Little is known about Smear Leader, the artist behind compromising images of North Korea's notorious Supreme Leader, popping up in far-flung cities.
The controversial U.S. military airbase Futenma is deeply opposed among Okinawan natives, though the government plans to relocate it.
The Mount Aso eruption, in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, shot plumes of smoke 6,560 feet into the air.
Support for Abe's government fell to 36 percent, the survey showed, the lowest rate since he took the office in December 2013 and down from 38 percent in last month's poll.
U.S. stock futures rose 0.4 percent from late U.S. levels in early Asian trading Monday.
The U.S. Federal Reserve takes center stage in the coming week, eclipsing industry data from China, another grim inflation reading from the euro zone and rate decisions in Japan and Switzerland.
Floods swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides after rivers burst their banks following days of rain. Kyodo News agency said three people were killed and 27 injured in the floods.
No major damage or injuries were immediately reported. Because of heavy rains in Japan, however, landslides could occur in some areas.
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Uncertainty surrounding whether the Federal Reserve will announce an interest rate hike next week weighed on global stocks Friday.
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Investors remained cautious ahead of next week’s crucial meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve, when a decision on hiking interest rates is expected.
The move has been in the works for almost a decade and comes as part of a broad push to modernize and streamline Japan's economy.
ISIS militants killed two Japanese hostages earlier this year.
The construction on Subi reef could form a combat-capable air facility -- China's third in the region.
The possibility of a delay in a U.S. interest rate hike and concerns over China's economy sent markets bobbing in and out of negative territory.
Search and rescue operations were underway Friday as severe rain warning remained in effect for parts of northern Japan.
The number of working-age people in the European Union has been shrinking compared with those retiring.
A new generation of Indian women are combining the power of videos and the reach of the Internet to work for societal changes.
Torrential rain inundated parts of Japan and sent radiation-tainted waters from a nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Premier Li Keqiang sought to reassure the world with a speech that paid scant attention to global unease about the implications of a slowing China.
Asian indexes -- hit by disappointing data and falls on Wall Street -- failed to recover Thursday and closed deep in the red.
