Technology
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Japan Institute to Use Domestic Commercial Optical Lattice Clock to Set Japan Standard Time
An optical lattice clock, which is only off by one second every 10 billion years, will be used to...
January 28, 2026
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Japan to Face Shortfall of 3.39 Million Workers in AI, Robotics in 2040; Clerical Workers Seen to Be in Surplus
Japan will face a shortfall of 3.39 million workers in fields related to artificial intelligence ...
January 27, 2026
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Japan’s H3 Rocket Likely Made 1.5 Trips Around Earth; Analyst Believes Satellite Almost Certainly Lost As Well
WASHINGTON — Japan’s No. 8 H3 rocket likely reentered the atmosphere over South America about two...
December 25, 2025
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H3 Launch Failure Leaves Japan Without Core Rockets, Deals Blow to Global Competitiveness in Space Development
Japan will not be able to launch satellites and probes for the time being, after the failed launc...
December 23, 2025
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Japan’s H3 Rocket Failed in Latest Launch, Says Official
The 8th H3 rocket experienced a launch failure on Monday morning, the education state minister sa...
December 22, 2025
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JAXA Stops Rocket Launch Broadcast amid Engine Issues
JAXA announced during a live broadcast of its rocket launch on Monday that the second-stage engin...
December 22, 2025
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JAXA Launches 8th H3 Rocket from Japan’s Kagoshima Pref.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched its eighth H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space C...
December 22, 2025
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Putting Pompeii’s Pieces Together with Help of Robot
POMPEII, Italy (Reuters) — Pompeii’s ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, ...
December 20, 2025
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Scientists Discover Secrets of Ancient Roman Concrete at Pompeii Ruins
Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in tim...
December 20, 2025
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Japan’s Cabinet Ministers Laud The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Proposals on ‘Trustworthy AI’
Several Cabinet ministers lauded The Yomiuri Shimbun’s set of proposals on coexistence with trust...
December 17, 2025
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Launch of 8th H3 Rocket Carrying Positioning Satellite Michibiki No. 5 Has Halted
The launch of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's eighth H3 rocket has been halted at the Tanega...
December 17, 2025
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Yomiuri Proposals on AI: Ensure Japan’s Autonomy in Domestic Development to Reflect Ethics, Values
The Yomiuri Shimbun has compiled a set of proposals on coexistence with trustworthy generative ar...
December 17, 2025
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Originator Profile to Verify Online Information Sources
The Yomiuri ShimbunA panel of academics comprising, from left, Eijiro Mizutani, Hidemi Suzuki, Yuya ...
December 11, 2025
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Aomori Prefecture Joins Race to Host Prototype Nuclear Fusion Reactor, Second Prefecture to Bid after Ibaraki
Aomori Prefecture plans to work toward hosting a prototype reactor to demonstrate power generatio...
December 9, 2025
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No Genome-Edited Babies for Japan: Health Ministry to Submit Bill Banning Implantation of Edited Zygotes
A regulatory proposal prohibiting the implantation of fertilized human eggs that have been modifi...
December 9, 2025
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