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A research team at Nagoya University is developing a system to help the elderly drive safely using a small robot, with the aim of releasing the technology by 2019. Authorities in Japan are stepping up measures aimed at encouraging the elderly to give up ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Japanese carmaker Toyota has announced its backing for a group of engineers who are developing a flying car. It will give 40 million yen (£274, 000) to the Cartivator group that operates outside ... ( read original story ...)

Japan said the missile flew for 30 minutes and dropped in the sea between the North's east coast and Japan. Sunday's launch is the first in two weeks since the last attempt to fire a missile ended in a failure just minutes into flight. Japan swiftly issued ... ( read original story ...)

Tourists can travel on Japan's bullet trains for a fraction of the full fare cost. Photo / Getty Images Tokyo railway station - where even the doughnuts are better. My iced doughnut at La Terre cafe at Tokyo Station was filled with a sweet-potato-like ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is considering dropping “Tokyo” from its name, which has drawn complaints from customers that it is too long, sources said Sunday. The core unit of Japanese industry leader Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is likely to ... ( read original story ...)

The launch, which Tokyo said could be of a new type of missile ... meaning it could have a far longer range than it actually flew. Japan's Kyodo News agency said the missile may be capable of covering a range as far as 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an 18 ... However, he gradually admitted involvement in the crime as questioning continued, according to TBS News (May 14). ( read original story ...)

The launch, which Tokyo said could be a new type of missile ... meaning it could have a far longer range than it actually flew. Japan's Kyodo News said the missile may be capable of covering a range as far as 4,000 kilometres if launched at a normal ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in discussed by phone North Korea's latest missile test, while his top national security adviser also spoke with his U.S. counterpart. Abe says "Japan is closely cooperating with ... ( read original story ...)

As the "Tokyo Ghoul" live action stage play makes its debut in Japan soon, fans of the manga will get to see characters like Ken Kaneki come to life. Recently, the official website of the "Tokyo Ghoul" stage play dropped a new visual for the upcoming ... ( read original story ...)

Eight people passed out after consuming alcohol during a barbecue with a group of 150 people in Akiruno City (TBS News) TOKYO (TR) – Eight university students at a barbecue in Akiruno City were sent to a hospital on Saturday after they collapsed due to ... ( read original story ...)

The launch, which Tokyo said could be a new type of missile ... meaning it could have a far longer range than it actually flew. Japan's Kyodo News said the missile may be capable of covering a range as far as 4,000 kilometres if launched at a normal ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: More than 100 Japanese babies faced off Sunday in a traditional “crying sumo” ring, an annual ceremony believed to bring infants good health. In the sumo ring at the precinct of the Kamegaike Hachimangu shrine in Sagamihara west of Tokyo, two ... ( read original story ...)

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her delight at the close and fruitful cooperation between the Vietnamese and Japanese parliaments while meeting President of the House of Councillors of Japan Date Chuichi in Tokyo on May 12., Government news, ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – A man in his 40s died in what is believed to have been a fall from a building just after being accused of groping a woman at a train station in Taito Ward, police said on Friday, reports TBS News (May 12). At 12:15 a.m., the woman ... ( read original story ...

“Social media is having a huge impact,” the executive chairman of the Temple Emerging Markets Group said in an interview during a visit to Tokyo. “It’s creating confusion with a lot of false news,” he said. “You’re getting a situation where a ... ( read original story ...)