The Tokyo District Court on July 13 ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 13.321 trillion yen ($97 billion) in compensation to 48 shareholders over the Fukushima nuclear disaster. | Continue reading
Tokyo Electric Power Co. warned that a blackout could hit the greater Tokyo metropolitan area on March 22 after pleas for electricity conservation failed to save enough power. | Continue reading
A new vaccine technology that eliminated the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in test monkeys has raised hopes for an end to the AIDS pandemic, a research team said. | Continue reading
With his background in science, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto had a hunch he could develop a face mask that glows if the COVID-19 virus is present. | Continue reading
A Kyoto University-led research team said its studies on iPS cells pinpointed a medicine that halted the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients for the first time in the world. | Continue reading
Toyota Motor Corp. announced on Sept. 7 that it will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($13.6 billion) by 2030 in expanding the production of batteries for its electric and gas-electric hybrid vehicles. | Continue reading
A 35-year-old man who lives in the Kanto region has finally found his true calling in life after years of struggling with mental health problems and fighting to hold down a steady job. | Continue reading
Two men in their 30s with no underlying health issues or allergies died within days of receiving their second jab of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine this month, the health ministry announced Aug. 28. | Continue reading
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., a pioneer in transporting liquified natural gas (LNG), has now devel | Continue reading
The government will pay up to 2 million yen ($19,300) to families that move to areas around the crip | Continue reading
A self-driving delivery robot put its rubber to the road on Oct. 7, safely crossing a street in cent | Continue reading
Scientists announced they induced a state of artificial hibernation in mice, potentially paving the | Continue reading
Cherry blossoms have long been loved by Japanese and celebrated in poetry as harbingers of spring. I | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a nasal Alzheimer's disease vaccine that they believe could be key to pre | Continue reading
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Japan is moving to refuse entry to all foreign nationals travelling on U.S. passports or who have be | Continue reading
New secrets are being reported simultaneously around the world from a cache of documents called the Paradise Papers, 19 months after the shocking revelations contained in the Panama Papers. We headed toward the British territory of Bermuda to uncover the truth behind another tax … | Continue reading
TAMURA, Fukushima Prefecture--Bulk bags filled with greenery collected during decontamination effort | Continue reading
Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled its first yacht under the high-end Lexus brand in the United States, a l | Continue reading
The crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reached an undesired milestone on March 18: Storage tanks | Continue reading
Japanese researchers said they have developed artificial blood that can be transfused into patients | Continue reading
SEOUL--About 20 young people live in a three-story apartment building in a quiet residential area of | Continue reading
Toshiba Corp. plans to collect genetic data from 10,000 of its Japanese employees to develop a new b | Continue reading
NUMAZU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Long obsolete and not just a museum piece, an early massive computer de | Continue reading
Car-sharing service operator Orix Auto Corp. couldn't figure out what certain customers were doing w | Continue reading
Car-sharing service operator Orix Auto Corp. couldn't figure out what certain customers were doing w | Continue reading
This special page of The Asahi Shimbun Digital website focuses on Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co. It describes the “light” and “darkness” brought to Nissan and Japan by the management style used by Ghosn to rebuild the automaker. | Continue reading
Fans lucky enough to win a lottery for tickets to next year's Tokyo Olympics should be aware of the | Continue reading
The head of the nation's largest business group is calling on the government to extend the maximum s | Continue reading
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Yuki Imamiya burst into tears after snatching victory away from a c | Continue reading
Japanese scientists improved long-term memory in subjects by activating histamine in the brain, a fi | Continue reading
BOSTON--Anyone who's ever been so furious with their boss that they feel like exacting revenge reall | Continue reading
HIROSHIMA--Students here are recreating the lives of people devastated by the atomic bombing on Aug. | Continue reading
Tokyo Medical University officials systemically reduced the entrance exam scores of female applicant | Continue reading
“How do I double click?” “What is a cell in a spreadsheet?”Mashiko Ishii often hears that her fellow | Continue reading