A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of ...

Genetic analysis of an individual from the Yayoi period reveals immigration patterns from the Korean Peninsula. Researchers ...

Genome study cracks mystery of Japan’s first inhabitants - Majority of early immigrants to Japan came from Korean peninsula, ...

Researchers identified over 60% of bats in Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture carrying multiple zoonotic viruses, including 10 ...

If Kyoto is too crowded for you, avoid the tourists and head to this western prefecture in Japan, where you can sample fresh ...

For a group of Japanese researchers, the phenomenon of humor is no laughing matter. For three decades, the Japan Society for ...

Some 6,000 high-grade flounder have died at a farming center here apparently after seawater temperatures were pushed up by ...

Masahiro Nouchi claimed he had lost his finger in an industrial accident, with his medical costs covered by national health ...

Despite not yet receiving formal jockey training, Reo practices everyday at home using a bouncing ball to strengthen his core ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors said Tuesday they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row ...

TOKYO >> A recent survey by Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency showed that people have moved away from reading books, and most ...

(Kyodo News via AP) This image from video taken from a helicopter of Miyazaki Prefecture shows part of a damaged taxiway at ...