Tohoku University researchers unveil the "Dragon Fire Fighter," the world's first robot that can extinguish fires with a...

KDDI unveils a robot that can sense temperature and texture, hoping it will help alleviate Japan's shortage of nursing c...

E-sports will be added to Japan's National Sports Festival for the first time next year.

Japan's government green lights Osaka University scientists to treat human heart disease with iPS cells, the first of it...

A Japanese research team succeeds in impregnating a monkey with a transplanted uterus for the first time in the world.

A firm in western Japan is using a new method for flash-freezing oysters to deliver the freshest frozen shellfish ever.

The 100,000th cell phone is donated to be recycled into medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Japan's government green lights an embryonic stem cell treatment for clinical trials on human beings, a first for the co...

New images of the meltdown hit Fukushima no.2 reactor indicate at least two holes through which fuel leaked out.

A record number of minors fell victim to crimes through social media in 2017.