Researchers say breakthrough could pave the way to realistic humanoids in the future.

Some Japanese businesses are charging multiple times their usual prices amid a record influx of tourists.

Backlash against publishers of controversial book highlights blurring of national borders in the social media age.

Tokyo’s plans to give authorities more power to revoke permanent residency prompts cries of xenophobia.

Tour operators are touting Japan’s less explored regions as surging visitor numbers put strain on popular sites.

A shrinking Japanese population is fueling a trend of urbanites buying up cheap vacant homes in the countryside.

Osaka University researchers have used AI to decode subjects’ brain activity to create images of what they are seeing.

Japanese women are having children later in life and worry motherhood will end their careers in a patriarchal society.

A scholarship programme aims to help displaced Ukrainians find jobs while addressing Japan’s chronic labour shortages.

Japanese people say they are bemused at controversy over US pop singer’s fascination with their culture.