The 35-year-old law bars adult children and their parents from suing for wrongful death caused by medical malpractice.

A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

Nuclear power is a key plank in Japan’s national energy vision, but 14 years after the Fukushima meltdown, the restart ...

One of the world's biggest liquefied natural gas suppliers, QatarEnergy [RIC:RIC:QATPE.UL], is in talks with Japanese firms ...

Japan's top economic negotiator said on Friday (May 2) that tariff negotiations with the United States covered how Japan can ...

From no waiting lists to rural scholarships and traditional medicine in emergencies, Japan's health model offers insights to ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority effectively endorsed on Wednesday the restart of a reactor at the sole nuclear power plant ...

the Japan Meteorological Agency will issue a tsunami advisory within three minutes of an earthquake if a wave of at least 20 centimeters is expected. But the advisory issued on Oct. 9 came after ...

It was history. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, magnitude 9.0, struck 80 miles off the Northeast Coast of Japan, generating a series ...

A truck driver’s body has finally been recovered after being trapped in a sinkhole for more than three months. The ...

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan ... t wait for an official tsunami evacuation.