Japan

While there are plenty of independent shops in major cities that provide screen replacement services, they’re not cheap (though still cheaper than, say, taking it into the Apple store) and you’re at risk of voiding your warranty. There are self-fix kits available on the web, but those require a bit of work at home and they cost more than a hundred US dollars too. But you can’t just let your phone stay wounded. So what to do? Put a Band-Aid on it.

A 7.3-magnitude tremor struck early on Saturday morning, killing at least 32 people, injuring about 1,000 more and causing widespread damage to houses, roads and bridges.

It was the second major quake to hit Kumamoto province on the island of Kyushu in just over 24 hours. The first, late on Thursday, killed nine people.

There have been 347 aftershocks of at least level 1 on the Japanese scale since Thursday's shock, broadcaster NHK reported.

Some 20,000 troops are being deployed in the operation in Kyushu region after the magnitude-7.3 quake at 01:25 on Saturday (15:25 GMT Friday).

At least 15 people have been killed and hundreds injured, media reports say.

Dozens of people are feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake on Thursday killed nine people.

Roads have been damaged and big landslides have been reported over a wide area. Some 200,000 households are now without power.

Collapsed dam

Three people are reported to have been killed and many more injured in the latest quake, measuring magnitude 7.3, which came just a day after another tremor that claimed nine lives in the same area.

An apartment fire was blamed for at least one of the deaths, as the fresh quake sparked a fresh wave of destruction and injuries.

"We are also checking if any more people failed to escape," city official Kiichiro Terada said, adding that the fire was under control.

That's because the government will start testing a new payment system in which tourists verify their identities and pay for goods and services by touching their fingertips against a reader.

The idea is that by eliminating the need to carry cash and credit cards, crime will be reduced.

As The Japan News reports, the system aims to roll out completely by the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Here's how it will work. As a tourist, you would register your fingerprints and other data like credit card information when you arrive at the airport in Japan.

Japan’s Ambassador to PNG Morio Matsumoto said that through a non-project grant aid program, Japan can further assist PNG in preparation for hosting APEC 2018 meeting.

This is a major event with logistic capacity including vehicles for transportation of participants, especially very important people.

Matsumoto announced this today during the signing of the exchange notes of a K13m (five hundred million Japanese Yen) Grant to implement the Economic and Social Development Program.

The grant, five hundred million Japanese Yen, is also for the provision of buses that will assist with transport logistics during the APEC 2018 meeting.

The Exchange of Notes for implementing the Social Development Program was signed today between Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato and Japan’s Ambassador to PNG His Excellency Morio Matsumoto.

The provision of buses and education materials through this non-project grant aid program is in line with the development plans of the Government.

The conference will be officially opened by S. Iswaran, Minister of Trade & Industry (Singapore), followed by high profile Ministerial Addresses by Ben Micah,  Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Papua  New Guinea and  Yuki Sadamitsu,  Director Petroleum & Natural Gas Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and a Keynote Address by Yuji Kakimi, President of JERA Co., Inc.  on March 15, 2016.

In addition,  Kumul Petroleum Holdings, CEO, Wapu Sonk  and Kawasaki Kishen Kaishas GM of LNG, Captain Akira Shoji  are other key speakers from these two countries. 

There were concerns that right-wing extremists may try to disrupt the opening. But the crowd at Theatre Image Forum in Tokyo, a small theater that specializes in independent films and documentaries, was peaceful, appearing engrossed in the film, flinching at the torture scenes and sympathizing with the hero, Louis Zamperini.

The distributor said in a statement that it decided to go ahead with the showing because various views on war should be expressed, and because it was unnatural for a movie about Japan not to be shown in the country.

A winner will be chosen later this month, the Japan Sports Council said in a statement.

"(The winning design) will be selected by the end of December after further examination by a committee consisting of architectural experts and ministers," said Council president Kazumi Daito.

"We want to create a stadium that can be loved by everyone in the world."

In July, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the Government was ditching Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid's "bike helmet" stadium design, which had been projected to cost 150 billion yen ($2.02 billion).