Japan

News Hour: A Japanese startup has developed a pen that can bring pictures to life using a silver quick drying ink that conducts electricity. The “Circuit Marker” allows users to draw an electric circuit that can withstand up to...

News Hour: Tokyo was struck by a third earthquake in four days on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, reports BSS. The 5.0 magnitude jolt was felt in Tokyo and areas of...

News Hour: A Hawaiian Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Tokyo on early Monday, bursting its tyres and forcing the closure of one runway and the cancellation of several other flights, although no one was...

News Hour: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo and large ares of eastern Japan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, reports BSS. The quake hit...

News Hour: A man claiming to have escaped North Korea was being held under police protection after he was found wandering in a city in western Japan, local media reported on Sunday, reports BSS. The man...

News Hour: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited  announced revisions on an existing collaboration agreement, under which Takeda had rights to develop and commercialize multiple molecules / products from Amgen’s pipeline for the Japanese market.  By the revisions,...

News Hour: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has claimed victory in weekend elections, giving a boost to his long-cherished desire to water down the country’s pacifist constitution, reports BSS. Voters backed the hawkish premier, despite a...

News Hour: Japan’s Eisai said on Friday it would consider all options, including possible legal action, to fight delays in Britain’s healthcare system that prevent patients from accessing one of its drugs to treat a rare...

News Hour: Japanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballot in a parliamentary election with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party expected to cruise to victory despite lukewarm support, reports BSS. Abe,...

News Hour: Renewing his strong condemnation to the heinous terrorist attack on a Gulshan cafe in Dhaka, US President Barack Obama has vowed to continue to stand with Japan, Bangladesh and the rest of the world...