The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead ...

The country landed in Tier 2 of all three ... said at a July 20 news conference that it is regrettable that Japan’s efforts to combat human trafficking were not given a fair assessment.

While other countries have experimented on creating human-animal embryos, Japan is now the first country to support experiments that will allow the animals with human cells to come to full term.