Japan
Japanese students' eyesight deteriorates, government blames smartphone use
34.1 per cent of elementary students and up to 67.09 per cent of high school students did not have 1.0 vision.
Japan cybersecurity and Olympics minister: "I've never used a computer"
Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, was named to the two posts last month by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Venezuela's Mariem Velazco wins Japan's Miss International Beauty pageant
Contestants from South Africa, Romania, and Colombia bagged the second, third, and fourth positions respectively.
India, Japan sign USD 75 billion currency swap agreement
A move will help in bringing greater stability in foreign exchange and capital markets in the country.
Japanese supply ship heads to space station after delays
The craft was launched Sunday at 2:52 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.
Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age
Coby Preschool in Japan are using smartphone software applications designed especially for preschoolers called KitS.
Japan successfully lands robot rovers on asteroid's surface
Known as MINERVA-II1, the rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an asteroid.
Japan's hacked crypto exchange says $62 million worth of coins stolen
The company initially put the amount stolen at about 6.7 billion yen ($59.48 million) when it announced the hacking incident.
Japan’s power supply system weak link in times of disaster
The blackout across entire northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful earthquake showed the weak link in all the technology.
Drones provide high-tech assistance to Japan's ageing farmers
Developers and farmers have been testing a new drone that can hover above paddy fields and perform backbreaking tasks.