Tokyo, Rabi'I 7, 1436, Dec 29, 2014, SPA -- Authorities culled about 42,000 chickens in south-western Japan Monday as a highly pathogenic strain of H5 avian influenza was confirmed, dpa cited local government as saying. Local officials killed all the chickens at a farm in the city of Miyazaki, one of Japan's top poultry-producing areas, a news report said. The farm had reported on Sunday that increasing numbers of birds were dying, and they later tested positive for avian flu in preliminary tests, the prefectural government said Monday. --SPA 11:48 LOCAL TIME 08:48 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w