The decision, announced by the chief of defence, comes just two months after Uganda said it would participate.

The decision, announced by the chief of defence, comes just two months after Uganda said it would participate.

Nagoya was assessing the damage after record-breaking rainfall exceeding 100 millimeters in one hour struck the city on September 8, causing a river to temporarily overflow into a residential area and leaving carp and catfish stranded in roadside drains. (News On Japan)

Two 14-year-old junior high school students in Aichi Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing traffic while performing dangerous bicycle stunts linked to group rides known on social media as Nagoya Ride. (News On Japan)

The Tetris Company says it takes "copyright infringement very seriously" and is not involved with the game.

The International Atomic Energy Agency's says the facility is cause for "serious concern".

The International Atomic Energy Agency's says the facility is cause for "serious concern".

Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for skilled workers.

President Abelardo de la Espriella has lifted a decade-long suspension on permits to carry legal firearms.

President Abelardo de la Espriella has lifted a decade-long suspension on permits to carry legal firearms.

Meanwhile, four people, including a child, were killed in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk.

Families were given a rare opportunity to explore a newly built ship about 180 meters long during a public event at Hakodate Dock in Hokkaido on September 6, as the shipbuilder prepares to celebrate its 130th anniversary. (News On Japan)

Police are investigating whether a dispute between a 70-year-old man and the female owner of a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, was connected to a murder and arson case that left three people dead and two others injured during a middle school reunion. (News On Japan)

Raccoons are increasingly appearing in urban areas of Japan, including residential neighborhoods near Shin-Osaka Station, raising concerns over disease, attacks on people and agricultural damage that reached about 700 million yen nationwide last year. (News On Japan)

The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly elected a new chairman after the resignation of longtime power broker Isao Kuranouchi, while a photograph showing an opposition lawmaker striking a pose reminiscent of the movie Titanic during an overseas inspection trip has triggered a fresh political controversy. (News On Japan)

It is the latest strike in a long trade war, and comes after Canadian counter-tariffs on US goods come into force.

Seven Myanmar nationals working at an agricultural corporation in Hokkaido under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker status have accused their employer of repeated violence, intimidation and financial penalties, with some workers saying they were also called by numbers instead of their names and threatened with having their residence status revoked. (News On Japan)

The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez say execution "would be perfect" if D4vd is found guilty.

The driveway of the beach-front house collapsed on Tuesday morning, according to local authorities.

The billion dollar payout marks the largest divorce settlement in the country's history.