Wheelchair-bicycle aims to aid evacuations
This bicycle is actually a wheelchair in disguise.A seemingly silly creation with a serious purpose.The inventor runs a...
read moreJapanese educator now world’s oldest man
A 111-year-old retired Japanese educator is now the world’s oldest living man.Sakari Momoi lives in Saitama Prefecture,...
read morePrince Katsura dead at 66
Japan’s Prince Katsura died of heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo yesterday (Sunday) morning.The 66-year-old prince w...
read moreBees swarm outside train station
A strange site greeted commuters in southern Japan this morning.A swarm of honeybees found a comfortable spot to rest n...
read moreDementia-related missing person cases on the rise
Police in Japan received over 10,000 dementia-related missing person reports last year. With the number of elderly risin...
read moreBrushing the teeth of giants
It’s Dental Health Week in Japan. To learn how to stop cavities, kids at a zoo in western Japan practiced on some of th...
read moreObokata agrees to retract controversial article
The embattled scientist at the center of a scandal over stem cell research has taken a step back in her efforts to defen...
read moreRainy season brings heavy downpours to Western Japan
The rainy season has begun in Western Japan, with heavy downpours already causing floods and landslides in Kyushu and Sh...
read moreAbe could visit N.Korea to solve abductions
Japan’s Prime Minister may visit North Korea if it will help solve the abductions issue that has long soured ties betw...
read moreRecord heat wilts Hokkaido
Northern Japan saw record temperatures today as a heat wave continues to blanket the country.Japan’s northernmost isla...
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