Greater attention to this frequently unaddressed aspect of Japanese life is needed as the nation aims to assert its stature as a global leader. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will welcome world ...

Surprisingly, many of the countries that today have the strictest drug policies also hide a history where those same substances were of great cultural significance. For example, Japan once boasted a ...

Popular running YouTuber Matt Fox has been arrested in Japan on drug importation charges. Fox, whose channel Sweat Elite boasts 144,000 subscribers, allegedly tried to smuggle tablets containing THC - ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japan's government plans to speed up the lengthy approval process for drugs developed overseas to allow patients faster access to medicines, the Nikkei business daily ...

The smuggling of so-called “club drugs,” which primarily target young people, has surged by more than seven times over the ...

Hi, it’s Kanoko in Tokyo. The list of new drugs approved in the US and Europe but unavailable in Japan has grown in recent years, and the government has plans to change that. But first... Japan is the ...

Japan has a long-standing reputation of punching well above its weight in terms of scientific innovation. “When you look at the number of Nobel Prizes that have gone to Japanese researchers, it’s ...