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Ever feel uncomfortable going to the doctor for regular breast cancer exams? Well, Japan's Nihon University could have a solution. Read More »

It looks like Japan's multi-purpose vending machines are about to get a bit more up-close and personal. Read More »

In an attempt to rejuvenate their dilapidated tourism industry, Japan has set aside a budget which will give 10,000 people a free flight into the country. Read More »

A group of Japanese Scientists has won the lg Nobel Prize for developing a smoke alarm that emits the pungent smell of wasabi. Read More »

A 50 year old Japanese air traffic controller decided to impress his friends -- by posting the flight itinerary of Air Force One on his personal blog. Read More »

The astronomers, led by Takahiro Sumi if Osaka University in Japan, reported in the journal Nature there are hundreds of billions of planets that have been orphaned by their planetary systems. The planets have either been completely ejected out of orbit, meandering through space, or are distantly bound to their stars at a distance at least 10 times that of the Earth's distance from the Sun. Read More »

Asia, of all areas, is fresh out of IPv4 addresses. That is to say that there are no more available. Ever. They've all been used. Read More »

The earthquake in Japan knocked out two atomic clock transmitter stations, rendering thousands of time-telling devices in that part of the country useless. Read More »

As workers continue to struggle to contain the nuclear radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, levels of radiation well outside of the evacuation zone are approaching record levels. Read More »

The earthquake that struck the coast of Japan in early March shifted Earth's rotation to the point where it actually shortened days -- by a microscopic amount. Read More »