World Walkie, no talkie : Japan city launches pedestrian smartphone ban A Tokyo suburb on Wednesday imposed Japan's first ban on a habit seen around the world: pedestrians glued to their phone screens while walking,... on 1 July 2020
World Tokyo court rejects damages for man forcibly sterilised at age 14 A Japanese pensioner forcibly sterilised as a 14-year-old under a now-defunct eugenics law failed Tuesday in a legal bid for $280,000 in state... on 30 June 2020
World Japan university awards first-ever ninja studies degree Japan has produced its first ninja studies graduate after Genichi Mitsuhashi spent two years honing his martial arts skills and absorbing the... on 26 June 2020
World Japan confirms scrapping US missile defence system Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multi-billion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the... on 25 June 2020
Science Need for speed : Japan supercomputer is world’s fastest Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against coronavirus, is now ranked as the world's fastest,... on 22 June 2020
World Japan city to rename area of islands disputed with China A local council in southern Japan voted Monday to rename an area including islands disputed with China and Taiwan, a move Beijing denounced as... on 22 June 2020
Tech Mysterious ‘UFO’ captures imaginations in Japan It's hardly the stuff of little green men, but a mysterious balloon-like object seen floating across the skies of northern Japan has captured... on 18 June 2020
Health Pandemic pushes Japan geisha to get online Japanese geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not... on 16 June 2020
World 20 sumo wrestlers rescue drowning woman in Tokyo : reports Twenty sumo wrestlers flexed their muscles outside the ring to rescue a woman from drowning in a Tokyo river on Thursday, according to local... on 11 June 2020
Science Hug me tender : scientists unlock the secret to the perfect cuddle In this era of social distancing and depressing news, we could all do with a good hug. Now scientists have analysed what makes the perfect cuddle... on 11 June 2020
Business Japan MPs pass record coronavirus budget Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to... on 10 June 2020
Tech Honda cyberattack halts plants in India, Brazil, Turkey Honda plants in Turkey, Brazil and India have halted operations as the Japanese carmaker battles to recover from a cyberattack that affected... on 10 June 2020
World Nintendo says 300,000 accounts breached after hack Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has admitted that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts since early April, gaining access to personal information... on 10 June 2020
World Japan network NHK pulls US protest anime in racism row Japan's national broadcaster NHK Tuesday apologised and deleted an animation depicting Black Lives Matter protests in the US after widespread... on 9 June 2020
Health Virus travel bans separate families even as lockdowns ease When Julie Sergent's father died, she faced an agonising decision: if she travelled from her home in Japan to attend the funeral in France, she... on 9 June 2020
World Gran Theft Auto : finger flexes keep 90-year-old gamer console-ready Every day, 90-year-old Japanese grandma Hamako Mori flexes her fingers to keep them nimble. Not for knitting or needlepoint, but to keep them... on 7 June 2020
