
Shocked climber brawls with bear on Japanese mountain
A heart-stopping video has emerged of a climber's bear encounter.
A heart-stopping video has emerged of a climber's bear encounter.
Barrage of about 250 shells fired off coastlines into buffer zones.
Beijing declares it is ready for war to 'safeguard China’s dignity and core interests'.
The Herald looks back at the 1998 killing of Japanese tourist Kayo Matsuzawa
The visitors are bringing some international flavour to Whangārei.
With borders fully opening from October 11, now is the perfect time to plan your visit.
New York Times: Over two-thirds of Tokyo's microapartment tenants are in their 20s.
Japan has expressed grave concerns after threats from Russia about nuclear weapons.
If you've been dreaming of a Japan trip, mark this date in your diary.
With a flower for every month, Japan is blooming beautiful all year round
It tirelessly lends its clip-like hand, doing the unglamorous work of stocking shelves.
Pacific groups want to stop Japan from dumping radioactive nuclear wastewater into ocean.
Seeing the great sights doesn't have to break the bank.
The Shinzo Abe murder suspect blames his mother's large church donations for his rage.
The country plans to shorten quarantine, drop pre-departure tests and increase caps.
'We put everything we owned into it': How a Kiwi startup delivered a billion-dollar deal.
Witnesses say the man was stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors.
The Meteorological Agency has raised the eruption alert to the highest level.
We must develop a sustainable circular economy - we can't continue these patterns of use.
China claims Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunited by force if necessary.
New York Times: A crude weapon. Minimal security. One death.
Around 1000 people, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, attended the funeral.
New York Times: The Unification Church has courted conservative politicians for decades.
The artist's body was found floating about 300m off the coast of Okinawa.
Man who allegedly killed the former Japanese PM held "a grudge" against a religious group.
Shinzo Abe was campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party when he was killed.
The former prime minister said Japan should have a stronger focus on its own defence.
'I was so determined to kill him and was stalking him in the places he visited' - gunman.
Shinzo Abe desperately wanted to end Japan's constitutional commitment to pacifism.