Japan's leading toilet giant opens a new museum dedicated to a century of lavatories, from its first water flushing model to the most cutting edge version with odour-neutralisers and variable water jets.

People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study.

Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima proudly announces a new cat stationmaster, named Nitama, will be filling Tama's rather petite shoes.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses "profound grief" over his country's actions in World War Two.

From the ashes of World War II, Germany and Japan became global economic powerhouses in a few decades, but how did they achieve this remarkable feat so quickly, and what is the legacy of these parallel economic "miracles" today?

As World War II progressed, Japan’s military power started to wane. With only a few lead ships left, the navy had no choice but to transfer the command centre to land.

China devalued its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform.

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

While Lexus teases us with hard to obtain hoverboards, a more practical kind of futuristic skateboard has been unveiled by an inventor in Japan: the WalkCar.

The Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking 70 years since the dropping of an atomic bomb by the United States.

A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world's first 'car in a bag'.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F is now the 8th highest anime opening of all time and the first limited event-style theatrical release to crack the box office Top 10.

One of the few remaining trams which survived the Hiroshima bomb is restored to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack.

Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.

Seventy years after the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, explore these panorama and 'before and after' images, reported by ABC, to see the devastation wrought by the world's nuclear dawn.

Super Typhoon Soudelor develops into the world's most powerful storm of the year as it took aim at Japan, Taiwan and China after trashing the Northern Marianas.

Politics in the Far East region is getting interesting by the day with ample hints that it would get complicated soon with some new developments in the region.

The US spied on Japanese politicians, its top central banker and major firms including conglomerate Mitsubishi, according to documents released by WikiLeaks on Friday, in the latest revelation about Washington's snooping on allies.

Germany's Volkswagen becomes the world's biggest-selling vehicle maker in the first half of the year, overtaking Toyota for the first time.

A small plane has crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, leaving three people dead, five injured and burning down nearby houses.