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Disastrous floods have left three dead and dozens missing in eastern Japan, authorities said on Sept.11 as thousands of rescuers were deployed to evacuated trapped residents from an inundated city north of Tokyo. 

An international tour of newly commissioned work by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz will launch in London in January 2016. It will travel to 10 global cities in 12 months including Tokyo, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico City, Istanbul, Frankfurt, New York and Zurich. 

Tokyo said on  Aug. 31 it has complained to the United Nations over Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plan to attend a huge military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.

US President Barack Obama on Aug. 26 apologised to Tokyo after WikiLeaks claimed Washington had spied on Japanese politicians, a government spokesman said on Aug. 26. 

A blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early on Aug. 24, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported.

US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said the explosion occurred at a building at the US Army Sagami General Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of the Japanese capital.    

Chinese shares plummeted on Aug. 24, wiping out the year's gains and leading a slump across Asian equities as Beijing's latest market intervention failed to restore confidence, with concern mounting about the stalling economy.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed Aug. 22 in the Kuril islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute.

Thousands of people are expected to take part in dozens of marches in cities across the globe on August 15 in support of Iran's deal with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme.

Hundreds of people attended ceremonies on Aug. 12 marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history.

The doomed Boeing 747 had begun the hour-long flight from Japan's capital to Osaka when it crashed into a mountain about 120 kilometers northwest of Tokyo on August 12, 1985.

“Curbed” – invites architects to reimagine an existing structure in their city. In August, it visited debt-ridden Athens that many would argue is worse for wear as a result of the country’s economic woes and migrant problems that have seen the city inundated by a number of refugees.