A life-size figure of a robot from the popular Japanese animated series "Mobile Suit Gundam" has been lit up for the winter season.
A mall in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka set up the 25-meter-tall robot called Nu Gundam as part of its winter attractions.
Authorities in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, are culling about 93,500 chickens after the H5 strain of bird flu was detected in dead poultry at a farm.
The farm in Munakata City reported on Tuesday that a number of chickens had died. Tests by local authorities found that the virus is likely to be the highly pathogenic H5 strain which has a high death rate. The central government plans further examination.
Fukuoka City, the operator of the key western Japanese port of Hakata, has drawn up a policy that rejects port calls by cruise ships until an effective treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 is established.
The policy is based on an ordinance on port operation and has been in effect since June.
Police in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, say a man armed with a knife holed up inside a restaurant in Fukuoka City on Tuesday morning and is holding two girls hostage.
They say the girls are aged three and six and are the children of the restaurant's owner. They also say the hostage-taker is a former employee of the store.