330 kg of plutonium taken out of Japan, new laws aimed at empowering women, the impossible search for childcare positions

North Korea launches ballistic missiles, the emergence of post-Fukushima protest music and the life of a Manga artist outside of Japan

Fifth anniversary of the 3/11 disaster

Three former TEPCO executives indicted, Donald Trump's controversial comments on Japan and more delays for Okinawa's newest US airbase

Why Takata airbags have been exploding, Japan reports on how its eliminating discrimination against women and queer artists in the spotlight

Julie Bishop's visit to Tokyo and Beijing, why Japan has low autopsy rates and more bad news for Abenomics

Tokyo announces new sanctions on Pyongyang, UN investigates child exploitation in Japan and NHK sacks veteran journalist Hiroko Kuniya

Concerns over Pyongyang's rocket launch, a vagina artist's trial wraps up and why a graphic designer scrapped his case against the IOC and the 2020 organisers

A new intelligence gathering unit to be set up by December, maternity harassment in the workplace and certifying Washoku

Japan dips into recession, Japanese whaling company fined $1 million, an emoji becomes Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year