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A Japanese man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had been missing for weeks has admitted to killing the boy and allegedly hid the corpse in different locations amid an extensive search by police in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. Photo for illustrative purposes only - Canva

Flowering cherry blossoms and buds from a cherry tree are seen in Tokyo on March 16, 2026, ahead of the official declaration of the cherry blossom season in the Tokyo area. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

A woman walks near a snow-covered bus terminal in Aomori city, Aomori prefecture on Jan 30, 2026. - (Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP)

In this picture taken on July 24, 2019 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks on the podium during a ceremony marking one year before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP FILE PIX

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook the coast of western Japan on Tuesday, the country's meteorological office said, with no tsunami warning issued.

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is transferred from the Nara Nishi police station for psychiatric examination in Nara on July 25, 2022. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)

Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies across the country's west on Tuesday night as it fell. Photo: X

Norovirus was detected in some of the people, which a local public health centre determined was linked to food poisoning. - AFP photo for illustration purpose only

This is the second consecutive year the city has recorded the country's earliest bloom of the Somei Yoshino. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)