In a world first, Japan is set to send a talking robot-astronaut to the International Space Station to conduct the first conversation between a human and a robot in outer space. Kirobo, the robot......
The Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan has erupted explosively, sending lava flowing down its slope. The volcano is located about 50 kilometres from the Sendai nuclear plant that......
The winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London recently. American Photographer Karine Aigner......
We bring you some of the best images in the last 24 hours from across the world.Shinmoedake peak erupts, as seen from Takaharu Town Office, Miyazaki prefecture early morning January 27, 2011. Ash......
Japan's oldest man, 110-year-old Kohachi Shigetaka, has died of pneumonia, an official said Monday. Shigetaka died on Sunday at a hospital near his hometown in Hiroshima, prefectural (state)......
SBG Cleantech, the three-way venture between SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn, plans to invest $20 billion over 10 years, even as doubts persist over the viability of solar powerA billion......
IMAGE: The six people, who included a man in his 20s and another man in his 30s, helped on the relay in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima on April 27. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Six......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A COVID-19 cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic team members are staying raised new concerns about infections at the Tokyo......
IMAGE: South Korean Flags and signs hang on the appartment building hosting Olympics participants, at the Athletes Village, where a person has tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020......