Unlike judges in the European Union, a government panel in Japan says transgenic modification and genome editing are not the same.

The scientists involved have hired lawyers to fight the conclusions of a recent investigation into some studies of Diovan in Japan.

The studded cells belong to a newly discovered species of water bear, Macrobiotus shonaicus. 

These insect transplants have the potential to wreak economic havoc by outcompeting native insects and destroying crops.

Marine species survived rafting thousands of kilometers on debris swept into the water by the giant wave, scientists say.

Ryoji Noyori is stepping down from his post as the leader of the premier Japanese research institute before his tenure expires.

A university panel has detected irregularities in 43 papers by Shigeaki Kato.

The Japanese government will allow a study of stem cell therapy using patients’ own cells, reprogrammed to be stem cells, to treat vision loss.

Scientific societies in Japan contend that a plan for an NIH-like agency to oversee the country’s science ministries will squash basic research.