Aqura Home and The Capitol Hotel Tokyu collaborate on a single-use wooden straw that could help reduce plastic garbage.

Japan's government says it will be part of an American-led manned moon mission slated for launch in the 2020s.

Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare will offer free rubella vaccinations for men aged 39-56 to stem an epidemic.

Kyoto University professor Tasuku Honjo receives this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Sweden for his joi...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe restates his hope for enacting a new constitution in 2020.

Juntendo medical school admits discriminating against women and 'ronin' applicants who take the entrance exam multiple t...