J APAN is consumed by talk of a “foreigner problem”. The story goes that the country has been overrun by ill-mannered migrant ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Unclaimed urns containing ashes of the dead are piling up by the thousands across Japan, creating storage headaches and reflecting fraying family ties and economic ...

Seishi Sato had an ominous feeling when he saw something rustling in a bush during a recent stroll in a forest in northern Japan. Before he knew it, two Asiatic bears had sprung from the shrub, one ...

Treating ageing as a collection of diseases rather than an inevitable conclusion is the starting point for researchers who are seeking to combine innovative methods and advances in genetic medicine to ...