A Tokyo-based university has opened a laboratory where robots are carrying out medical experiments once handled by human ...

European oil and gas companies who posted huge profits in the first quarter on soaring prices caused by the war in the Middle ...

Japan's leading potato chip maker Calbee Inc will start selling some of its potato chip products in black-and-white packaging ...

The demise of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is expected to add further upward pressure to U.S. fares, according to ...

The risk of person-to-person transmission of hantaviruses in Japan would remain low even if infected passengers from a cruise ...

China’s exports of passenger cars surged in April, an industry group said Monday, as its carmakers push to expand in overseas ...

Key lawmakers of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party are set to launch a new group to promote the national security and ...

Tokyo police on Tuesday arrested the parents of a teenage girl with intellectual disabilities on suspicion of confining her in a storage space at their home while restraining her with metal fittings, ...

An outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship is reviving conspiracy theories about vaccines, alleged ...

Police arrested a bus driver Thursday on suspicion of negligent driving after a crash on a Fukushima expressway killed a high school student the previous day, as investigators probe whether he was ...

The operator of a nuclear power plant in the central Japanese prefecture of Fukui said it halted its reactor Friday morning ...

Seasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more ...