Turnbull said the North Korean regime is a threat to peace and stability in Australia.

Oscar Quine eats ekiben on a Japanese bullet train.

Demand for potato chips has surged in Japan this week and bags are selling for $16.

Japanese woman met men online and dated them for their money before killing them.

The Japanese capital has entered sakura or the peak season of cherry blossoms.

For one country at least, It's time to say goodbye to this Macca's classic.

Air New Zealand is farewelling the wide-body workhorse that opened up the Pacific Rim.

Six students found unconscious, others injured or missing.

British Airways is rolling out technology using facial recognition.

Think of Japan, and often the image that comes to mind is a futuristic one.

Winston Aldworth flies from Auckland to Tokyo on NZ95.

The amount is lower than a $US44 million valuation disclosed in September

Wild boar meat is a delicacy in the region but animals slaughtered since the disaster are too contaminated to eat.

'Imagine waking up in the morning and finding yourself in North Korea,' one person worried.

A woman received the "creepiest note ever" along with her lost purse when it was posted back to her weeks after going missing.

The latest provocation coincides with annual exercises between the US and South Korean militaries.

Japanese leader and his wife struggle to distance themselves from school at centre of firestorm.

Kiwi children, aged 9 to 18, have revealed how much pocket money they receive.

A New Zealand ski guide who died after being swept away by an avalanche in Japan was a much-loved and selfless man who lived life to the full.

A 35-year-old New Zealand man killed while reportedly snowboarding in an off-limits area.

Former ARU boss says Argentina, Japan and a South African team should be dumped from Super Rugby - but don't touch the Aussie teams.

In Tokyo's crowds, Winston Aldworth, finds the small things matter a great deal.

Organisers of an annual festival to showcase Japanese culture in Auckland has banned cosplay maids - saying they are "too sexy" for the family event.

The older brother of Kim Jong-un has been assassinated at an airport. This is why the North Korean dictator might have wanted him dead.

Analysts are now speculating about the possibility that Toshiba will have to file for bankruptcy.

In a plot fit for a spy novel, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother has been killed in Malaysia.

A hotel in Japan is defying the digital books trend and appealing to guests who prefer to curl up with a traditional paper book.

Obliged to hold lost items for three months, police departments in Japan are struggling to handle the rising number of unclaimed umbrellas.

Ballistic missile launch Pyongyang's latest provocation and first test under Trump.

In at least some of these calls, according to some accounts, the American leader lived up to his reputation for straight-talking and bombastic rhetoric.