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TOKYO: Japan's Supreme Court upheld an order for utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen (US$12 million) to about 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese startup is working on a simple gene therapy that would improve the quality of life for thousands of people with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that causes blindness. Fostering such ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan mobile battery market is projected to reach $1.43 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2021 to 2030. Rise in demand for smartphones ... ( read original story ...)

The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of $ 63,935 (approx. Rs. 12.4 million) to Child Action Lanka for ‘The project for improving facilities of support centre for vulnerable children, youth ... ( read original story ...)

Nick Kyrgios was spotted at the Beverly Hills Tennis Academy on Thursday afternoon alongside his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi, but that's not all. The newly-crowned Australian Open doubles champ didn't ... ( read original story ...)

One big difference is that, unlike Tokyo Rose, neither Tucker Carlson nor Fox News were strong-armed into doing Putin's propaganda. They volunteered. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors arrested four executives of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc on Friday after searching the brokerage’s headquarters in an inquiry into alleged market manipulation, local media reported. We ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will send the Ukrainian military bulletproof vests and other basic supplies in response to a request from Kyiv, but it has no plans to send weapons, a government spokesman said. Tokyo has ... ( read original story ...)

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies agreed on Friday they would impose further sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not stop attacking Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Minister ... ( read original story ...)

Relatives of a Sri Lankan woman who died last March at an immigration detention facility in central Japan have sued the Japanese government, seeking about 1.3 million dollars in damages. ( read original story ...)

Japan was reportedly considering extending the current quasi-state of emergency for prefectures across the country as hospitals continue to struggle with high numbers of Covid-19 patients. The Yomiuri ... ( read original story ...)

An airline is set to resume flights from Helsinki to Tokyo – but the journey will take almost four hours longer as it’s forced to avoid Russian airspace.Finnair pressed pause on the route after Russia ... ( read original story ...)

An average payout of about $3,290 was awarded to 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the 2011 meltdown at a plant run by Tokyo Electric Power. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo logged 10,517 new COVID-19 cases on March 4, 608 fewer than the previous Friday, metropolitan health officials said. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Friday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index falling over 3 percent at one point The 225-issue Ni ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Forces Japan on Thursday evening reported another 99 people tested positive at 13 U.S. installations in the previous 24 hours. ( read original story ...)