At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government.

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, credited with building the foundations of Japanese medicine and helping make Japan the world leader in longevity, often practised what he preached.

Six people died because of the heat, 4241 people were taken to hospitals for a week, from July 3 in Japan, the fire department of the country, which is responsible for the ambulance service, also reported.

For the past 25 years, Japanese women have held the record for longest living women worldwide. Namely, the average lifespan of these women is 84Despite living longer than all other women in the world, Japanese women seem to look the youngest, and somehow succeed to resist to the natural process of aging. Fortunately, you can finally try their secret to longevity and beauty!

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A Japanese man has revealed he has finally found happiness with his girlfriend - a silicone love doll.Senji Nakajima, claims he enjoys the 'perfect' relationship with 'Saori' - even taking the dummy out shopping to buy it fancy outfits - despite the fact that he is married to a woman with whom he has two children.Senji, 61, from Nagano, lives with his life size doll in his apartment in Tokyo where he enjoys a physical relationship with it - but he claims he is happy because his plastic companion ...

BBC- The governor of Tokyo has said he is standing down amid a spending scandal, Japanese media report.

BBC - Barack Obama has arrived in Hiroshima to become the first serving US president to visit the Japanese city since the 1945 nuclear bombing.

Euronews - Mitsubishi Motors has admitted manipulating fuel economy tests on at least 625,000 of its small cars, including some vehicles built for its Japanese compatriot Nissan.

BBC - Rescue efforts are under way in south-western Japan to help victims of a powerful earthquake that hit the region a day after an earlier tremor.Some 20,000 troops are being deployed in the operation in Kyushu region after the magnitude-7.3 quake at 01:25 on Saturday (15:25 GMT Friday).