Metro worker fails to spot woman who fell through gap

6:23am BST (Adds comment from French radio station, context) TOKYO, June 7 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Friday demanded the immediate release of two French journalists missing in Syria, one of the most dangerous countries in ...

A billboard in a busy area near Kinshicho Station in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, advertises cheap storage rooms, saying they can be "used as addresses." (Mainichi, image modified) Officials at Tokyo's Sumida Ward have recognized that over half of the rooms ...

An unexploded shell uncovered near JR Kami-Nakazato Station in Tokyo's Kita Ward is seen in this photo provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Residents of a neighborhood in Tokyo's Kita Ward are breathing a sigh of ...

The number of illegally parked bicycles and motorcycles around stations in Tokyo fell to 34,700 in fiscal 2012, marking a new low for the ninth consecutive year, according to a Tokyo Metropolitan Government survey. The number of illegally parked ...

A teenage girl jumped to her death from the platform at JR Machida Station in Tokyo on Wednesday morning. Police said the incident occurred at around 8:40 a.m. TBS quoted witnesses as saying that the girl, who has not been identified, dropped her ...

A bomb was detonated near a train station in Tokyo on Tuesday, June 4. Experts believe that the explosive has lied hidden near the station since World War II. Authorities were called after a crew performing construction works came across the ...

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the introduction of a 30V voltage power MOSFET line-up for general-purpose DC-DC converters used in base stations and servers. The products use the latest 8th generation low-voltage trench structure and achieve ...

Tokyo, Apr.12 : A leaking sunken reservoir at the Tepco power station in Fukushima, Japan, led to more leakages of radioactive water during a water-transfer effort.

Since 2005, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, has provided artists with a platform to discuss their works housed at the museum. The event, called Artist Talk, has been held 30 times since its inception, each time giving an artist the ...