Japan
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First commercial partnership for hit location-based game will see 3,000 fast-food restaurants become virtual Pokémon gyms, paving the way for global rollout
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US, China, Japan, Germany, France and UK accommodate just 2.1 million refugees, according to Oxfam report
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Haunting images taken by photographer Keow Wee Loong, who with two friends sneaked into the exclusion zone to explore four towns that were abandoned after the 2011 nuclear disaster
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Half full: solutions, innovations, answers Japan's $1m fertility gambit to help women become mothers
With the country’s population in decline, Urayasu plans to spend 90m yen to preserve women’s eggs for future use
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Royal household says shock reports are ‘not true’ as country grapples with idea of beloved monarch stepping aside to make way for son
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From likening Hillary Clinton to ‘a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital’ to writing a poem in which the president of Turkey has sex with a goat, Johnson has made a name for himself around the world
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Monarch, 82, who has had health problems, is said to have announced intention to Imperial Household Agency
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Investment surge adds £7bn to firm’s worth as Pokémon Go transforms Japanese company from reluctant mobile gamer to augmented reality trailblazer
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From its animist origins to its relationship with tech and capitalism, the game has more in common with religion than you might expect
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Prime minister wins upper house elections, giving his coalition enough seats to push ahead with controversial changes
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Biggest jump in share price for Japanese firm since 1983 with 36% rise in two days since launch of Pokémon Go app
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Japan is exploiting a global craze for ninjas as the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Olympics approach
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The bunch of about 30 grapes of the ruby roman variety sold for 1.1m yen (£8,350) – about £270 a grape
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Record price paid by shop owner for about 30 fruits of the Ruby Roman variety, which is considered a status symbol
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Foreign nationals in building and garment industries told to stay home and hospitality sector sees rise in cancellations
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With Scarlett Johansson’s live-action Ghost in the Shell and a new version of The Magnificent Seven, Hollywood hasn’t stopped looking east for inspiration. But it’s not the Japanese who are getting uptight about cultural plundering
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From detached houses to running tracks to bee keeping, the scarcity of space in world cities means innovative uses are found for otherwise wasted rooftops
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Most cities are indigenous, insofar as they are built on the lands of dispossessed first peoples. Paul Daley, Guardian Australia’s leading voice on Indigenous history, explores whether a city’s ‘indigeneity’ is just a matter of population – or if culture and equality count just as much
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Central bank increases US dollar supply as PM Shinzo Abe flags continued risks, while gold rises again and metals trading suggests global stimulus expected
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China says companies may wait and see before investing in UK while Japan urges Britain to ‘listen to’ its 1,000 companies trading with the nation
SoftBank's takeover of ARM Holdings in doubt