Speaking as a Keynote Speaker at Nigeria's National Conference on Strengthening Democracy on Monday, January 27, Dr. Bawumia lamented the "increasing fragility" of democracy in some parts of ...

Watch the full story above. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today It provides the elderly in Japan with a chance to step out of the nursing care routine they're used to, allowing them to ...

This is shocking news from such a beautiful and very peaceful area of Japan..... I used to stay at the Hotel Lausanne ... when more than 16,000 people were killed. Overall, violent crimes are on the ...

LINE is a Japanese instant messenger app, produced by the eponymous corporation. In Asia, the most popular instant messenger apps have evolved to become platforms in their own right. On these, users ...

For those who might not be familiar, Yoshitomo Nara is one of Japan’s most iconic contemporary artists. His style is instantly recognisable – picture big-eyed, cartoon-like characters that seem sweet ...

K&K Design in Nagoya, a few hundred miles west of Tokyo, made the news last December in a story presented by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, which can be viewed HERE. The brief news report ...

Julia D’Orazio travels back to where Japan’s wellness trend began 3000 years ago by visiting the country’s oldest onsen: Dogo Onsen, in the city of Matsuyama. Two elderly naked ladies are ...

An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors ... They are harmless to people and are known to fearlessly approach divers in the wild, according to National Geographic.

This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium ... turned toward makeshift “people” made from cardboard ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Eight people died Monday in a fire at a home for older people on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, that is suspected of being set by a resident, officials said.