The study was published in Communications Biology on July 3. Read the article ...

A Japanese research team including the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo aims to carry out clinical research to ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 21 to test your news knowledge.

A Japanese group yesterday began excavating near Pingtung County’s decommissioned Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in search of the remains of Japanese soldiers who died during World War II. The ...

A Japanese research team including the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo aims to carry out clinical research to temporarily transplant pig kidneys to a human fetus with a severe kidney ...

Members of a Japanese civic group focused on investigating the human bones discovered at the former site of a Japanese army medical school gathered in Tokyo on Sunday, calling on Japanese society to ...

Iridescent green beetles native to Japan have invaded Italy, damaging orchards and vineyards. Known as Popillia japonica, ...

With temperatures in Japan nudging 38C and the government issuing heatstroke alerts, two Japanese companies have teamed up to ...

Japan developed a walk-in cooling booth for outdoor workers facing extreme heat. This "human refrigerator" targets key body ...

Japan has developed a human-sized cooling booth called the Do Hiemon Box that works like a refrigerator for people. The booth maintains a 15-degree Celsius temperature and blows chilled air around the ...

As record-breaking heatwaves become more frequent around the world, keeping outdoor workers safe has become an increasingly ...

Human Rights Watch (headquartered in New York City; founded in 1978) is an international human rights organization that ...