With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

Discover the most clever and unique life hacks from Japan that make everyday life easier, smarter, and more fun! From ...

Recently, I visited Japan and spoke with some of your country’s top leaders in government and in the life sciences sector. While I was there, I made a case I’ve been making to leaders everywhere I go, ...

The Daring Rescue of Japan’s Jewish Refugees by Jundai Yamada, published in 2025, is a powerful and touching work that sheds light on a unique figure in World War II history. Yamada shares the story ...

Only 800 could crowd into the great public hall in Tokyo where the lottery took place last week, but 28,000 on the outside were waiting to hear the results. The lottery was no ordinary one, and its ...

Japan’s centenarian population has reached a record high as the country continues to maintain the world’s longest life expectancy – a milestone officials credit to healthy lifestyles and fewer fatal ...

Last month, in the pages of an academic journal, British and Japanese psychologists posed an intriguing question: Is life easier for autistic people in Japan? Their argument is simply stated: Many ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Japan's major life insurers are expected to continue purchasing Japanese government bonds (JGBs) into the second half of the fiscal year, but the pace and extent of these ...