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Local authorities have put the death toll at 30, but the number is expected to increase
The attack comes despite the country’s famously low levels of violent crime and tough gun laws
Carlos Ghosn faces a host of allegations of financial impropriety
Japan’s Shinzo Abe says his government will play a greater role in stopping leaks of radioactive water as a result of the Fukushima disaster.
Japan has elected Shinzo Abe, a hawkish leader who promised to get tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy, to be their new prime minister.
A "neural network" has been developed for robots that lets them learn how to perform a new task by "thinking" things through — or googling it.
Driving rain on Monday disrupted rescue efforts in Japan and compounded the misery of disaster survivors now fearing radioactive fallout.
Six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear-weapons programme broke up on Thursday following four days of deadlock, throwing efforts to implement a disarmament accord…
Japanese copyright holders on Wednesday urged YouTube to do more to tackle unauthorised uploads after the popular video-sharing website agreed to post an infringement warning in…
The race to set the industry standard for high-definition DVDs swept into Japan’s stores Friday as Toshiba put on sale its first next-generation player. Supporters of the HD DVD…
Japan learned on Tuesday that the wife of the emperor’s second son is pregnant, throwing a sudden question mark over controversial moves to end male-only succession in the…
On television around the world and even toasted by the Japanese embassy in Washington, Yumi Yoshimura and Ami Onuki, the two 30-something women who form the duo "Puffy," are…
Sony boss Howard Stringer, under pressure to reverse a slump at the electronics icon, announced 10 000 job cuts on Thursday but renewed his vision of the group as an…
Japan’s Parliament went to work on Wednesday on breaking up the massive post office after the landslide election victory of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose popularity…
Japanese scientists are preparing to dig deep inside the Earth for the first time in human history to unlock the mysteries of life in an attempt to figure out how civilisation…
The delicate, human side of Godzilla played by a real actor has drawn crowds for 50 years and shows that high-tech Hollywood doesn’t have all the answers, the creators of the…
A series of powerful tremors on Monday rattled a central Japanese region still reeling from last month’s earthquake, slightly injuring 13 people just as the last schools shut by…
Strong aftershocks rocked central Japan on Monday as exhaustion took its toll on thousands spending a third night in shelters after the country’s worst earthquake in nearly a…
At least 15 people were killed and 20 others were missing on Wednesday as Japan’s biggest typhoon for more than a decade pounded the south of the country with heavy rain and…
