Japan

Business secretary Vince Cable hails move as huge vote of confidence in Britain's rail industry.

Japan's national football team is all set for an electrifying buzz from Pikachu

Professor Kamel Mellahi says the payment makes sense given the dangerously high level of pollution in some urban cities.

Panasonic is believed to be first company to announce premium to compensate for polluted air.

In a bizarre move, a major Japanese TV network decided to air the fourth Alien film

Three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, what is happening at ground zero?

Japanese-based bitcoin exchange files bankruptcy papers in US following similar move in Japan

Japan's cabinet banned banks from providing bitcoin to customers as financial product.

Javier Hernandez and Shinji Kagawa were both in the headlines following mid-week games

Japan's cabinet plans to treat bitcoin as a commodity rather than a currency

Japanese Finance Minister says government still assessing situation with view to criminal proceedings.

Shinji Kagawa will aim to impress David Moyes on international duty

South Korean President Park Geun-hye warns Japan not to retract apology for wartime sex slavery and prostitution.

Japan might take action to address issues related to bitcoin exchange MtGox's collapse, Taro Aso said.

Glaring mistakes about Mahatma Gandhi's death and Second World War appear in school text book.

The theft of 744,000 bitcoins has left the cryptocurrency world in crisis. Can it survive the latest bitcoin blow?

Japanese fans finally get their hands on PS4

Books related to famous holocaust victim vandalised in numerous Tokyo libraries.

Video shows hundreds of rabbits swarm around a tourist on the Japanese island of Okunoshima.

Woman makes lucky escape after getting caught in rabbit stampede.

At least 12 people killed in weather-related incidents amid widespread travel disruption as heaviest snowfall in four decades hits Japan.

Here's what'll be in the £33,000 gift bag given to everyone attending this year's Academy awards.

Strange traditions and customs include pinning bay leaves to beds and eating eggs.

The popular messaging and voice-call app Viber has been purchased by Japanese conglomerate Rakuten in a deal worth $900 million.

Trials and tribulations of loved-up penguin gets over 250,000 YouTube hits.

Japan's cyber institute says majority of attacks emerged from US and China.

Freedom of Information Act request reveals soldiers accused of sex crimes often escape punishment.

More than 3,000 women vowed not to have sex with men who voted for Yoichi Masuzoe.

Central bank governor Chadli Ayari says international aid package is a watershed for the country.

Kim Jong-un's regime lashes out at Abe for 'militarist ambitions'.