahman avoided cut in the Panasonic Open in Japan by a single stroke after posting a second-round score of one-under (70).

Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the casualties and destruction following the earthquakes at Kumamoto and southern Japan.

Scientists say they have developed ultra-thin electronic "skin" that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body.

Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.

A powerful earthquake has struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people. The magnitude-7.1 quake at a depth of 10km (6 miles) hit at 01:25 on Saturday (16:25 GMT on Friday). A second - smaller - quake hit later. A tsunami warning was issued, but has now been lifted.

An eight-month-old baby has been rescued from a flattened house with no visible injuries after an earthquake in Japan.

Rescuers scramble to find survivors after a powerful earthquake in southern Japan that left at least nine people dead and hundreds injured, sparking fires and buckling roads. Tens of thousands of people flee their homes after the 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu.

As if cat, rabbit, owl, hawk and even snake-themed cafes aren't enough in a country which loves all things cute, Tokyo residents wanting to spend time with animals have a new choice - a hedgehog-themed cafe.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally invites his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to attend the outreach meeting of G-7 scheduled to be held on May 27 in Japan.

Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering "salary man" that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees.

Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ's working parts in place than ever before.

Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.

In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.

At least 23 medical institutions around the country preserve the frozen eggs of healthy women to help them have babies in the future, and three women in their 40s have used their frozen eggs to have babies, The Yomiuri Shimbun comes to learn.

Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left more than 18,000 dead or missing.

One-third of Japanese working women experience sexual harassment at their place of employment, though nearly two-thirds of these women suffer in silence, a survey shows.

New census figures in Japan show the population has shrunk by nearly one million in the past five years, in the first decline registered since 1920.

Journalists should face consequences for their mistakes, says health minister and presidium member of the ruling Awami League Mohammad Nasim.

Japanese women are hiring professional ‘Crying Therapists’ who also happen to be attractive men to make them cry and wipe away their tears.