Japan news headlines

Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany.

Global military spending in 2023 climbed by 9 per cent to reach $US2.2 trillion, according to UK-based think tank.

There is no way to free the orcas, who are bobbing up and down and struggling to breathe.

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, officials said

North Korea said Friday it had tested a purported underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise between South Korea and the United States and Japan this week.

The incident happened on a domestic flight carrying 65 people.

The woman survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude quake.

The family filmed inside the smokey cabin as the plane went up in flames before their lucky escape from the blazing aircraft.

The coast guard plane is seen taxiing on the runway before stopping for about 40 seconds before the deadly collision.

Eight Australians on-board a plane with collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft are "safe", "accounted for" and "well".

Japan has been rocked by a series of powerful earthquakes, bringing down buildings and sparking tsunami warnings.The death toll continues to rise with fears many people are trapped.

Japanese police have arrested a woman who wielded a knife and injured four passengers inside a train that stopped at Tokyo's electronic town of Akihabara.

Bitter cold and heavy rain are expected to hamper efforts to find any survivors of the earthquake tragedy.

A four-minute transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft has shed light on what went wrong.

The damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.

Officials have warned that more quakes could lie ahead.

Officials have warned people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes.

Meant to arrive on doorsteps frozen, 807 strawberry frill shortcakes costing $54 were delivered to customers in various states of disrepair.

Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.

The favourite holiday destinations of Aussies have been revealed. Travel insurers Bupa have revealed where Aussies like to go for a break, according to data from people buying their all-important policies.

Cairns was amongst the cities that made the list of tourists hotspots from around the world.

US and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a US Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week.

The popular convenience chain began with a single Melbourne store but has expanded to more than 750 outlets.

The Wednesday crash comes three months after three US marines were killed during a training exercise off the Northern Territory.

It comes just a few months after the same type of aircraft crashed in northern Australia, killing three marines.

Australian navy divers have been injured after a Chinese destroyer operated its sonar device nearby when they were in the water, the Defence Minister has said.

The world's newest island has risen from the sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean.

Donna Nelson is facing decades in jail after being caught with nearly two kilograms of meth in her suitcase at Tokyo's Narita Airport on January 4.

Donna Nelson said she was tricked into taking the suitcase by a Nigerian scammer who'd groomed her for two years.

The stolen statue was gifted to the suburb in Adelaide's north by its Japanese sister city almost 20 years ago.

A shortage of acorns is forcing bears out of the woods in Japan, and it's leading to an increasing number of attacks on humans.

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after an earthquake struck on Thursday near its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The exploits of soldiers and sailors who sailed from Australia to strike deep behind enemy lines 80 years ago are being commemorated today.

This small-scale exploration lander is designed to demonstrate a "pinpoint" landing at a specific location within 100 meters.

Toyota's 14 plants across were Japan were impacted by a system malfunction.

The US and South Korean militaries have been training together since last week. North Korea sees this as an invasion rehearsal.

Chinese customs authorities have banned seafood from Japan after the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant starting its wastewater release on Thursday.

Despite months of protests, Japanese authorities insist the treated radioactive material will be let out into the ocean,

The drills follow a tense stand-off between the Philippines and the Chinese coast guard.

Their meeting comes at a time that the countries are on an increasingly tense ledge in their relations with China and North Korea.

A series of new parks have opened around the world in the last two years, keeping things fun with jaw-dropping, hair-raising, all-consuming attractions.

Troops from Australia and Japan will be able to deploy to each other's country under a new security deal.

Fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall have been issued, days after the same area was hit.

The company behind the rankings says the latest trends offer a warning to countries such as Australia.

A man in his 60s suffered broken ribs and was bitten on his hands by a dolphin that rammed into him.

Major international cities often have large, stylish airports that function almost like a shopping centre, but if you're flying into a region, or somewhere remove from a major city, you might not have the same luck.

A 17-year-old Canadian was brought in for questioning for allegedly carving a name into a wooden pillar at a UNESCO-listed temple in the historic city of Nara, Japan, according to local police.

In many supermarkets across South Korea, one item has conspicuously vanished from shelves: salt. Here's why.

Visitors to a beach resort city in southwest Japan got a shock when they woke to discover the usually crystal-clear sea had turned an ominous shade of red – after a local brewery sprung a leak.

Two Australian capitals have made major comebacks in 2023, making it into the top four most liveable cities.