Sean O’ Toole caught up with award-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito at the world congress of the International Union of Architects in Durban.
Presentations on earthquake readiness and slum settlement solutions at a global architecture congress have highlighted contributions to human dignity.
Côte d’Ivoire has scored two goals in two minutes to beat Asian giants Japan 2-1 in the World Cup tournament.
The US stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of territorial claims by China.
An activist group says Japanese fishermen have finished killing some 250 dolphins in the biggest roundup it has witnessed in the last four years.
Beijing wants all foreign aircraft passing through its "air defence zone" to identify themselves to Chinese authorities.
The US has positioned itself firmly behind Japan, raising its huge and powerful neighbour’s ire.
Ruling party official says it is inevitable that some people will never be allowed back into areas near the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Thirty months on from the Fukushima disaster, Japan is struggling to come up with a long-term energy policy.
One of the closest contests in Olympic history has gone down to the wire in Buenos Aires as the International Olympic Committee prepared to vote.
Japan’s Shinzo Abe says his government will play a greater role in stopping leaks of radioactive water as a result of the Fukushima disaster.
An estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water is believed to have leaked from a tank at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, says the operator.
It sounds like a humdrum church newsletter, but "Yamaguchi-gumi Shinpo" is the newly published official magazine of Japan’s powerful crime syndicate.
The battle over Japan’s controversial whaling program is moving from the high seas to the United Nations’ highest court.
Rugby minnows Japan have claimed a first win over Six Nations champions Wales after a clinical display against an inexperienced Welsh side.
Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who became the world’s oldest person on December 17 2012, has died at the age of 116.
A second-string Wales team twice came from behind to beat Asian champions Japan 22-18 in the opener of their two-Test series.
Japanese businesses and investment in South Africa will help build the country, says President Jacob Zuma as he visits Tokyo.
Japan pledged African leaders $32-billion on Saturday to help growth on the continent and encourage Japanese firms to invest there.
There have been only a handful of occasions when a decline has been seen equivalent to the May 22 sell-off in Tokyo.
A series of growth updates and other economic indicators from the US, Japan and South Africa will set the tone this week.
China has expressed outrage over remarks by the mayor of Osaka who said Japan’s system of military brothels during World War II was "necessary".
The moribund economies of Italy and Japan have to release funds for investment if they are to prosper.
People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident have a higher risk of developing cancer, says the World Health Organisation.
Japan has carried out three executions since its new prime minister was elected – a sign Tokyo will defy pressure to abolish executions.
Japan has said it would give $120-million in aid to the troubled Sahel region after ten Japanese nationals were killed in an Algerian hostage crisis.
The death toll from a four-day siege at an Algerian gas plant has risen to at least 81, with nine Japanese nationals reported to have been killed.
Drones have taken centre stage in an escalating arms race between China and Japan, who are struggle to assert their dominance over disputed islands.
Japan has elected Shinzo Abe, a hawkish leader who promised to get tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy, to be their new prime minister.
Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.
At least seven people were feared missing after concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel on the main highway linking Tokyo with central Japan.
Police say three men who barbecued and curried the remains of their victim are being held by authorities in Japan.