General Interest

The Japanese capital's Yamanote commuter train line is set to open its first new station in almost 50 years on March 14, with added convenience already boosting land prices and school applicants in the area.

Rare tiger keelback snakes in China acquire venom by eating firefly larvae, unlike their Japanese counterparts that gain their toxins by feeding on poisonous toads, scientists have found.

Major general contractor Taisei Corp. on Tuesday showed the media a bridge built using a 3D printer.

Since winning the international bid over seven years ago, the Tokyo Olympics has been all Japan can talk about. But there is another Olympics taking place in Tokyo, just before the traditional one. And this event has far more importance to the future of Japanese soft power.

In an unusual move, a nuclear power exhibition facility in a small town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which has been seeing a steady decline in the number of visitors in recent years, will reopen as a medical clinic when a new doctor starts work there in April.

Researchers looking into the history of fish in this country are turning to ink prints typically made when fishermen want to mark a great catch to fill in the gaps.

Say the words "public toilet" in most countries, and the reaction you will get is likely one of mild distaste, if not outright disgust. Less so in famously fastidious Japan, where public toilets are smartening up ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

People who eat fermented soy-based foods such as "natto" and "miso" on a daily basis reduce the risk of dying from a stroke or heart attack by 10 percent, according to a long-term study by the National Cancer Center.

An outdoor gear company here has deployed technology designed to withstand extreme weather conditions to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the Olympic flame die out during the torch relay around Japan.

More Japanese game developers are riding the esports wave that has transformed the business models of many American and Chinese companies, leveraging experience in mobile games as the field shifts away from personal computers.