Japan

A tunnel on a major motorway in central Japan collapses killing at least three people and trapping a number of others.

It is 13 feet tall, can be controlled by an iPhone, has “guns” that fires thousands of BB pellets and costs almost £900,000. Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata unveils his dream.

Hokkaido was hit by a blizzard on Tuesday as heavy snow and strong winds affected the northern Japanese island. Road, rail and airline networks were closed and 40,000 homes left without power.

Heather Watson becomes the first Briton to win a women’s tour tennis singles title in 24 years after winning the HP Open in Japan.

China and Japan hold talks as their diplomatic duel over a chain of small but strategically important islands continues to escalate.

The diplomatic spat between China and Japan over sovereignty of the disputed Senkaku islands has sparked further protests across China.

Super Typhoon Sanba continues northwards threatening the Ryukyu Islands of Japan this weekend. Sustained winds are currently 170mph with gusts of 205mph. Imagery courtesy of Naval Research Laboratory.

The German drug-makers that developed thalidomide 50 years ago should “put their money where their mouth is” rather than just express regret to thousands of victims, says a British charity head.

An award-winning Japanese journalist dies after a gunfight between Syrian forces and rebels in Aleppo while she was travelling with the Free Syrian Army.

Japan and China are in dispute over rights to a group of uninhabited islands in the East China sea. Channel 4 News examines what is behind the flare-up and why the islands are so important.

Women have expressed outrage as female athletes from Japan’s football team and Australia’s basketball team fly economy to the Olympics while their male counterparts travelled business class.

Channel 4 News is recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) for its special programme on the Japan earthquake which has won the organisation’s news coverage category.

Channel 4 News is recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) as its special programme on the Japan earthquake wins the organisation’s news coverage category.

A Japanese man who was convicted of raping and killing a British English teacher and burying her body in a sand-filled bathtub loses his appeal against a life sentence.