Buildings of a high school in northeastern Japan that were heavily damaged in the 2011 tsunami have opened to the public as a memorial to the disaster.
People have gathered in Venezuela's capital Caracas to protest the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro. They responded to calls by opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Radio stations in Australia, Canada and New Zealand are refusing to play Michael Jackson's music in the wake of fresh allegations against him of child sex abuse.
A key party linked to Thailand's powerful Shinawatra clan was dissolved Thursday by a court, just weeks before a general election, over its ill-starred bid to front a princess as a candidate for premier.
US President Donald Trump says America's trade deficit with Japan is too big and that he has asked the country to further increase its production in the US.
Senior officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea have reaffirmed their three-way partnership for achieving the denuclearization of North Korea.
