Cricket cuisine to save the world?

Cricket cuisine to save the world?

A researcher in western Japan is looking to crickets as a promising source of food for the future.

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Heavy snow to blanket Japan this weekend

Heavy snow to blanket Japan this weekend

Japan's Meteorological Agency forecasts heavy snow across the nation.

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Panasonic unveils robotic assist arm

Panasonic unveils robotic assist arm

Panasonic unveils a robotic arm that can assist human labor.

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Contraception by smartphone

Contraception by smartphone

Birth control and medical prescription may be getting a boost from technology.

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Hokkaido snowstorms disrupt public transportation

Hokkaido snowstorms disrupt public transportation

Powerful snowstorms in Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido disrupt public transportation across wide areas.

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Labor ministry revises past average workers' salary

Labor ministry revises past average workers' salary

Japan's labor ministry revises the past average worker's salary by 1.2 percent after recalculating labor statistics data...

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Pasona to hire elderly workers

Pasona to hire elderly workers

A large temporary staffing firm in Japan will start recruiting over 65 year old retirees as new hires.

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Princess Mako's boyfriend says loan issue resolved

Princess Mako's boyfriend says loan issue resolved

Kei Komuro, the boyfriend of Princess Mako, the first grandchild of Emperor Akihito, says his mother's reported loan iss...

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Tokyo Medical U. denied 2018 subsidies

Tokyo Medical U. denied 2018 subsidies

Tokyo Medical University is denied fiscal 2018 government subsidies over a bribery scandal and manipulation of entrance ...

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Unlikely acrobatic duo dazzles

Unlikely acrobatic duo dazzles

An acrobatically inclined goat at a zoo in Japan is wowing zoo-goers with his zebra-riding antics.

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