Japan’s OHISAMA demonstration satellite is scheduled to be launched in fiscal 2026 on a mission that could revolutionize ...

The hypersonic race in Japan and the Koreas is heating up. These countries are developing next-gen weapons that could disrupt the global balance of power. From North Korea’s military showdowns to ...

Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group reports it swung back to profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as ...

When you think of Tokyo, you might think of neon-lit skyscrapers and its world-famous bullet train system, or films like “Akira” and “Ghost in the Shell” that depict a futuristic Japan filled with ...

Japan is one of the most volcanically active nations. Its world-leading research on volcanic disasters has led to new ...

Japan and the USA will conduct joint research into safety assurance technology for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) that operate autonomously with artificial intelligence. Under the agreement, the ...

Unsurprisingly, it was also in Japan that neocognitron, the architectural ancestor of the neural networks that power systems like ChatGPT, was developed by computer scientist Kunihiko Fukushima. Yet, ...

In “The Islands and the Stars,” Subodhana Wijeyeratne charts how Tokyo’s space program has changed over the past century.

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 ...