Japan Japanese billionaire seeks eight creatives for paid-for moon flight Yusaku Maezawa and his guests could become the first lunar voyagers since the last Apollo mission in 1972. 03/03/2021
USA US father and son extradited to Japan over Carlos Ghosn's escape Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, will be tried on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in 2019. 02/03/2021
Switzerland Car of the Year 2021: Toyota Yaris hybrid wins prestigious prize Toyota's fourth-generation Yaris scooped the coveted Car of the Year 2021 Award ahead of six other finalists. 01/03/2021
Life Are designers to blame for the waste crisis in the creative industry? Overproduction and overconsumption are intrinsic to the design industry, from fashion to consumer goods. 01/03/2021
Japan 10 years later: Tohoku’s recovery and resilience together with the world On a cold Friday afternoon, life for millions in Japan would be changed in the span of just a few minutes. On March 11, 2011, northeastern Japan was struck by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history. 25/02/2021
Turkey Three jailed for helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon Three jailed for helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon 24/02/2021
Japan Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president Seiko Hashimoto was named as president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee in Japan, where women are still rare in the boardrooms and positions of political power. 18/02/2021
World UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair COVID-19 vaccine access UN chief Antonio Guterres told a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine. 17/02/2021
