A team of two universities in Japan has conducted a clinical trial using a special type of stem cell to find new treatments for severe heart diseases.
Professor Tabata Minoru of Tokyo's Juntendo University and Professor Sawa Yoshiki of Osaka University told reporters on Monday that the team transplanted sheets of heart muscle cells into a patient with severe heart dysfunction.
Typhoon Muifa is likely to keep the Sakishima Islands in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa under its storm zone until Tuesday morning.
Weather officials say the strong typhoon was located 70 kilometers north-northwest of Ishigaki Island as of 6 p.m. Monday, and is moving slowly northward.
Logistics firms have been ramping up automation in recent years to cope with surging e-commerce and a shortage of workers. Now, SoftBank Robotics is showcasing a warehouse that takes efficiency to the next level.
The facility has a modular design that means no space is wasted. Robotic "bins" navigate the grid and collect the items that have been ordered. The robots charge themselves and work without rest.
Major League Baseball star Ohtani Shohei has reached two batting milestones.
In a game against the Houston Astros on Sunday, he raised his total runs batted in to 501 and scored his 800th hit including those from his professional career in Japan.
The number of people flying into Narita Airport is on the rise now that Japan's border controls have eased. But instead of the usual array of shops and restaurants, they are seeing shutters and empty food courts.
Narita's operator says it had more than 460 tenants before the pandemic. But nearly 20 percent have closed permanently, and around 40 percent of the rest had suspended operations as of September 3.
The Japanese government has unveiled a plan to expand the scale of recycling and reuse in the country. This is part of its goal to achieve a carbon neutral society by 2050.
The government roadmap includes a plan to double the amount of rare and other metals recycled from used solar panels and electronic products by 2030. The strategy also aims to double the amount of recycled plastic.
Japanese prosecutors are set to reopen an investigation into a case of alleged sexual abuse in the Ground Self-Defense Force.
The move comes after a prosecution inquest panel determined that prosecutors' decision not to indict three GSDF members over the allegation was unjust.
A 57-year-old Vietnamese man has been stabbed to death on a street in the city of Kawasaki, near Tokyo. A man carrying a knife was seen running from the scene.
Police say the victim, found bleeding on the street late on Sunday, was rushed to a hospital but confirmed dead.
Japanese customs officers intercepted about 12,000 counterfeit products headed into the country in the first half of this year. The number fell 14.3 percent from the same period last year.
The Finance Ministry says imports of fake brand goods were halted in 12,519 cases between January and June.
Japan's Diet is set to convene an extraordinary session on Monday, providing the first opportunity for full-fledged parliamentary debate after July's Upper House election.
Key points of contention will likely include economic measures to deal with soaring prices and the relationship between politics and the former Unification Church.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has pledged that the government will team up with the private sector and accelerate investment in advanced scientific fields to promote economic security.
Kishida gave a speech in English at an international conference on science and technology that opened in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Sunday.
The defense chiefs of Japan, the United States and Australia have agreed to strengthen defense cooperation among the three countries.
Japanese Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles met in Hawaii on Saturday.
China's ambassador to Japan has called on the two countries to develop bilateral ties befitting of a new era.
Ambassador Kong Xuanyou was speaking at a gathering in Tokyo on Friday to mark 50 years since the two sides normalized diplomatic relations. The anniversary took place the day before.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says his country strongly condemns Russia's "incorporation" of four regions in Ukraine.
In a Twitter post, he says the move "infringes upon Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, constitutes a violation of international law, and shall never be recognized."