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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacts as he speaks to media on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, April 30, 2020, in this ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers at Nagoya University have discovered a neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress. Emotional stress signals are processed in the ''emotion'' circuits and integrated ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A time-honored soy sauce maker in central Japan is finding success with its future-themed "2050 Curry" products featuring alternative meat made from soybeans developed under a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday it was "hard" to lift a nationwide state of emergency imposed over the coronavirus next week as local media reported he plans for an extension -- ... ( read original story ...)

If you read Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, the first thing you notice is the lack of scene-setting. There’s hardly anything about places, little about clothes, cars, possessions. The dialogue is ... ( read original story ...)

David K. Li Keepers at Japan's Sumida Aquarium, closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, are appealing to patrons to go online and call — their eels. The creatures have forgotten what it's like to ... ( read original story ...)

The hotels are also staffed by doctors and nurses, but officials hope the robots can cheer up patients who are isolated in single rooms. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's postponed Olympics is unlikely to take place even in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic may not be fully contained around the world by then, a growing number of infectious disease experts warn. ( read original story ...)

News Agency Tokyo opens robot hotels for COVID-19 patients. Posted . Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a hotel with robots for coronavirus patients with lighter symptoms that d ... ( read original story ...)

And Holden was the centrepiece, the mothership of vehicle manufacturing. While not the giant of yesteryear, it still absorbed Australia's raw materials and locally made supplier products, and ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University of Tokyo, and Yokohama City University have introduced novel color-changing organic crystals that spontaneously return to ... ( read original story ...)

Four pachinko parlors in Kobe and Yokohama received the first business suspension orders of the coronavirus pandemic Friday after defying government requests to close to curb the virus's spread. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)

With much of the world's human population stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, one Japanese aquarium is exploring a new way to ensure its inhabitants don't get too used to the peace and ... ( read original story ...)

The 2021 badminton World Championships will start in late November next year to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. ( read original story ...)

Soccer fields, football stadiums, tennis courts and martial arts arenas have been filling gaps in health care systems overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)