Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces fresh pressure to quit after his ruling party’s losses in local elections on Sunday.

A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan on Friday looked set to kill at least 1 000 people.

China suspended high-level exchanges with Japan on Sunday and promised countermeasures after a court extended the detention of a Chinese captain.

Student Hiroki was keen to graduate last month and start his first full-time job, but despite applying to 40 firms, nary an offer was in sight.

Japan’s ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party’s…