Lisa Torio

Japan­ese is­landers to hold non-bind­ing ref­er­en­dum as pres­sure mounts on gov­ern­ment to halt multi­bil­lion-dol­lar project.

Tens of thou­sands left with­out drink­ing wa­ter and elec­tric­i­ty, while thou­sands sleep in school gym­na­si­ums.

Bel­gium scored a 94th-minute win­ner but Japan’s show on and off the field at­tract­ed huge praise.

Re­cent ‘mishaps’ have am­pli­fied calls to ban mil­i­tary air­craft from fly­ing over ed­u­ca­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions.