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

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

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

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 ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts. The Kangei Maru, the successor to the ...

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

KAMINOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Chugoku Electric Power Co ... Aomori Prefecture, in northern Japan. Regional power companies across Japan are struggling to secure facilities to store their ...

The mayor of a city in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi said Tuesday he will accept the deployment of the U.S. Navy's variant of the Osprey, despite lingering safety concerns over the ...

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 ...

Yamaguchi Momoe, the duo Pink Lady, and Matsuda Seiko were among the most popular pop music idols of the 1970s and 1980s. The niche they carved out in the Japanese entertainment industry is now ...