What is life like for women held in Japan’s prisons?
Rights groups are calling on the Japanese government to improve conditions for women in Japanese prisons. Statistics show most women…
What’s it like for women held in Japan’s prisons?
Rights groups are calling on the Japanese government to improve conditions for women in Japanese prisons. Statistics show most women…
Japan’s farmers are getting too old to work the land. 5G-powered smart tech is doing the heavy lifting for them.
A 5G-powered greenhouse in Japan grows tomatoes. NTT Japan's agriculture industry is being affected by an aging population and shrinking…
Japan’s top court strikes down gender change surgery law
A law requiring transgender people to have their sexual organs removed for official recognition is unconstitutional. LGBTQ rights in Japan…
Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap
Government and experts warn that Japanese people are not getting enough good quality sleep, risking health issues, irritation and a…
Meet the genius behind Japan’s viral ‘barely useful’ inventions, who designs over-the-top contraptions for oddly specific needs — and earns a living doing it
Kazuya Shibata designs quirky machines from his apartment in Hiroshima, quitting his job several years ago to make his hobby…
Japan’s fisheries minister apologizes for calling Fukushima water ‘contaminated’
NNA – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered his fisheries minister to apologize on Thursday for referring to treated radioactive water…
Air Guitar Championship won by Japan’s Nagura for third time
Namani Nagura is now air guitar’s most decorated player, championship organizers said. The organization, based in Oulu in central Finland,…
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing treated wastewater into Pacific
NNA – Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday despite angry…
China slams Japan’s Fukushima water release as ‘extremely selfish, irresponsible’
NNA – China on Thursday slammednbsp;the release of wastewaternbsp;from Japanrsquo;s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, branding it…