The opening ceremony of the annual Osaka Festival of Lights was held on November 3rd along Midosuji, Osaka’s main street, transforming the city’s nightscape with dazzling illuminations as trees lining the boulevard glowed with countless lights. (News On Japan)

China’s Foreign Ministry announced that it will extend visa-free entry for Japan, France, and 43 other countries until the end of December 2026, as the government seeks to attract more overseas investment and tourists amid a prolonged economic slowdown. (News On Japan)

Farmers across western Japan are facing mounting losses from the growing population of nutria, large semi-aquatic rodents originally brought from South America. Once imported for their fur, the animals have become a major agricultural pest, chewing through crops and spreading rapidly into urban areas. (News On Japan)

Local authorities in Shari, a town in Hokkaido, are seeking donations to preserve and promote an old Japan National Railways bridge that has been registered as a national tangible cultural property. (News On Japan)

More than 40 people are known to have died since last week, according to officials.

The partial collapse of the Torre dei Conti - close to the Colosseum - has trapped one man and left another critically injured.

The Grammy-winning reggae singer says the storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids".

The Grammy-winning reggae singer says the storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids".

A search is continuing in the Dolakha district for four other foreigners who are feared dead.

A worker is trapped after a section of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the famous Roman Forum, gave way.

The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models.

A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.

A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.

A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.

Left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading many opinion polls in Tuesday's mayoral race.

Left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading many opinion polls in Tuesday's mayoral race.

Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

The country's Defence Minister Theo Francken said it looked like an espionage operation, but he wanted to be "cautious" about speculating.

Japan’s record-breaking bear crisis has entered a new and deadly phase, with authorities confirming that a 79-year-old woman missing in Akita Prefecture was found dead in the mountains, believed to be the 13th fatality from bear attacks this year. (News On Japan)

Anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 will be banned from using, buying or selling tobacco products in the archipelago.