Knowing how to survive in the wild isn't the same thing as knowing how to survive in the big city when an earthquake or tsunami strikes. Wherever you live, Japan's new survival manual may save your life. Unlike most survival manuals, this is realistic advice for real people in plausible situations. By Wes Siler.

Japan’s economy minister is to resign over allegations that he took bribes, dealing a blow to the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his attempts to revive the country’s faltering economy. Akira Amari, a central figure in Abe’s economic programme, known was “Abenomics”, acknowledged receiving money from an unnamed construction company executive. But he denied taking bribes, claiming he had instructed his aides to record the envelopes of cash as a political donation.

At a reservoir outside of Tokyo, water and electricity do indeed mix.

Japanese artist Yumiko Matsui has used paper to create a nostalgic and very detailed set of Tokyo scenes from her childhood.

Resources in the country’s capital are strained as the number of old people soars