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 ...

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

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

Japan is calling on systems developers for key infrastructure to deploy artificial intelligence resources to quickly identify and fix vulnerabilities to potential cyberattacks that use leading-edge AI ...

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 ...

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

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.

Amid howls of local protest, U.S. Marines test-fired a long-range mobile rocket launcher at the foot of Mount Fuji for the ...

A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 ...