Four wetland areas in Japan have been selected as candidates for recognition under an international treaty for wetlands conservation, the Asahi Shimbun reported Thursday.
The Chinese central government has approved the establishment of a third prefecture-level city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said a senior regional official on Sunday.
Japan's Okinawa governor on Friday approved the landfill work to relocate the U.S. Futenma airbase within the Japanese southernmost prefecture, reported local media.