A Japanese tattoo artist who argued he should not have to hold a medical certificate to practise has lost his case and been ordered to pay a fine.

Under Japanese law all tattoo artist require a forma…

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An aquarium in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa says it has achieved a world first by successfully breeding black sea turtles in captivity.

The aquarium at the Ocean Expo Park says 11 babi…

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The season's first Pacific saury catches arrived at a port in northern Japan on Wednesday. This is the latest arrival date in 8 years.

Saury catches at the Onagawa port on the Pacific coast are among…

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With less than three years to go before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a surge of interest has been seen in people hoping to be trained to become Olympic volunteers, seen as vital to the smooth operation o…

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A group of four scientists, including two from Japan, won the spoof Ig Nobel biology prize on Thursday for their discovery of insects with genitalia that reverse the traditional sex roles.

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Supermarkets and convenience stores are cutting prices on processed food products and daily necessities, as concern over the future course of the economy and sluggish growth in disposable income leav…

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Monorail services linking Tokyo's Haneda Airport and the city's downtown area were temporarily suspended on Tuesday afternoon.

The line's operator, Tokyo Monorail, says a 6-car train suddenly stopped…

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The idea for Navit Co. was born out of its president’s own experience of getting stuck in the labyrinth of a Tokyo subway station. The station map maker is now looking to expand its services nationwi…

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Major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers have stopped making some of their "classic" models.

Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki say tougher emissions regulations have forced them to abandon bikes whose design…

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A train caught fire in central Tokyo on Sunday. No one was reported injured.

Police and firefighters say the fire first started at a 3-story boxing gym standing along the tracks of Odawara Line at ab…

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