Japan’s lunar achievement isn’t only symbolic—Japan is demonstrating a number of new technologies with its Smart Lander. Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the ...

In order to take a global leadership role in AI regulations and innovation, the Kishida administration must formulate its own legal framework at home. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio plans to participate ...

What if the future of technology hinged on a single breakthrough? For decades, semiconductors have been the invisible engines driving everything from smartphones to space exploration. Yet, the global ...

TUKUBA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in superconducting quantum computers, have ...

Japanese art has an allure that transcends time, from the resplendent beauty of paintings on golden screens to the elegant lines of ikebana flower arrangements. In modern times, new technologies are ...

To survive in the global technological race, Japan must integrate defence and civilian innovation ecosystems that are made up of various stakeholders. The concept of a ‘dual-use startup ecosystem’ was ...

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

Power Roll is to trial its flexible perovskite PV film technology in Japan. Image: Power Roll. UK-based flexible PV specialist Power Roll is teaming up with Japanese utility Tokyo Gas to explore the ...

Taiwan’s Yageo Corp. said it would keep Shibaura Electronics Co.’s most advanced technology in Japan if it successfully acquires the artificial intelligence sensor maker. The comments from Yageo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry. The Japanese fintech sector exhibits a rich diversity, underscored ...

The death of a beloved scientist left empty an idiosyncratic but important post in Japanese scholarship. Climate scientist Yasuyuki Aono was the steward of a database of 1,200 years of cherry blossom ...