This isn’t science fiction — it’s the changing face of Japan’s hospitality industry. The cat robots come from Skylark ...

She had her own office with a litter box and she was paid in cat food. It was a great success! Visitors went out of their way to travel to the little station from all over Japan — and all over ...

While Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country’s efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to resemble a game of cat and mouse.

Cats are considered lucky in Japan, and owners of the popular pets spend big on their care. But how do you know when they’re “feline” down? A tech firm and university in Tokyo have teamed up ...