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The government will accelerate the introduction of personalized cancer treatment at hospitals across the country by creating a database of all patients' genetic information and promoting the development of new diagnostic methods, sources familiar with the matter said. Japan is lagging behind other industrialized countries ...
The space agency has developed a method using lasers to help aircraft detect air turbulence in clear skies to help curb accidents. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its device allows large aircraft to spot air turbulence about 70 seconds before approaching it — ...
At their meeting in Italy, Group of Seven leaders harden their stance on North Korea but analysts say this is just a start in efforts to persuade China to use its influence.
With 1,981 days in office, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe becomes the third-longest-serving Japanese leader in the postwar era.
More than six years after the March 11, 2011, Tohoku quake, tsunami, and triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Japan is accelerating efforts to restart as many reactors as it possibly can. Four have been revived so far, and Kansai ...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he backs the 2015 agreement signed by Tokyo and Seoul on the Korean women who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels.
The mayor of a town in Fukui Prefecture that hosts a nuclear power plant that just restarted one of its reactors has floated the idea of installing dry cask storage within the plant to keep ever increasing amounts of spent fuel there. Takahama Mayor Yutaka ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the testing of a new type of "anti-aircraft weapon system," state media reported Sunday, as the reclusive nation continues its arms testing and development. The latest weapons test comes after a spate of missile launches, military drills ...
It was just after the Sanko Line marked its 40th anniversary when West Japan Railway Co. informed Kazutoshi Masuda, mayor of Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, that it would seek a more "sustainable" public transportation system. "I knew it meant that the Sanko Line would be scrapped," ...
Western Digital Corp. appears to be softening its stance on Toshiba Corp.’s chip unit sale and has told the ailing conglomerate it might be willing to take a smaller stake in the unit instead of purchasing it outright.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour Party has narrowed sharply, according to five opinion polls published since the Manchester attack, suggesting she might not win the landslide predicted just a month ago. Four opinion polls published on Saturday showed that May's ...
Philippine government peace negotiators cancelled formal peace talks with Maoist-led rebels in the Netherlands on Saturday after New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas stepped up offensives in the countryside. The two sides have been engaged in peace talks brokered by Norway to end nearly five decades ...
Businesses and authorities in Japan are turning to bioplastics to make shopping bags, garbage bags and product containers to step up their efforts at environmental conservation. Environmentally conscious consumers have responded positively to the initiative and view it as a practical way to help the ...
If indeed the Abe administration is to seek the amendment of Article 9, that effort needs to be accompanied by thorough discussions on what should be the SDF's mission and role.
The rapid and destructive spread of ransomware highlights the need for a coordinated international response by Japan and the U.S.
The Asia Development Bank can't afford to rest on its laurels.
Masamichi Katayama, founder of interior design firm Wonderwall, describes the importance of accumulating and keeping objects and artworks in life — even if you have more than 500 of them.
A man wearing a blue shirt and box over his head wandered the floor at Kyoto's Miyako Messe exhibition hall. As passersby stopped to look, he handed them empty lotion pump bottles and invited them to try squirting them. It was a quirky moment, and ...
Rain had started pelting the cherry blossoms when I returned from Tokyo last month, squelching the plans of countless would-be outdoor revelers. Here in Kurohime in northern Nagano Prefecture the snow was melting and the Torii River, which rises in ancient Togakushi and is fed ...
The government has been pushing job-juggling lately, but I have reason to believe that its interests lie not with workers' health and security.
Kyoto is adapting to meet the needs of hordes of tourists, but importing foreign customs purely for profit is not the way to go.
Weighing no more than a rather large cat, 2-year-old Cockle has something of a feline nature to him.
Albirex Niigata lost for the first time under new manager Wagner Lopes on Sunday, 2-1 away to Vegalta Sendai. Niigata's Thiago Galhardo broke the deadlock two minutes past the hour, but Crislan scored a quick brace, netting in the 83rd and 84th minutes for Sendai, ...
A day after clinching his 38th career championship, yokozuna Hakuho put the icing on the cake Sunday, when he finished the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record. Although their bout had no impact on the championship, Hakuho and fellow yokozuna Harumafuji went ...
The Orix Buffaloes snapped their nine-game losing streak on Sunday, pinch hitter Yuki Miyazaki driving in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning infield single in a 2-1 comeback win over the Chiba Lotte Marines. The Buffaloes, who last won on May 16, were poised to ...
The Yokohama B-Corsairs successfully survived the humiliating prospect of demotion to the second division in the B. League's inaugural season with a 74-53 victory over the Hiroshima Dragonflies in the promotion/demotion game at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon. Center Jason Washburn gave a dominant ...
Christophe Lemaire and Kazuo Fujisawa struck gold for the second straight weekend on Sunday, with the jockey and trainer this time teaming up to win their first Japanese Derby with Rey de Oro. On a glorious afternoon at Tokyo Racecourse, second choice Rey de Oro ...
Minori Kawai captured the Ichinomiya Chiba Open on Sunday, part of the World Surf League's qualifying series. The 16-year-old Kawai, who came from behind to win her semifinal against Australia's Dimity Stoyle, defeated Hinako Kurokawa 13.10-12.40 in the final. The victory was the first on the ...
Japan's No. 7 catches the ball but before he has time to react, a hulking, tattooed Australian is bearing down on him. The collision sends a jarring squeal of metal against metal around the arena, and the crowd winces in unison before peering back through ...
Ritsu Doan's brace erased a two-goal deficit as Japan reached the knockout phase of the Under-20 World Cup with a 2-2 Group D draw to Italy on Saturday. Italy went up by two after just seven minutes behind goals from Riccardo Orsolini and Giuseppe Panico, ...
