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Nagoya University research identified a patient with the whole-body skin disease epidermolytic ichthyosis that had been inherited as a germline mutation from her father with the milder epidermolytic nevus. Analysis of genomic DNA from the patient revealed ... ( read original story ...)

(Kyodo News via AP) Under the law enacted Friday in Japan, the 83-year-old Akihito's abdication must take place within three years. The last Japanese emperor to abdicate was Kokaku in 1817. ( read original story ...)

Japan hopes to locate and start removing the fuel after Tokyo's 2020 Olympics. The biggest challenge is removing hundreds of tons of melted nuclear fuel and debris from the plant's three wrecked reactors. Earlier, snake and scorpion-shaped robots became ... ( read original story ...)

The law applies to organized criminal groups of two or more people that have engaged in specific preparations for a crime, such as scouting a location, according to Japan's Kyodo News service. A sizeable crowd protested outside parliament as upper house ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's lawmakers have passed a controversial bill allowing authorities to target terror conspiracies. PM Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc pushed it through the upper house early on Thursday, despite vocal opposition. The government argues the law is needed to ... ( read original story ...)

and the legislation has been compared to Japan's "thought police", who before and during World War Two had broad powers to investigate political groups seen as a threat to public order. A Kyodo news agency survey last month showed voters are split over the ... ( read original story ...)

"I would like to give my whole heart and soul to every duty, including official duties I have already inherited from the emperor," the 57-year-old crown prince told a news conference on Tuesday. The Japanese parliament on Friday enacted a one-time law to ... ( read original story ...)

In a story June 14 about Japanese military equipment sales, The Associated Press omitted the name of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries official quoted in the story. It was Shoji Sato. A corrected version of the story is below: Japan seeks to expand arms deals ... ( read original story ...)

THE Socceroos’ bid for direct World Cup qualification has been boosted by Asian rivals Japan being held to a 1-1 draw against Iraq in Tehran. Group B leaders Japan’s failure to take full points has them on 17 points, with Australia one point behind ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a law that will allow Akihito to step down and be succeeded by Naruhito, 57, which news reports say will take place late in 2018 or early in 2019. Akihito, the first emperor to never have been considered divine ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, now a land of advanced technology, bullet trains and a relentless pace of life, was once a very different place. Fascinating photographs taken at the end of the 19th century show a much simpler nation, including women cultivating a flower garden ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan on Wednesday kicked off a whaling campaign in the northwestern Pacific, in a move sure to anger animal rights activists and others calling for an end to the hunts. Three ships are leaving port on a three-month mission to catch 43 minke ... ( read original story ...)

Japan ETFs provide exposure to the Japanese economy through its equity and fixed-income market as well as its currency. The largest Japan ETF is the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ), followed by the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ). ( read original story ...)

ジュネーブの国連人権理事会で、「表現の自由」に関する特別報告者のデービッド・ケイ氏が、日本についての調査結果を報告した。 日本政府が、メディアに直接、間接に圧力をかけている ... ( read original story ...)

The Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand celebrates further expansion in Japan with the opening of Conrad Osaka. Situated on the 33rd to 40th floors of the Nakanoshima Festival Complex, and located on the prime stretch between the Umeda and Namba districts ... ( read original story ...)

June 1, 2017 · Richmond, B.C. Today, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) celebrated the inaugural flights of two new, non-stop seasonal services: Air Canada’s daily service to Frankfurt and Air Canada Rouge’s three-times weekly service to Nagoya. ( read original story ...)