Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there's a robot for that
Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: At the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on robots that can deliver the mail, shop and build a house. One example was ZMP Inc.'s CarriRo Delivery, a robot shaped a bit like a toy ...
Karaoke clubs and camping tents: Japan Inc.'s drive to diversify work environments
From tiny one-person cubicles in underground stations to camping tents under towering skyscrapers and even offices in karaoke clubs: In workaholic Japan, salarymen are never short of a place to work. Unusual work venues are popping up all over the country as firms try to ...
A growing number of women in the Self-Defense Forces are entering formerly male-dominated fields, with one recently becoming the country's first-ever female fighter pilot. "I want to become a full-fledged pilot, no different from men," 1st Lt. Misa Matsushima of the Air Self-Defense Force told ...
A weekly magazine alleged that Katayama was paid to use her bureaucratic standing to get a tax break for a business owner in 2015.
60% of Japanese consider smartphone plans expensive, survey finds
Japan stays quiet on suspected killing of Saudi journalist in effort to maintain ties
China and Japan set to agree on panda lease during Abe's visit
Europe and Japan prepare spacecraft for seven-year journey to Mercury
Japan and North Korea intelligence officials held secret meeting in Mongolia in October
Trump believes Saudi journalist is dead, warns of 'very severe' consequences
President Donald Trump said Thursday he now believes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of "very severe" consequences should Saudi Arabia be proven responsible. "It certainly looks that way to me. It's very sad," Trump told journalists when asked if he believed that Khashoggi, ...
Trump praises Montana congressman for body-slamming reporter
As Jamal Khashoggi crisis grows, Saudi king asserts authority and checks son's power: sources
Brexit prompts surge in Britons reclaiming German citizenship
Helicopter crashes on Yokosuka-based carrier USS Ronald Reagan off Philippines, injuring sailors
U.S. eyes January trade talks with Japan that will target 'tariff and nontariff barriers'
In May, U.S. President Trump ordered the Commerce Department to investigate the possibility of imposing tariffs of up to 25 percent on foreign autos and auto parts.
Nikkei average closes at 22,532 after falling on overnight Wall Street plunge
U.S. agriculture secretary says Washington seeks deeper farm tariff cuts by Japan than those in TPP
An antiviral pill taken daily by thousands of men across Sydney and other parts of Australia led to a globally unprecedented reduction in new HIV cases, showing that a targeted, preventative approach may accelerate progress on ending the AIDS epidemic. New cases of HIV among ...
Bollywood director Mukesh Chhabra fired in India's #MeToo storm
Southeast Asia hails world's first multilateral air encounter code
Former Malaysian deputy leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi charged with graft and money laundering
Progressives say Seoul caved in and denied asylum to hundreds of Yemeni refugees
Tradition, and mobs, keep women of childbearing age out of Indian temple
After slew of complaints from sexually harassed women, India looks to tighten abuse laws
Japan continues to rely on coal-fired plants despite global criticism
Japan may be feeling the effects of global warming more than ever with the series of natural disasters that hit the archipelago this summer, but this resource-poor country is sticking with coal-fired energy production that emits more than double the carbon dioxide generated by ...
Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever
Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's corporate enfant terrible with the world's first ticket to the moon
U.S. base relocation top issue in Okinawa gubernatorial election
The man standing between Abe and his ambitions: Who is Shigeru Ishiba?
Olympic heat wave fears: What steps can Tokyo take?
Japan embraces esports after lagging global peers but seeks a star to put it on the map
