The result of Japan’s snap general election was obvious. The Liberal Democratic Party won in a landslide, and has gained support from a younger generation. What is not so obvious is why. Based on the ...

The Cabinet of Abe Administration has adopted a new Basic Space Plan on June 30. The Basic Space Plan is supposed to be mid- to long-term plan for Japan’s space activities with budgetary implications.

METI will exhibit the Japanese Government Pavilion (Japan Pavilion) at the 2025 World Exposition in Japan (Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan). It has formulated the Japanese Government Exhibition Project ...

The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday adopted its first basic plan on the development and utilization of artificial intelligence. The basic plan stipulates that Japan will "create relia ...

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Japan may be famous for high-tech toilets, but one local firm is hoping a much more basic model can help solve deadly sanitation problems in developing countries. More than two billion people around ...

When traveling or moving to a completely new country, it is expected that you might commit a social faux pas or two. But with some experience and being reminded that "this simply isn’t done here” by ...

Reporter Seiji Nakazawa is a serious soba noodle fan. In particular, he’s made it a goal in life to eat at as many different stand-and-eat soba restaurants as he can, keeping thorough records of his ...