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Dozens more passengers aboard a Princess Cruises ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus. A total of 3,700 passengers and workers, including three Americans, are quarantined on th…
Maezawa has paid an undisclosed amount to secure his seat as the first space tourist on board Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket, scheduled for lift-off in 2023. "I've notified AbemaT…
Tokyo — Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled an upgraded version of its human-shaped T-HR3 robot. Such a robot could one day be used to perform surgery in a distant place where a doctor can…
Japan's national sport of sumo conjures up visions of very large loincloth-clad men crashing into one another. At just over 50 pounds, Mei Kigawa may not look like a sumo wrestler, but…
Older animals are particularly hard to place, leaving them at much higher risk of being put down. So to him, "letting seniors adopt older dogs makes sense." Making, and maintainin…
Visitors to Fukuoka, Japan can get a hotel room at the bargain price of $1 — but there's a catch. To take advantage of the deal, visitors must agree to live-stream almost everything.…
An electric car boasting to be the "fastest accelerating car in the world" debuted this week at the Dubai International Motor Show. Japanese manufacturing company Aspark unveiled the O…
Women in Japan are fighting back against the expectation that they wear high heals to work. Activist Yumi Ishikawa has become the face of the social movement. High heels have become part of…
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group lost more than $6 billion last quarter as its earnings were hammered by money-losing investments, including a bailout for office-space sharing sta…
Tokyo — Japanese police said they found a body on Mount Fuji on Wednesday and are verifying whether it is that of a man who was seen falling down a snow-covered slope while livestreaming his cli…
