The world's oldest person has 116 reasons to be happy today. Jiroeman Kimura, a Japanese citizen who was declared to be the world's oldest living p...

The city of Kyoto, Japan, may have flushed away $3000. A very expensive toilet in a public park ladies' room was stolen by thieves who lifted the c...

When ships and planes mysteriously vanish -- sometimes without a trace -- speculation runs wild. Many worry about the conventional -- pilot error, ...

On Sunday, a cuddly clan of Japanese mascots set a Guinness Record for synchronized mascot dancing, Rocket News reported. Of the 141 characters that p...

Just what humankind needed: the 21st century version of mood rings. Japanese inventor Shota Ishiwatari believes he has made that possible with "Ta...

Customers seeking some tender loving care in Tokyo now have another option to choose from at Japanese cuddle club Soineya: human butt pillows. For ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese mayor has hailed a resident of his city for becoming the world's oldest person. At 115 years old, Jiroemon Kimura inherited the t...

A Japanese porn actress has at least 100 fans that would give their lives to her. Well, at least help her give life to another. As part of an upcom...

Over the last several days, a number of websites have reported that Japan's Nippon Television was covering a story of how a UFO crashed off the coast ...

This place is a sh*thole! Japanese contemporary artist Tatzu Nishino has transformed a public restroom in Osaka's Nakanoshima Park into a one-room...

As inventions go, toilets are pretty awesome, but they are really only designed to one thing: flush away waste. The fact that a toilet can also ser...

A group of high school students have built the perfect vehicle for taking a short drive. It's called the "Mirai," which means ‘future’ in Japan...

A Japanese model isn't masking her intentions to be famous, but she is wearing a mask. Her name is Anna Amemiya and she has earned a certain amount...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female rob...

Zombies aren't known for enjoying sit-down meals; most prefer to eat on the run (or shamble). However, Japanese zombies who want a taste of fine di...

TOKYO -- It looks just like iRobot's Roomba vacuuming machine, except the new circular roaming vacuum cleaner from Sharp Corp. is trilingual, and even...

Police near Tokyo were stumped about how to go about finding the home of a lost parakeet -- until the bird opened his mouth and told them his address....

A Japanese yo-yo performer, who goes by the stage name Black, is able to do what may bethe most awesome yo-yo trick ever: Using the yo-yo to pull the ...

The hottest new discovery in the beer world may actually be frozen. That's because a team of inventors at the Japanese brewing giant Kirin have fig...

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 100 people gathered to vie for the title of Japan's fastest hands, competing to stack a set of plastic cups into a pyramid...

A lot of girls enjoy dressing up their dolls, but a 15-year-old London teenager gets her kicks dressing up like her dolls. She's Venus Angelic and ...

Ever dream of flying into outer space? In the next 40 years, adventurous space tourists might not have to worry about ever boarding a rocket ship....

By Ruairidh Villar TOKYO (Reuters) - Three years ago the "Toylet" was just a pipe-dream for developers at Japanese video game maker Seg...