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

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

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

The risk of person-to-person transmission of hantaviruses in Japan would remain low even if infected passengers from a cruise ship affected by the deadly virus enter the country, the health ministry ...

The Nikkei stock index ended at a new record high above the 62,000 line on Thursday, posting its largest-ever single-day ...

Abdoulaye Diarra was beaten and burnt alive near his home in the Malian capital, wrongly accused of being a "terrorist" because of his shabby clothes and long hair. His lynching in Bamako is one of a ...

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

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 ...

Defense chiefs from Japan and the Philippines expressed renewed alarm on Tuesday over what they say is China’s intensifying coercive actions in disputed waters, and agreed to start talks on a weapons ...

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

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