A light aircraft carrying three people that departed from Saga Airport on the morning of November 19th was found crashed in the mountains of Hoshino Village in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture, where emergency crews recovered three bodies whose identities and genders have yet to be confirmed. (News On Japan)

Okinawa Hotel in Naha received a commemorative bronze plaque from the Agency for Cultural Affairs after being designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property by the national government. (News On Japan)

Toyota’s experimental urban prototype Woven City, built in Shizuoka Prefecture as a large-scale test site, has entered its second month since opening in September, with the city’s early operations beginning to take visible shape as on-site demonstrations expand and new technologies are trialed across the community. (News On Japan)

Hokkaido hosted a company briefing session in Sapporo aimed at students and career changers on November 19th as part of an effort to energize the region’s space-related industries. (News On Japan)

Nagoya’s November session of the city assembly opened with members receiving a new ordinance proposal that would prohibit the unauthorized removal of aluminum cans and other recyclable materials placed out for collection, a move prompted by a sharp rise in scavenging as soaring material prices increase the value of recovered aluminum. (News On Japan)

With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.

Efforts to crack down on bootlegging continue nine years after prohibition was introduced in Bihar.

Once Trump signs the measure, the justice department will have 30 days to release the materials.

Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.

The Israeli military says it was targeting members of Hamas "operating in a training compound". Hamas has not commented.

The US president's claims that the crown prince "knew nothing" contradict the CIA's own assessment.

The Portuguese player is being paid handsomely to be part of the gulf state's modernisation plan.

A craze for puffy, glossy Bonbon Drop Stickers is spreading rapidly among elementary and junior high school students, turning these colorful seals into one of the most sought-after items of the season while also emerging as an unexpected communication tool for families. (News On Japan)

Princess Aiko, who is in Laos on her first official overseas duty, attended a state banquet on Tuesday night and delivered a greeting that included some Lao phrases. (News On Japan)

The president made the comment to a female reporter while speaking to the press on Air Force One on Friday.

The Shia Muslim group's military wing is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the EU.

Public prosecutor Hansjörg Mayr says two men, aged 55 and 53, are being held on "strong suspicion of murder".

There were no plans for the Russian side to join the talks, the Kremlin said.

Ukraine's president says he wants to "intensify" peace talks nearly four years after Moscow's invasion.

Tanzania relies on foreign loans, but "what happened eroded our global credibility", President Samia says.