Justin Mccurry

And they get prosthetic pinkies to replace the tips of the digits they were forced to cut off.

Yahoo sold sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site

Some of the bodies found on mystery vessels are believed to be those of North Korean soldiers.

Protests after Japanese star Yui Hatano’s image is printed on Easycard travel cards which can be used on metro and bus routes.

As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II looms, two would-be suicide pilots described how they prepared to die.

For some, the south is a dream turned sour and they are willing to return to their unhappy home.

Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce company that owns Play.com and Kobo, is the world’s biggest online retailer of elephant ivory and whale meat.

Tokue Hosokawa, a breeder in Fukushima prefecture has braved the high radiation levels to care for his animals.

Workers at the front of Japan’s clean-up effort battle contamination, stress and alcohol abuse.

The government will spend billions of yen in an attempt to contain and treat contaminated water.

Analysts say the threats sound familiar but target nations cannot afford to drop their guard.

South’s workers barred from crossing the border into industrial complex after North’s latest move.

South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has called for North Korea to walk away from nuclear weapons and take the "peace and shared development" path.

Japan has carried out three executions since its new prime minister was elected – a sign Tokyo will defy pressure to abolish executions.

Psy’s hit Gangnam Style has taken the Korean pop genre to the top of Western charts. If it is new to you, drop these names and watch these videos.

The signing of a peace accord on Wednesday has brought little comfort to Lonmin investors – as workers at Marikana mine continue to stay away.

The massive loss of life in last year’s tsunami disaster in Japan has trimmed the average life expectancy of the country’s women.

Organised crime in Japan is under threat from new laws that will lead to the naming, shaming and fining of citizens who do business with the yakuza.

A day after mourners packed Pyongyang to bid adieu to ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-il, North Korea has completed the transfer of power to his youngest son.

Japan’s whaling fleet has left port under heavy guard, where more clashes are expected with members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.