The Tokyo government has decided that a giant panda cub at Ueno Zoo is ready to make her public debut. She will go on display on December 19th.

Xiang Xiang was born at the zoo in central Tokyo on Jun…

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Students in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, have created dinosaur sculptures using rice straw from farmers affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

There are six straw dinosaurs on display. …

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After three days of carefully navigating through a shattered reactor building, the Manbo finally reached the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor. There, the robot beamed back video of a gaping hole at the…

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Japanese railway companies plan to use data from seabed seismometers to quickly stop Shinkansen bullet trains when a major earthquake hits.

The Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railwa…

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Being a politician is taxing enough. But juggling that job and being a mom is hectic, to say the least.

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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and sell its oral aripiprazole tablets embedded with a miniscule sensor, the …

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Twitter's CEO is reacting to a grisly case in Japan where a suspected serial killer allegedly found his victims through their suicidal posts on the social media platform.

In an interview with NHK, Ja…

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Colorful autumn leaves are in their prime at a park in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, drawing many visitors.

The park in the town of Nagatoro is well-known as an autumn foliage viewing site with…

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Japan’s tourism industry has flourished due to the steadily increasing number of foreign visitors over the past few years. Donald Bunkenburg, senior director for Japan and Korea of the Lufthansa Grou…

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Japan's Defense Ministry has exhibited a domestically produced transport aircraft at a major air show in the United Arab Emirates.

Speaking to reporters at the show on Sunday, ministry officials said…

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