JAPAN

The melons are not designed to be eaten but instead act as ornaments in flower arrangements or on coffee tables.

Up to a thousand people gathered in Tokyo on 1 July to watch a "leap second" added to their day.

Footage shows people evacuated from train as carriage fills with smoke.

BREAKING: Passenger sets himself on fire on train causing casualties.

They're just not that in to each other, study finds, which is bad news for the nation

Japan opens competition to create new toilets to make women and foreigners feel more comfortable

Tokyo approves revised decommissioning works road map for Fukushima nuclear plant

The brand might just look weird, but it commands almost a quarter of global foreign exchange trading.

Teams of enthusiasts gathered to compete in the World Custard Pie Throwing Championship on Saturday 6 June in Coxheath, Kent.

Japan's Q1-2015 growth performance is now the best in two years.

Seismologists suspect Japan is in active phase for earthquakes.

Group men and young women accused of 'lewd acts'.

Plumes of black smoke blasted into sky in sudden eruption on Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island.

Tokyo's move seen as attempt to check Chinese influence in region.

Health warning issued against Japan's new bill that will take away overtime pay from white-collar employees.

China warns US reconnaissance flights over disputed territories could jeopardise stability of entire region.

Japan says country's economy expanded at its fastest pace in a year in January-March.

Asked about self-driving cars, motion-sick Brits keep their eyes on the road.

Japan will provide Australia with secret submarine data in unprecedented data-sharing step.

Japanese zoo attacked for being disrespectful to royal family after naming monkey after Princess Charlotte.

Authorities in the Japanese capital of Tokyo have cordoned off a playground where high levels of radiation were detected this week.