Japan

• Rising cost of farming casts shadow over Upper House race in Hokkaido
  Higher fertilizer and animal feed prices are putting the prefecture's key agriculture sector under pressure, making inflation an even bigger issue there than the rest …
• Japanese research project aims to create Earth-like artificial gravity
  The study by Kyoto University and construction firm Kajima promises to bring ideas out of sci-fi and into reality by enabling humans to live outside …
• The never-ending process of normalizing China-Japan ties
  Shocking global geopolitical events in the past 50 years have changed the context of relations, bringing new challenges to both countries.
• Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown
  The Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong delivered a stark message before finishing his six-year posting in March: The freedoms they had enjoyed for decades …
• KDDI says services fully restored after three-day disruption
  The problem experienced by the mobile phone carrier, Japan’s second-largest by number of subscribers, mushroomed into one of the country’s worst-ever network outages.