One of the issues U.S. voters say they care the most about right now is health care. America is almost alone in the developed world in not providing its ci | Continue reading
The fund has invested in 69 companies, including U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. and Indian hotel operator Oyo Hotels & Homes. | Continue reading
Toyota Motor Corp. will invest over $2.2 billion (¥242 billion) in China to boost eco-friendly vehicle and engine production with a local partner to meet g | Continue reading
While people and other vertebrates are color blind in dim light, some deep-sea fish may possess keen color vision to thrive in the near total darkness of t | Continue reading
The move by the leading carmaker and electronics manufacturer comes amid shrinking demand in the domestic housing market due to Japan’s declining population. | Continue reading
Japan's graying population has caused local governments to struggle to cope with the burgeoning problem of animal hoarding among seniors who are suffering | Continue reading
The annual output of CD albums in Japan sank below 100 million in 2018 for the first time on record, an industry group said Wednesday, as more people liste | Continue reading
Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed support on Wednesday for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly in a move that could anger China. It mark | Continue reading
By all outward appearances, Japan's animation industry is thriving. A recent report by The Association for Japanese Animations indicates the industry's wor | Continue reading
The government began the annual Cool Biz campaign on Tuesday to promote workplace energy conservation by dressing more casually. After the 10-day holiday p | Continue reading
The Reiwa generation of university and high school graduates will enjoy a natural tailwind propelling them toward economic prosperity. | Continue reading
The number of kids under 15 was estimated at 15.33 million as of April 1, down 180,000 from a year before and the lowest since 1950. | Continue reading
When Chizuko Obuchi's husband, Keizo, became prime minister of Japan in July 1998 and the couple moved into the official residence, she was taken aback by | Continue reading
Japan has long prided itself on being a manga powerhouse, but intense competition from overseas has left the industry at a crossroads. Emerging as a threat | Continue reading
About 1,000 people gathered to watch the liftoff. | Continue reading
Thanks to Netflix, many are familiar with Japanese clutter-buster Marie Kondo and her soothing remedies for the melancholy brought on by conspicuous consum | Continue reading
A man in Chiba Prefecture became irritated last month at how long it was taking for a barrier at a rail crossing to open. Losing patience, he fetched a han | Continue reading
As the Carlos Ghosn saga continues to unfold, domestic and international attention continues to mount on what many are calling a "hostage justice" system. | Continue reading
Japan will develop its first-ever computer virus by next March as a defense measure against cyberattacks, sources have said. The Defense Ministry is consid | Continue reading
Empty homes now account for 13.6 percent of Japan’s housing stock, with the bulk of them concentrated in Yamanashi and Wakayama prefectures, government data show. | Continue reading
The National Police Agency revised wiretapping regulations Thursday, enabling investigators from June 1 to listen in on phone conversations while at headqu | Continue reading
The nation’s nuclear regulator decided Wednesday not to let power companies operate reactors if they fail to install sufficient counterterrorism measures by specified deadlines. | Continue reading
Mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. and Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. said Thursday they will jointly set up airborne mobile phone base stations, using b | Continue reading
Japan is considering strengthening regulations against corporate IT giants like Amazon.com and Google LLC. | Continue reading
Science has Dr. Masayo Takahashi's mother to thank, in a way, for some of the most notable developments in regenerative medicine using stem cells. More tha | Continue reading
Narratives of exceptionalism and nationalism are crucial ingredients in making an "ugly Chinese" tourist. | Continue reading
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Tuesday it has transferred some nuclear fuel from one of the reactor buildings damage | Continue reading
Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital's retro-hip Koenji district. His apartment looks more lik | Continue reading
Following Dyson Ltd.'s plans late last year to manufacture its first electric car in Singapore, the city-state is now in talks with other makers of green v | Continue reading
It's April on Shiraishi Island in Japan's Seto Inland Sea. The nights are still crisp, dipping to 4 degrees Celsius, but the sky is clear and the stars arc | Continue reading
Japan's rapidly-aging society will see a quarter of its breadwinners turn 75 or older by 2040, the Nikkei daily has reported, citing a study from the Natio | Continue reading
In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean's surface, the Seychelles president is making a global plea for stronger protection of the "beatin | Continue reading
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant starts removing nuclear fuel from the Unit 3 storage pool. | Continue reading
The Hyogo College of Medicine has introduced a facial recognition technology-based system to check student attendance. It is the first university in Japan | Continue reading
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Himawari Life Insurance Inc. said it will refuse to employ graduates who smoke when it recruits new hires in April next year. It is u | Continue reading
Bridgestone Corp. said Wednesday it would tie up with Toyota Motor Corp. and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a joint mission to send a rover to the m | Continue reading
Posters that use traditional kimono-wearing characters portrayed in the style of Edo Period ukiyo-e to educate train passengers on proper etiquette have ga | Continue reading
Beauty might only be skin deep, but for those wondering how to keep that skin young, Japanese scientists may have found an answer in the form of a protein | Continue reading
Tokyo police are investigating the suspected online trade of uranium by a 16-year-old high schooler in the nation's capital, investigative sources have sai | Continue reading
Tech giants have reacted with horror after Singapore proposed laws against "fake news" allowing authorities to order the removal of content and impose heft | Continue reading
South Korea launches the world's first fully fledged 5G mobile networks Friday, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring for control o | Continue reading
Microsoft Japan Co. said Tuesday that it will send out automatic updates for individual users of its Windows operating system and Office software to handle | Continue reading
It remains uncertain whether the use of Toyota patents will be as widespread as the carmaker hopes, observers said. | Continue reading
Japan will for the first time next month partially lift an evacuation order for one of the two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, | Continue reading
Tokyo-based venture company A.L.I. Technologies Inc. aims to release a mass-market flying motorcycle by 2022, Chief Executive Officer Shuhei Komatsu said. | Continue reading
Suicide is down overall, but government statistics show it is now deadlier than cancer for that age group and the leading cause of death for people 10 to 39. | Continue reading
Ask any group of children in Japan what they want to be when they grow up and one answer in particular is sure to feature. "The first time I thought about | Continue reading