Pufferfish exhibit a behavior rarely seen in fish: They close their eyes in a motion resembling a wink. A research team has ...

People in Gunma Prefecture, former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's home prefecture and political base, have mourned his death ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tetsuya Chiba, best known as the creator of the classic Japanese boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday experts on forest protection from the country's development aid ...

Japan's government will draft rules for "contract synthesis," in which specialized companies artificially synthesize DNA on ...

Japan's health ministry is considering easing the conditions for single-parent households on welfare to own cars, ...

Critical flaws have been found in the PHP programming language, forcing many companies and government agencies to temporarily ...

Dohoku Bus Corp. began a reduced weekday schedule on Oct. 27 after more than 10% of its drivers came down with the flu, ...

This western Japan city is promoting the use of vacant homes, viewing empty properties often regarded as liabilities as ...

The Japanese government approved an ordinance Tuesday setting requirements for designation as a "second capital" to back up ...

Russian missiles struck a park symbolizing Kyiv's ties with the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Monday in an attack on the ...

Germany's Siemens Energy AG plans to build a facility in Hokkaido that will serve as the regional base for the company's wind ...