In January, when researchers specializing in aging studies proposed that Japan redefine "elderly" as being aged 75 and older — instead of the current 65 — it raised more than a few eyebrows. In a nation with a rapidly aging population, where the sustainability of the social security system is a ...
Over 70 percent of Japan’s 47 governors think tougher measures are needed to reduce passive smoking, but less than half ...
The decommissioning process at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant gets a big boost after fuel debris is located at ...
Dozens of fire ants have been found at Hakata port in Fukuoka Prefecture, the Environment Ministry said, marking the invasive species' first appearance in Kyushu. The stinging ants, native to South America, were first discovered in Japan in May, when they were spotted at a ...
If you've spent any time in Japan you will have heard the expression, "Deru kugi wa utareru" ("The nail that sticks out gets hammered down"). The phrase is used to explain how Japanese society traditionally prefers conformity and social harmony to independence and individual ...
A research study finds that average life expectancy in Japan has increased to 83.2 years from 79.0 years during the quarter-century period, but the gap between prefectures has widened.
The number of female researchers at private companies and other institutions in Japan reached its highest level ever last year, government data showed, although it remained low by international standards. As of March 2016, the number stood at 138,420, up 2,214 from a year earlier ...
Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. Healthy coral reefs protect shores from storms and offer habitats for fish and other marine life, including ...
Fossilized teeth belonging to a plant-eating dinosaur have been discovered in Nagasaki Prefecture, offering fresh clues about the reptile and the ecosystem 81 million years ago, a local museum said Tuesday. Thirty-five fossilized teeth have been unearthed from a geological layer dated to the late ...
A kind of Japanese seaweed that is considered an invasive species in the United States is actually serving an important role in restoring barren and vulnerable coastlines, U.S. researchers said Monday. In many lagoons and estuaries of the North Atlantic, native seagrasses and oyster beds ...
The health ministry has approved allowing doctors to treat via smartphones or personal computers patients who wish to quit smoking, ministry officials have said. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry informed all 47 prefectures of the change, which took effect Friday. As long as a patient ...
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology has drafted the first guidelines for treating child cancer patients so they can have their own children in the future. Cancer treatments, which can include both drugs and surgery, may impair the functions of ovaries and testes, leaving patients ...
Tokyo Electric’s chairman riles up Fukushima fishermen by announcing that its ever-growing mountain of tritium-tainted water will be dumped into the sea.
The bill before the U.S. Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," has American residents in Japan worried, with some saying the nullification would prevent them from returning home. The Japan Times conducted an online straw poll from late ...
Hokkaido Prefecture announced that a man in his 70s in the southern part of the prefecture died from tick-borne encephalitis, the third case of tick virus infection in Japan and the second death. The prefecture's public health division said Tuesday that the man became sick ...
