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Giant sinkhole swallows Japan city street INTERNATIONAL

Giant sinkhole swallows Japan city street

A giant sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy Japanese city on Tuesday, swallowing part of a five-lane street near the main railway station.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tokyo favours venue changes as 2020 Games costs soar INTERNATIONAL

Tokyo favours venue changes as 2020 Games costs soar

A Tokyo panel on Thursday urged changes to three venues for the 2020 Olympics in the face of ballooning costs but organisers say such adjustments may prove difficult to instigate in time for the Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Uber launches global assault on takeaway meals market INTERNATIONAL

Uber launches global assault on takeaway meals market

Uber Technologies is making an aggressive drive into takeaway meal deliveries, with the US firm gearing up with a big staff recruitment campaign to enter at least 22 more countries.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Snake on a train' halts Japan bullet express INTERNATIONAL

'Snake on a train' halts Japan bullet express

A Japanese bullet train was forced to make an emergency stop on Monday after a snake was found slithering between the seats, local media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton CULTURE

Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton

Rio de Janeiro returned to the cold reality of Brazil's political crisis and recession on Monday after bringing a carnivalesque curtain down on its Olympics festival and passing the torch to Tokyo.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan safari park worker killed in bear attack INTERNATIONAL

Japan safari park worker killed in bear attack

A safari park employee in Japan died on Tuesday after being attacked by a bear which had somehow climbed into her car, local officials and police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hawaiian Airlines makes another emergency landing in Japan INTERNATIONAL

Hawaiian Airlines makes another emergency landing in Japan

A Hawaiian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Tokyo, its second such incident in Japan this month, an official said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Attacker stabs, kills 19 in their sleep at Japanese disabled centre INTERNATIONAL

Attacker stabs, kills 19 in their sleep at Japanese disabled centre

A knife-wielding man stabbed and killed 19 people as they slept at a facility for the disabled in a town near Tokyo early on Tuesday, a senior government official said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Self-driving bus unveiled in Tokyo INTERNATIONAL

Self-driving bus unveiled in Tokyo

Japanese technology firm DeNA Co. showcased its first self-driving bus in Tokyo on Thursday, unveiling a vehicle that runs on electricity and can carry 12 passengers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Quake hits Tokyo, eastern Japan cities; no tsunami INTERNATIONAL

Quake hits Tokyo, eastern Japan cities; no tsunami

An earthquake shook buildings in the Japanese capital Tokyo and other areas on Monday but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan vows to cooperate in French Olympic probe INTERNATIONAL

Japan vows to cooperate in French Olympic probe

Japan vowed to cooperate with a French probe into $2mn allegedly paid to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Olympics, as the son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack denied receiving the money.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tokyo 2020 unveils new logo after plagiarism claim CULTURE

Tokyo 2020 unveils new logo after plagiarism claim

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers on Monday announced a new logo nearly eight months after the original choice was scrapped over a plagiarism scandal, but faced immediate criticism ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016