Five years after tragedy hit Japan, chart-topping band Princess Princess reunite for one final fundraiser.

As part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to reinvigorate the world's third-largest economy, Japan is striving to accelerate innovation ahead of hosting the Olympics in 2020.

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), based in Japan, has played the leading role in developing a small sensor that capable of detecting cancer and other diseases.

In a capital city that's passionately embracing the future, Bridget Jones finds traces of a glorious past.

A giant squid made its way into Japan's Toyama Bay on Christmas Eve, treating onlookers to a rare sighting of the magnificent creature.

The Bank of Japan still has policy options to continue its unprecedented monetary easing, says Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, days after the central bank announced it wouldn't expand its main stimulus target.

Jamie Joseph coaching Japan will require significant concessions from that union and the Highlanders, writes Wynne Gray.

Off the Japanese coast, Eric Young explores an island where stunning art meets brilliant architecture.

Japan has advised the International Whaling Commission it will resume whaling in the Southern Ocean but has reduced its intended take.

The New Zealand Government has hit out at Japan's decision to resume Southern Ocean whaling - a move which defies the International Whaling Commission.

The Japanese government has drafted an outline of comprehensive policies related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

The Japanese government is planning to establish about 10 centers in fiscal 2016 to help develop nursing care robots to help elderly.

Tokyo's Hato Bus is proving to be one of the bright lights in Japan's tourism industry.

A night at the sumo stadium is strangely reminiscent of a job at the freezing works, writes Dean Parker.

Learning slurping skills keeps Kevin Pilley busy as he dries out amid the world's largest collection of pot noodles.

There is a race taking place between some of the big names of car making - Japan's Toyota and Honda and their Asian neighbour Hyundai - and a smaller camp led by the tech visionary Elon Musk.

Work to create rules for putting self-driving vehicles into practical use is kicking into high gear as progress continues on the development of such vehicles.

Why are toilet paper sales soaring in Japan despite a falling population?

Authorities are grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers search for the missing.

After almost four years of delays, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet will make its debut flight in the second half of October.

Above a road through a forest hangs a long, thin suspension bridge resembling a power line.

Foreigners don't have all the answers, but they are responsible for Japan's biggest corporate governance successes this year, writes William Pesek.

The crowd sat entranced as 78-year-old Emiko Okada recalled the horrifying events of August 6, 1945, a day that started hot and cloudless.

Seventy years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, New Zealand must take the lead on banning lethal weapons, writes Dita De Boni.

This city's horror was 70 years ago, but the memories will never leave, says Kevin Pilley.

If there is one event that defines the modern world, it is the blinding, searing, radioactive explosion over the city of Hiroshima 70 years ago today.

Seventy years on, the feared nuclear Armageddon has been kept in check - but a new threat is mounting, writes Alexander Gillespie.

It was a warm summer's morning and 5-year-old Yukiko Nakabushi was the first to arrive at nursery school. She waited for her friends to arrive. Except they never came.