A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Yawning isn’t the only bodily function that’s contagious. Japanese scientists have discovered that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate when they see other primates going No. 1 as well ...

Lack of nutrients, necrosis and muscle fiber alignment issues have limited the scale of previous biohybrid systems.

In the small, shabby auditorium of Tokyo’s Scholars’ Building, 210 of Japan’s best scientists relaxed last week with tall bottles of beer and box lunches of rice balls, cold fish and pickles.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space. They hope the project will help shed light on some little ...

Prof. Russell Dean Dupuis (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the fields of Materials Science and Production, and Prof. Carlos M. Duarte (Spain) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive ... Video by Noriko Hayashi Reporting from Odaka, Japan Every year when winter finally loosens its ...

The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2025 Japan prize at 1PM on 22 January, 2025. Prof. Russell Dean Dupuis (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the fields of Materials Science ...