Erectile dysfunction drugs and a phenol found in green tea may be effective in fighting cancer when administered together, according to research on mice conducted by a Kyushu University academic. In the study published Friday in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, professor Hirofumi Tachibana ...

Seventy percent of pancreatic cancer patients who orally take the cancer drug S-1 survive two years after surgery, compared with 53 percent of those who receive the intravenous drug gemcitabine, a medical research group said Wednesday. The group, led by Katsuhiko Uesaka at Shizuoka ...

The cultivation of rice able to withstand intense summer heat without losing its taste is growing, with domestic farmers embracing such high-quality varieties as a lucrative source of income. The production of heat-tolerant varieties of the traditional staple surged about 50 percent from 2009 ...

Government-level talks began Sunday at the United Nations in Geneva on forming an international treaty to regulate mercury trading and prevent environmental and health problems arising from the toxic substance. Government representatives from more than 140 countries are participating in the talks to craft ...

A private entity soliciting egg donations for fertility treatment said Monday it will start recruiting women willing to donate them for free to help launch an “ovum bank.” It is in the first such endeavor by a private-sector group in Japan. The Oocyte Donation ...

The Supreme Court on Friday approved the online sales of over-the-counter drugs, ruling in favor of two online retailers that argued that a government ordinance banning such sales is excessive and illegal. The top court turned down an appeal from the government against a ...

Japanese researchers said Friday they succeeded in efficiently regenerating T cells capable of destroying melanoma from induced pluripotent stem cells, an achievement that could make cell-based anticancer therapy more powerful. The current cancer immunotherapy tries to stimulate the immune systems of patients to increase ...

It was hardly the result the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) hoped for, or expected. In a survey of 1,200 Japanese people across the country, conducted in October 2012 by the Nippon Research Center, more people supported the hunting of whales than opposed ...

At age 56, Toshinobu Horiuchi was a desperate man. He had suffered kidney failure and needed a transplant. As a doctor, based in Tokyo, he knew better than most that he faced a long wait. In Japan, nearly 13,000 people, according to the Japan ...