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World's largest jellyfish collection

Having roamed the seas for the last 500 years, jellyfish are the oldest multi-organ creature on the planet

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North Korea

N.Korea launches new missile test

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France

Aunkai Bujutsu, a martial art based on body awareness and the basics

In the south of Ardèche, France, euronews meets Japan's Akuzawa Minoru to learn about Aunkai Bujutsu, a newly created martial art.

22/05/2017

North Korea

Latest North Korean missile test sparks Western fury

The latest test-firing by North Korea of a intermediate range missile has provoked a furious reaction from the West, South Korea and other regional powers.

22/05/2017

Japan

Hundreds hospitalised as temperatures soar in Japan

Japan is experiencing an unusually hot spell of weather for the time of year.

21/05/2017

Japan

Japan coastguard resumes drills as tensions rise

Maritime exercises were held in Tokyo Bay after a five-year pause.

20/05/2017

USA

Sold! Basquiat 'skull' canvas goes for 84 million euros at 'electrifying' auction

A painting by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

Japan

Japan: Emperor Akihito 'abdication bill' backed by cabinet

Parliament still needs to give its approval to the bill which would allow the 83-year-old to step down.

19/05/2017

Japan

Bill paves way for Japan's ageing Emperor to step down

Japan’s cabinet has approved a bill to allow Emperor Akihito to step down.

19/05/2017

Korea

North Korean test missile 'capable of carrying nuclear warhead'

North Korea has claimed that the new type of ballistic missile it launched on Sunday is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

15/05/2017

North Korea

North Korea: latest missile flies 700km

North Korea has fired a missile which landed in the Sea of Japan 30 minutes after being launched.

14/05/2017

Sport

England drawn in Rugby World Cup 'Pool of Death'

England have been drawn in the ominously-dubbed ‘Pool of Death’ for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

10/05/2017

Japan

Drunk passenger starts fistfight on plane

Footage has emerged of the moment a man entered into a fistfight with another passenger on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Japan to the USA.

03/05/2017

Japan

Japan-Russia cooperation paves way for peace treaty

02/05/2017

Japan

Japan deploys warship as North Korea tensions mount

Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, reportedly to help safeguard US naval manoeuvres in the region.

01/05/2017

United Kingdom

UK PM May meets Japan's Abe to discuss Brexit fallout

The British prime minister is hosting her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at her official Chequers residence

28/04/2017

Russia

'Talk instead of yelling at North Korea' - Russian diplomat

The US said on Thursday that its policy was to exert maximum pressure on North Korea through sanctions and diplomatic activity, echoing comments made by the Trump administration the previous…

28/04/2017

North Korea

Putin and Abe in call to defuse tensions over North Korea

Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe have called on North Korea and other countries to avoid antagonising tensions around Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.

27/04/2017

Japan

US navy sails wrong way as North Korean audience cheers nuked America video

A naval strike group ordered by Donald Trump into waters off Korea remains far away as delayed deployment raises eyebrows about effectiveness of US strategy.

19/04/2017

Japan

The US talks trade with Tokyo

The US vice president is in Japan for talks. Mike Pence is also hoping to reassure Tokyo, a key ally, amid rising tensions over North Korea.

18/04/2017