Tokiwair, a Niigata-based airline, is planning to produce lightweight sport aircraft (LSA), a category of small propeller planes, in collaboration with factories in the Tsubame-Sanjo area of Niigata Prefecture. (News On Japan)

The BBC has been speaking to retirees who want the firm selling the cruise to stop advertising and refund their deposits.

Flights were suspended at 21:30 local time, with around 6,500 passengers affected.

A rift has emerged between the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history and her eldest children.

A rift has emerged between Gisèle Pelicot - the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history - and her eldest children

There is still a huge amount of detail to be worked through around how a ceasefire could be implemented.

Two separate funding proposals failed on Friday as mass lay-offs and sweeping cuts loom over the government.

Two separate funding proposals failed on Friday as mass lay-offs and sweeping cuts loom over the government.

Pro-Palestinian marches gripped Italy's cities on Friday, defying the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni.

Pro-Palestinian marches gripped Italy's cities on Friday, defying the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni.

It was a more subdued message from three months ago when Combs told his family he was "coming home".

It was a more subdued message from three months ago when Combs told his family he was "coming home".

The Office of Management and Budget boss may not be a household name, but he's a key figure in Washington's shutdown.

The Office of Management and Budget boss may not be a household name, but he's a key figure in Washington's shutdown.

The use of controversial shark nets was about to be scaled back in Sydney when a surfer was killed.

The space probe had launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in New Mexico before it was blown off course.

Donald Trump says the boat was carrying enough drugs to kill thousands of people.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation has reduced 206 Toei bus services in its October timetable revision, underscoring how the nationwide shortage of drivers is now taking a serious toll on the capital’s public transport. (News On Japan)

At the World Heritage-listed Shosoin in Nara, the annual ‘Opening Ceremony’ was held, during which the doors of the treasure house were unsealed. (News On Japan)

The group, Gafcon, says that its followers believe "the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".