Maebashi Mayor Akira Ogawa held a closed-door meeting with all city council members on October 2nd to explain her repeated hotel meetings with a married senior city official, but afterward she avoided stating whether she would resign. (News On Japan)

A massive tornado-like phenomenon was observed late in the morning of October 2nd off the coast of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture’s Shonai region, with thick swirling clouds rising high into the sky as seawater was drawn upward. (News On Japan)

Japan is about to hold the leadership election of the ruling party, and the winner will become the next prime minister. Five candidates are in the running this time. Some people say Japan is doomed no matter who wins. (Japanese Comedian Meshida)

Studying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.

Police say they shot dead two people who were part of a crowd trying to storm a police station.

Police say they shot dead two people who were part of a crowd trying to storm a police station.

President Trump's proposal, accepted by Israel, stipulates that Hamas disarm and have no future role in governing Gaza.

The man who was photographed as a baby on the LP cover sued the band for distributing child pornography.