Richard Lloyd Parry

A well-known jewellery designer is one of dozens arrested by Vietnamese police over a network they claim snuck in £8 million worth of gems

Independent shops had been one of the few remaining places for liberal ideas, but a crackdown on ‘seditious’ publications has now led to five more arrests

The country’s youngest mayor was surprised by the backlash when she announced she would take time off, she tells Richard Lloyd Parry

Seven passengers were found alive after Nurul Salsa sank with more than 70 people aboard, as rescuers continue searching for the missing

You would think the people of Yawata would be glad of another baby around the place. Like the rest of Japan, the town is experiencing a drastic decline in its population, with silent parks and empty playgrounds, as young people marry less and have fewer children.

For close to seven decades, North Korean youngsters have spent summers at the Songdowon International Children's Camp, swimming, playing games and being indoctrinated in the ways of the ruling Kim family.

Forgotten at home, Thomas Glover is so revered in Nagasaki for his part in the country’s industrialisation that he has been turned into a plushie

More than 150,000 people told to evacuate southwest town of Kashima amid tsunami warning, with at least 50 taken to hospital

The second floor of the shopping centre on the island of Kyushu collapsed, "leaving many people trapped inside", according to the local fire department.

The taboo on nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki appears to be dying out. Sanae Takaichi’s government is debating relaxing its principles