Scientists at Japan's space agency say the Hayabusa2 probe has achieved perfect success in its mission, the goal of which was to bring back samples from a distant asteroid.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, held an online news conference on Tuesday.

Workers have finished demolishing a Kyoto Animation studio that was damaged in a deadly arson attack in July last year.

The blaze claimed the lives of 36 employees and wounded 33 others.