American nabbed cooking meth in guest houses
Police arrest a US man for manufacturing amphetamines at Tokyo guest houses.
read moreI, clumsy and endearing robot
A university in central Japan develops less perfect robots to create a world where people and robots can better collabor...
read morePension snafu hits 104,000
Japan's national pension says data was mistakenly entered on over 100,000 people and pensions underpaid by about $19m.
read moreBlossom bliss hits Tokyo
People in Tokyo take advantage of beautiful weather to marvel at the cherry blossoms in many different ways.
read moreGovernment tells Nissan to shape up
Japan's transport ministry hits Nissan with an improvement order for allowing unauthorized personnel to conduct final ch...
read moreBamboo shoots hit the market
Farmers in Kyoto start shipping bamboo shoots, a spring delicacy.
read moreStudy: golf improves cognitive function
A study finds elderly people who did not exercise saw an improvement in their memory after playing golf regularly for si...
read moreGenkai nuclear plant no.3 reactor restarted
The No.3 reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant in southwest Japan is reactivated after more than 7 years offline.
read moreAum cult lives on
23 years after killing 13 people in Japan's deadliest terrorist incident, reshuffled versions of the Aum Shinrikyo cult ...
read moreCourt orders Tepco to pay evacuees $5.8m
A court orders Tokyo Electric to pay evacuees $5.8m in damages from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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