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A group made up of activists, historians and other experts keen for the government to explore its links to wartime human germ warfare experiments gathered this weekend

KEELY HODGKINSON has received a massive Paris Olympics boost – as her biggest rival will not be there.Three years ago in Tokyo, Athing Mu got the be

THIS is the moment a “humanoid” goes for a short drive in a tiny hatchback – and does it perfectly.The creator hopes that one day the robot coul

A MAJOR UK car dealership is closing its luxury showroom after eight years – but there's some good news around the corner.Grange Motors’ current A

Government officials in Tokyo are in the process of launching a dating app that will encourage singletons to match - as they look to wrestle population decline in similar scenes to 'Black Mirror'

A HUGE new Disney 'super land' is opening next month - with rides from three iconic films.Visitors to the new Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea will

A PLANE described as the “son of Concorde” which is expected to go from London to New York in 3.5 hours is set to exceed the speed of sound in a m

LEWIS HAMILTON left fans buzzing after sharing footage of himself racing round in an incredible £260k supercar.The seven-time Formula 1 world champio

THERE are six Disney resorts around the world - yet one of them isn't actually owned by Disney.While everyone knows of Disney World in Orlando and Dis

SUMO wrestler legend and 11-time grand tournament winner Akebono Taro has died leaving WWE fans devastated.His wife of more than two decades, Christia

British Overseas Airways Corporation's flight 911 - call sign Speedbird 911 - was heading from Tokyo to Hong Kong when disaster struck and the Boeing jet was ripped apart by turbulence in a matter of minutes

THE PARIS Olympics are just four months away and Team GB are ramping up their preparations to win medals with a host of new and experienced stars.Grea

THE inventor of karaoke has died at 100 years old.Shigeichi Negishi launched the iconic party favorite beloved across the globe more than 50 years ago

TRAIN enthusiasts are steaming mad after a 93-year-old heritage locomotive was secretly sold to Japan to become a Harry Potter exhibit.Originally gree

THE world's most luxurious train comes complete with hot tubs and an onboard restaurant.Dubbed as a "luxury hotel on wheels", the E001 series Train Su

A JAPAN Airlines plane erupted in flames after apparently colliding with a coastguard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday.All 367 passengers

Terrifying footage showed a Japan Airlines flight engulfed in flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today after colliding with a coastguard plane during landing, killing two on the second plane and leaving the captain in critical condition

THE world's best boss has gifted 1,200 of his employees and their families with an all-paid trip to Walt Disney World in Japan.Magnate Ken Griffin, CE

BLUETONES music star Scott Morriss was one of the biggest stars of the 90s thanks to the group's success.These days the bass player has a very differe

A man fulfilled his childhood wish of becoming a dog earlier this year after paying over £12,000 for a costume to make him look like a Collie, and has now built up enough confidence to start searching for love

WHERE can you buy high-end jewellery, sex toys and edamame-flavoured KitKats all under one roof? Tokyo, of course.Anyone who has visited Japan would a

THEY say bad things happen in threes but for Becky Parker they come in fives as she discovered when her dream honeymoon became the stuff of nightmares

DARREN Watkins Jr, better known as iShowSpeed, is a popular YouTube and Twitch live-streamer.Fans of iShowSpeed became alarmed after he suffered healt

THE world's longest-serving death row inmate has been granted a retrial nearly six decades after he was convicted of murder.Iwao Hakamada, 87, was sen

Advances in digital mapping have lead to authorities discovering 14,125 islands in Japanese territory - a massive 7,300 more than originally detected in a Coast Guard report in 1987