Campaigning for Nagoya mayoral race starts

Official campaigning for the Nagoya mayoral election started Sunday, with incumbent Takashi Kawamura facing a challenger backed by both ruling and opposition parties as well as two other candidates. ( read original story ...)

Seven people killed in earthquake on Java island

AT LEAST SEVEN people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia ... seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia ... ( read original story ...)

Nature: Cherry blossoms in Japan

"Sunday Morning" takes us this spring Sunday to a setting known in English as "Cherry Blossom Mountain Park" outside Tokyo, home to some 10,000 cherry trees. Videographer: Jiro Akiba. ( read original story ...)