Otsu City in the western Japanese prefecture of Shiga has conducted a seaplane test flight over scenic Lake Biwa, aiming to revive such flights for the first time in nearly half a century.

Scenic seaplane flights over the country's largest lake had been in operation until 1972. Otsu City wants to attract tourists by reviving the flights. At the city's request, a seaplane operated by a company in Hiroshima Prefecture made three test flights on Tuesday.

Sony is set to launch a new colour option for the Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) called ‘Mirror Lake Green' next week in Taiwan. The handset will also get a RAM boost as well, moving from 8GB to 12GB. Other specs remain the same including 256GB of UFS storage. There's no details on pricing, but all is expected to be unveiled on 20 October 2020.

A flock of swans from Siberia has arrived at a lake in the central Japanese city of Agano to spend the winter.

City officials say nine swans were spotted at Lake Hyoko on Wednesday. The first reported sighting of wintering swans came one day later than last year.