Giant squid ‘Backyard Tour’
A dead giant squid is proving a popular attraction with visitors to an aquarium in Japan.In the new "Backyard Tour" at S...
read morePhotographers snap ‘diamond Fuji’
Photographers and nature lovers flocked to the foot of Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji this morning to witness the sun rising di...
read moreStem cell researcher calls for retraction
A discovery that could revolutionize stem cell therapy has been called into question, after one of the scientists behind...
read moreNation remembers 3.11 disaster
People in Japan observed a moment of silence on Tuesday to remember thousands of loved ones who died when a tsunami smas...
read moreJapan cutting bluefin catch in half
The land of sushi will cut its Pacific bluefin tuna haul by fifty percent.Japan’s Fisheries Agency says from next year t...
read moreNation remembers firebombing victims
Tomorrow, March 11th, marks three years since a tsunami devastated northeast Japan, but today (Monday) Japanese people h...
read morePhantom squid caught alive
Japanese fisherman have captured yet another rare deep-sea squid, this time alive.It was discovered ensnared on Friday n...
read moreBusinesses fail to learn lessons of 3.11
Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, most Japanese companies do not have business continuity plans in plac...
read morePolice boxes get hi-tech info screens
Japan’s ubiquitous police boxes are going hi-tech.The country’s police are equipping the boxes with hi-tech information ...
read moreJapan’s tallest skyscraper opens in Osaka
The 300-meter Abeno Harukas opened today (Friday) in Osaka in western Japan.People rushed into Kinki Nippon Railway’s ne...
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