Ancient Japanese people maintained fish-based diets despite rice farming introduction 3,000 years ago from Korea.

Nissan Motor is developing technology with Waseda University to recycle rare earth metals from magnets in scrapped electric ...

Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

BRUSSELS/TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union will launch a new "economic two-plus-two" dialogue to bring together top ...

Japan is set to return to the deepest part of the world ocean with a new autonomous probe that will collect samples and also ...

Magnetic levitation, zero contact, and blistering speed, Japan’s maglev train changes everything about travel.

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Both are looking to reduce their reliance on China, the world's dominant supplier of rare earths. Read more at ...

This coastal district is Japan’s spiritual heart. Beverley Watts has your guide to experiencing its sensational seafood and ...

Japan has taken a bold step to calm public concerns over radioactive waste by transporting bags of mildly radioactive soil ...

Japan's H-2A rocket, built for JAXA by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was capable of launching payloads into a geostationary orbit around Earth and to orbit around the moon.