Nagao, chief executive officer of Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd., show a nuclear fusion device in Uji, Kyoto

Western gorilla Momotaro cools down in front of an electric fan at Kyoto City Zoo.... Electric fans--bladeless, for safety reasons--were introduced in around 2018.... Fans were placed inside two fenced spaces facing the zookeepers' work area early this summer, after the rainy season....

TOKYO — Torrential rain continued to trigger floods Saturday in wide areas of southwestern Japan, damaging homes and disrupting transportation a day after a landslide killed one person and left two others missing. Support our journalism.... Subscribe today.... One of those buried was killed and another was seriously injured....

TOKYO-Japan's defence ministry on Tuesday( Aug 31) sought an all-time high budget of 5.48 trillion yen( S$ 67 billion) for the next fiscal year starting April 1, a clear sign of the regional arms race gathering pace.In a 56-page budget report, the ministry laid out plans to boost its capabilities in emerging security dimensions such as outer space, cyber and electromagnetic weapons, while also fortifying its arsenal of traditional hardware. Japan has, since last year, seen China as its top secur