As you can see, this case has a small latex hand permanently attached to it—giving you the feeling of holding hands with the person you are calling.

It operates based on a technology called SOINN (Self-Organizing Incremental Neural Network), and when compared to other humanoids out there, this robot is pretty impressive.

Fresh from the Land of the Rising Sun comes an invention sure to save time: Mayekawa Automatic Chicken Deboner.

Japan has produced a lot of amazing stuff over the years, and drones small enough for navigating stairs and window frames would be fairly high up on the list.

An earless rabbit was born near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing an online fuss, with predictions that babies in the East Asian country may soon be born with mutations.

More brushing=less plaque. But Japanese company Yumeshokunin claims it has developed a toothbrush that keeps the teeth clean all day just by brushing once.

The robot, housed in a waterproof body, has a radiation counter, 3D scanner, and on-board camera capable of panning, tilting and zooming.

Japanese-American Darin Furukawa, a volunteer for the Red Cross in L.A., dressed up as a Samurai while collecting donations to support the relief efforts in Japan.

Japan faces another potential crisis after a reactor at a damaged nuclear plant exploded on Monday.

A Malaysian newspaper has publicly apologized after it sparked controversy with a cartoon depicting the popular Japanese superhero Ultraman running away from a massive tsunami.