Japan

A 6.7 magnitude quake in central Japan early yesterday morning collapsed buildings, trapped people in their homes, and caused multiple injuries. Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

Seventy five years ago several hundred Chinese women and children arrived in New Zealand, fleeing the Japanese invasion of China. These were the wives and children of the Chinese men already here. The… Audio

Japan's new scientific research plan will see its Antarctic whaling area expanded. Audio

Palmerston North raised Motoko Kakubayashi resides in Tokyo and works for the Science Media Centre of Japan, pop. 126,659,683 (est. 2012)... Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration's not-so-great… Audio

Hundreds of rescuers in Japan have resumed the search for victims of a volcano that erupted without warning on Saturday. Audio

The idea to make the Japanese fire water, Shochu, from New Zealand kumara came after two men were in a boat fishing on Lake Taupo. It took seven years of research and development before they had… Audio

Cushla Norman reports from Japan on progress in the massive post tsunami rebuild Audio

"Moisty" Atsushi Ukito is a Japanese ex-pat living in Auckland. His reverence for original 1960s Jamaican ska music and in particular The Skatalites inspired him to compose and produce his own music… Audio

A Maori woman who was banned from entering a Japanese bathhouse because of her traditional facial ta moko says such a strict policy on tattoos could embarrass the country with big events such as the… Audio

New Zealand's trade minister has welcomed Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Audio

Composer and performer Dudley Benson spends two weeks as artist in residence in the Japanese historical city of Kurashiki, where traditional music and arts are a core part of everyday life. Through… Audio

Seiji from Japan's loudest rock band, Guitar Wolf, talks with Emma Smith about their rockabilly roots, and gruesome adventures in stage diving. Audio

Justin McCurry beams in from Japan where the country's flagging birthrate is forcing employers to get more creative, and changing demographics mean that making porn for seniors is becoming big… Audio

David McNeill on the world's most hi tech lavatories and the agencies renting out actors to be the best man at your wedding. Audio

Sapna Samant looks at the cult of anime and Hello Kitty, the doll that was created in 1974. Audio