YONEZAWA, Yamagata Prefecture--Researchers at Yamagata University have jointly developed new technology with a private company that can assess stress levels in humans by analyzing their fingertips ...

YONEZAWA, Yamagata Prefecture--A multiple-institute effort using computer graphics and DNA technology reproduced the assumed features of a woman who was likely a person of noble birth 1,600 years ago.

Admired by John F. Kennedy, Uesugi Yozan transformed the fortunes of the struggling Yonezawa Domain. Peter Barakan visits Yonezawa, once called "an Asiatic Arcadia," to explore Yozan's legacy.

The current market value of the cable is said to be 5.06 million yen. The police identified the two men through an analysis of security camera footage. Similar thefts have also been reported in ...