News Headlines - 08 December 2017

▽Japan seeks longer-range cruise missiles amid North Korea threat - BBC News

The missiles will be deployed on Japan's fleet of fighter jets and have a range of up to 1,000km (621 miles).
The move is likely to be controversial, as Japan limits its military to self-defence.

▽Hirohito's WW2 memoir bought by Japanese accused holocaust denier - BBC News

A memoir by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito about World War Two has been bought by a Japanese surgeon accused of denying the Holocaust and the Nanjing massacre.

▽Ishiguro praises role of literature in divided world: Nobel lecture

Japan-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro warned of the dangers of an increasingly divided world and called on literature to help "break down barriers" during his Nobel lecture Thursday at the Swedish Academy.

▽Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings | The Japan Times

A violent attack with Japanese swords and survival knives at Tokyo’s famed Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has left three dead — including the chief priestess and her brother — in an apparent family feud that turned deadly.

▽Two Palestinians 'killed by Israeli fire' in clashes on 'Day of Rage' | The Independent

Two Palestinians have been killed in clashes over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, after Hamas called for a “Day of Rage” in protest against Donald Trump’s decision.
Israeli soldiers shot the two men dead on Friday near the Gaza border, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, while the Red Cross said scores were wounded in clashes across the West Bank.