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The proposed legislation is aimed at guaranteeing the right of people born through the use of such technology to know their origins.

The reports risk further tarnishing Nomura’s reputation after a former employee was charged last year with alleged crimes including attempte...

Tokyo has been scrambling for ways to placate the U.S. leader, and head off any dust-up between the allies during Friday’s meeting.

The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court's ruling that the state must pay compensation to a former lawyer over the verbal abuse he suffered...

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has raided locations related to the former employee.

Nintendo will remain mum on details until April, but questions on how its new console fits into the modern gaming landscape abound.

Professionally produced series for the web, mini dramas have clear storylines and big cliffhangers, with episodes running just 60 to 90 seco...

Concussions fell to a record low this season, down 17% from the previous campaign, with improvements to helmet technology and after the leag...

Despite the development, the truck’s 74-year-old driver remained missing as of Thursday morning.

Stubborn growth in consumer prices was bothering much of the world even before U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House.

The new generative AI-powered Alexa represents at once a huge opportunity for Amazon.

United Steelworkers called the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel lawsuit a "frivolous and unsubstantiated attack" on the union.

Newcastle's intense pressing smothered Arsenal from the start and forced the likes of Gabriel, William Saliba and Declan Rice into a series...

"I'd love to see the Japanese become part of the competition," Barrett said. "I feel like we need to grow the competition and in that respec...

Among Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s biggest concerns is Saudi Arabia’s young people, which have seen Palestinian support surge amid the...

Elon Musk has in two weeks created a new center of power in Washington as he executes Donald Trump's cost-cutting initiative to reduce the s...

Ayuko Tsukahara’s high-concept love story has wit and wisdom to spare with an endearing screen couple at its center.

Trump shattered decades of U.S. policy with a vaguely worded announcement saying he envisioned transforming Gaza into the "Riviera of the Mi...

The Delta plane with 142 passengers was bound for Puerto Vallarta and was waiting for deicing when it was struck by the Japan Airlines jet a...

It was not immediately clear if the merger could survive, with comments from the two sources appearing to leave open the option for a restar...

It is unclear who in the country would be in a position to spend $140 million on a single, increasingly dilapidated property.

The step is a milestone of a sort as Tokyo Electric Power Company moves ahead with a decades-long project to dismantle the entire plant.

The Osaka-based company will restructure low-growth businesses and make changes to its employment structure.

Alongside South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Indian American vocalist Chandrika Tandon, Matsumoto took home the accolade for the tri...

As of Jan. 29, the number of advance tickets sold stood at some 7.66 million — about the half of the target number.