Keio University doctors said they have taken a promising step toward using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to ...

BRUSSELS--A U.N. committee that seeks to outlaw all forms of discrimination against women called on Japan to allow selective ...

Academics and midwives on June 27 submitted a petition to the health ministry demanding the removal of a legal clause that ...

The central government announced on Dec. 19 that the overall costs to develop infrastructure, such as access to venues, for ...

Japan is seeking to supercharge its science and technology effort that may benefit both defense and the private sectors by ...

Executives at Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Bank have decided to step down to take responsibility for a series of ...

Family cover-ups and media silence helped enable showbiz guru and sexual deviant Johnny Kitagawa to abuse perhaps hundreds of ...

The government has revised its regulations governing stockpiled rice, opting to release portions of its reserves into the ...

Japan and Indonesia agreed to enhance cooperation on maritime security with an eye on China’s growing assertiveness in ...

The number of public baths, known as “sento,” in the capital almost halved in the past 15 years, with 462 operating as of December 2022, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government. The figure has ...

South Korea is promoting its defense industry and increasing arms exports under the stated goal of “becoming one of the top ...

Tokyo police have made arrests over a drunken driving joyride in an illegally modified vehicle disguised as an unmarked police car, complete with a flashing red light and a siren.