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The idea of using a public bathroom with see-through walls may sound like the stuff of nightmares. But a famous Japanese architect is hoping to change that view. Lucy Craft reports. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time in four years on Sunday after a late crash saw the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" end under caution. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to visit a Tokyo hospital on Monday morning to receive results of a medical check-up from a week ago, Yomiuri daily said, amid concerns voiced by ruling ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday became Japan's longest-serving prime minister in terms of consecutive days in office, marking 2,7 ... ( read original story ...)

Following Tropical Storm Higos, Tropical Storm Bavi has developed in the West Pacific Ocean.Bavi formed just east of Taiwan on Saturday morning, local time, according to the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)

Would you use a see-through public washroom? Japan’s giving park-goers the chance, with imaginative new transparent restrooms courtesy of the Tokyo Toilet Project. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top athletes put the new Tokyo Olympic stadium through its paces at a track meet Sunday, one year ahead of the Games which have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many athletes ... ( read original story ...)

Mu Kanazaki scored the only goal of the game on Sunday as Nagoya Grampus handed Kawasaki Frontale their first defeat of the s ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC edged Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 for a milestone win on Saturday, with 19-year-old dynamo Koki Saito opening the scoring before Yusuke Minagawa and Yu ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC beat Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 for their third straight win in the J.League in Shizuoka on Saturday. The talking point of the contest came in the 83rd minute when Thailand international striker ... ( read original story ...)

The Mainichi answers common questions readers may have about solar flares, after central Japan's Nagoya University developed a model to more accuratel ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors and residents in Tokyo are "flipping their lids" over the city's latest attraction: high-tech public toilets that feature see-through walls when they’re unoccupied. Lucy Craft has the story. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Vanity has had her opportunities limited because she allegedly doesn’t have a desired look. However, she says that hasn’t stopped her from being propositioned for sex by men who ... ( read original story ...)

With their fourth win of the season, and third in a row, Yokohama FC have matched the win total from their only previous J1 campaign in 2007. "Every additional win from now becomes a part of history. ( read original story ...)

Finding the pandemic scary? A Japanese group is trying to take people's minds off COVID-19 - by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsaw-wielding zombies. ( read original story ...)

A research team has discovered that a certain gene mutation raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, paving the way for the development of possible measures to prevent the di ... ( read original story ...)