TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Tuesday, as a weaker yen drove bets that the Bank of ...

When it comes to mice, the freeze-dried mouse sperm Wakayama is currently storing aboard the ISS will return to Earth in 2025 ...

Arte Voloce, who was sent off the 23-10 favourite under legendary rider Yutaka Take, was one of several disappointments in ...

In the labyrinthine back streets of Tokyo stands an odd geometric structure that looks nothing like the houses surrounding it ...

HIROSHIMA--Authorities here tightened security this year at annual memorial services for the victims of the 1945 atomic ...

Gyaru fashion is all about freedom and goes against traditional Japanese beauty norms. Many gyaru characters in anime are ...

Japanese champion Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) is set to bring the curtain down on his glittering career next weekend ...

KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C ...

An award-winning Japanese actress and J-pop singer’s cause of death has been revealed one week on from her tragic passing.

Actor and J-pop singer Miho Nakayama’s cause of death has been revealed. The award-winning star died aged 54 last Friday and was discovered in the bathtub of her Tokyo home, just hours before she was ...

Japan's atomic bomb victims group "Nihon Hidankyo," which was selected as the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, said ...

Twenty-six young changemakers from Afghanistan, Hong Kong, India, Japan and the Philippines completed the 8-week Youth ...