Tokyo’s Shibuya was once the center of raucous Halloween celebrations. But revelers are about as welcome this year as a box of healthy raisins in an elementary schooler’s trick-or-treat candy …
A pet rottweiler “securely housed” by a Perth council following the savage mauling of its owner in the city’s south has been put to sleep, authorities have confirmed. Staff at …
A growing number of Japanese municipalities have introduced ordinances banning the outing, or revealing, of a person’s sexual orientation or gender without their consent, researchers and officials said Sunday. The …
A new internal affairs ministry panel is set to tackle issues related to the salaries and work styles of local government employees amid changing social conditions, including the declining population …
A pet dog has been strangled on a defective catchpole while rangers tried to move the animal to a council facility in Perth. The incident unfolded when staff were transferring …
A parking spot has divided locals of an inner-west Sydney suburb, with some labelling the situation “tricky”. The parking spot in Leichhardt has been occupied by the same car — …
NAHA – Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday rejected the central government’s order to endorse its modified plan on landfill work for the transfer of a key U.S. base, in a move …
Australian renters have exposed the ugly reality of the nation’s housing and rental crisis. Che Weidlan, Charlotte Tebburt and Connor Dyball knew their Melbourne rental wasn’t exactly glamorous, but didn’t …
Morioka, Iwate Pref. – Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso, 59, won a fifth four-year term in Sunday’s gubernatorial election in the northeastern prefecture. Independent candidate Tasso, who gained cooperation from four …
Locals are fuming over a “terrifying” proposal to ban vehicles from one of WA’s most popular stretches of coastline. Lancelin, 125 kilometres north of Perth, every year welcomes thousands of …