A bizarre contest in Japan where participants were asked to imitate a Japanese samurai after a ritual suicide has been canceled following criticism that the contest was in poor taste.
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly scratching a pillar at the famous Meiji Jingu shrine with his fingernails. Concerns over disrespectful behavior of tourists in Japan are on the rise.
North Korea launched at least seven missiles on Tuesday, defying United Nations resolutions. The ballistic missiles reached an altitude of 100 kilometers and traveled 400 kilometers, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The projectiles likely landed in the Sea of Japan east of North Korea.
The Japanese government coalition has lost its majority in parliament, according to NHK. The current Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, described the elections as tough. The largest opposition party, CDP, emerged as the biggest winner with 135 seats.
A biologist named Kei Jokura conducted a study at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where he observed injured jellyfish merging together to form a single organism.
Japan's ruling party, the LDP, has chosen former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as the new party leader. If approved by parliament on Tuesday, he will succeed Fumio Kishida as Japan's new prime minister.
