Lang, a preeminent origami artist who previously worked as a laser physicist. “That’s a wonderful place for the field to be.” The art of origami has existed in Japan since at least the 17th ...

From robots to artificial intelligence and blockchain-based marketing, technological innovation is increasingly being harnessed in Japan to improve farming methods and create a more sustainable ...

The discovery, made by a team primarily from the University of Tsukuba and published in the British scientific journal Nature on Dec. 8, provided some answers to an age-old question: Why do living ...

Japan is rearming again ... Last month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government made critical revisions to the county's security chart, removing some impediments preventing the country from ...

Although 4.20 million people entered Japan last year — up sharply from around 353,000 in 2021 — the figure was far below the record 31.19 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

Japan first reached the round of 16 at the World Cup as co-host in 2002. The team made it that far again in 2010 and also in 2018. But this year was different. Drawn into a difficult group with ...

An airplane flown by budget carrier Jetstar made an emergency landing in central Japan on Saturday after authorities received an apparent bomb threat from an international caller, public ...

TOKYO -- A Mainichi Shimbun team ... Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Union. The union announced the winners for the 27th journalism awards on Jan. 23. The Mainichi Shimbun team is made ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan officials on Friday named 12 members of their World Baseball Classic team who will represent the country later this year. They include three major leaguers: Shohei Ohtani (Los ...

TOKYO — Japan completed naming its 30-man roster Thursday for the World Baseball Classic, which includes outfielders Lars Nootbaar of the St. Louis Cardinals and newly signed Masataka Yoshida of ...

This photo taken on Nov. 18, 2022, shows a pesticide-spraying robot developed by Emi Lab in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan ... pesticide spraying robot on a made-to-order basis, with each ...