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The station is a terminal of the self-driving Kanazawa Seaside Line in the port city of Yokohama. (Representational Image)

14 injured as driverless train goes wrong way in Japan

Mikami added that the operator has shut down the line and it was uncertain when services would be resumed.

02 Jun 2019 1:18 PM

Japan on Friday passed laws to ban drones being flown over Tokyo 2020 Olympic sites and US military facilities as a measure aimed at preventing terror attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/File)

Japan bans drones over Olympic, military sites

Current law already bans the flying of drones over key facilities such as the Prime Minister's Office and the Imperial Palace.

17 May 2019 2:55 PM

Sex workers in Osaka will be shown the red light as the city seeks to clean up its image before hosting world leaders for the G20 summit in June. (Representational/ AFP)

Japan city to shut red-light zone during G20 summit

Japan will host the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28-29, with Donald Trump and China's President among the world leaders expected to attend.

16 May 2019 2:54 PM

The son of India’s business tycoon Nusli Wadia and chairman of Wadia Group, Ness Wadia, has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment in Japan over possession of drugs while on a holiday, under stringent narcotics laws, the Financial Times reported on Monday. (Photo: File)

Japan gives Ness Wadia 2-year suspended sentence for possessing drugs: report

Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s narcotics laws are being applied tightly.

30 Apr 2019 1:04 PM

Akihito, 85, was the first Japanese monarch to take the throne under a post-war constitution that defines the emperor as a symbol of the people without political power. (Photo: AP)

Japanese Emperor Akihito to abdicate after three decades on throne

Akihito, who has had treatment for prostate cancer and heart surgery, said that his age would make it hard for him to carry out his duties.

30 Apr 2019 11:26 AM

The world's smallest baby boy, who was born in October in Japan weighing as much as an apple, is now ready for the outside world. (Photo: AFP)

Japanese couple take home ‘world’s smallest baby boy’

'World's smallest baby boy', born in October, set to go home in Japan.

19 Apr 2019 12:44 PM

5G promises super-fast connections, which evangelists say will transform the way we live our lives, enabling everything from self-driving cars to augmented-reality glasses and downloading a feature-length film to your phone in seconds.

5G-connected cows test milking parlour of the future

The 5G-connected gadgets they are wearing is a collar that controls a robotic milking system.

12 Apr 2019 1:29 PM

The new annual Prime membership fee is 4,900 yen (USD 43.86) versus 3,900 yen previously.

Amazon Japan raises Prime membership fee

Prime membership fees in Japan are far below the USD 119 annual fee in the United States.

12 Apr 2019 12:18 PM

In the initial phase, the rover will land first and meet the human expedition team. (Photo: ISRO)

Toyota to build Japan’s next moon rover

The carmaker will help build a pressurized self-driving rover that will land on the lunar surface in 2029.

13 Mar 2019 11:13 AM

The robots were not able to execute some of the most basic tasks, leading to the expulsion of half of them. (Photo: ANI)

Japanese hotel fires robot staff because they suck at their jobs

The hotel hired its first robot staff back in 2015 to become the most efficient hotel in the world.

23 Jan 2019 3:41 PM

The ministry has warned that the poor eyesight can be linked to the increased time spent staring at screens. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japanese students' eyesight deteriorates, government blames smartphone use

34.1 per cent of elementary students and up to 67.09 per cent of high school students did not have 1.0 vision.

27 Dec 2018 1:36 PM

The minister made the admission at a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday when asked by an opposition lawmaker if he was computer literate. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japan cybersecurity and Olympics minister: "I've never used a computer"

Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, was named to the two posts last month by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

15 Nov 2018 11:40 AM

Velazco was earlier crowned Miss Venezuela International 2017. (Facebook Screengrab/ MariemClaretVelazco)

Venezuela's Mariem Velazco wins Japan's Miss International Beauty pageant

Contestants from South Africa, Romania, and Colombia bagged the second, third, and fourth positions respectively.

12 Nov 2018 1:36 PM

The agreement will further strengthen and widen the depth and diversity of economic cooperation between the two countries. (Photo: File | PTI)

India, Japan sign USD 75 billion currency swap agreement

A move will help in bringing greater stability in foreign exchange and capital markets in the country.

29 Oct 2018 5:18 PM

The supply ship is a 9-meter- (30-foot-) long cylinder that will be retrieved by the space station’s robotic arm. (Photo: AP)

Japanese supply ship heads to space station after delays

The craft was launched Sunday at 2:52 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

26 Sep 2018 10:09 AM

In a recent session, children got a triangle image on their iPads and were asked to draw on it with digital colours, store that image, and draw another one to create a two-screen story. (Photo: AP)

Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

Coby Preschool in Japan are using smartphone software applications designed especially for preschoolers called KitS.

26 Sep 2018 9:09 AM

JAXA, in a statement, claimed that a kilometer-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials. (Photo: ANI)

Japan successfully lands robot rovers on asteroid's surface

Known as MINERVA-II1, the rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an asteroid.

24 Sep 2018 8:10 AM

Industry watchers said it is likely to affect the ongoing view at Japanese regulator Financial Services Agency.

Japan's hacked crypto exchange says $62 million worth of coins stolen

The company initially put the amount stolen at about 6.7 billion yen ($59.48 million) when it announced the hacking incident.

21 Sep 2018 6:57 PM

The magnitude 6.7 quake on Hokkaido’s southern coast knocked out power to nearly all 3 million households on the island. (Representational image)

Japan’s power supply system weak link in times of disaster

The blackout across entire northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful earthquake showed the weak link in all the technology.

08 Sep 2018 2:04 PM

Developers of the new agricultural drone say it offers high-tech relief for rural communities.

Drones provide high-tech assistance to Japan's ageing farmers

Developers and farmers have been testing a new drone that can hover above paddy fields and perform backbreaking tasks.

24 Aug 2018 8:08 AM

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