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  • Japan, U.S. join hands on fast reactor project despite differing goals

    Japan and the United States have agreed to cooperate in the development of a next-generation fast re...

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  • Talks advance on Japanese role in Wyoming fast reactor project

    The Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. signed Wednesday a memorandum o...

    January 27, 2022

  • Japan announces 2nd postponement of H-3 rocket launch

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Friday that it will put o...

    January 22, 2022

  • Tonga volcano damage glimpsed in satellite images

    GENEVA/JAKARTA — The United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) on Monday released satellite images sh...

    January 18, 2022

  • Japan, U.S. to cooperate on core tech development for next-gen fast reactors

    Japan and the United States will work together to develop technology related to core equipment and s...

    January 9, 2022

  • High-tech system swiftly relays data on traffic accidents

    A system that helps emergency services respond more quickly to traffic accidents is spreading nation...

    December 19, 2021

  • Japan to launch satellites to build observation network, eyeing detection of HGVs

    The government, aiming to construct an observation network of small satellites, plans to launch thre...

    November 22, 2021

  • Automation and AI take root in Japan’s veggie factories

    Vegetables grown in factories with the help of information technology to control temperature, light ...

    November 16, 2021

  • Japanese university research team produces 30% sweeter tomato via gene-editing tech

    A tomato that is about 30% sweeter than usual has been produced using gene-editing technology, a Nag...

    November 16, 2021

  • Japan successfully launches Epsilon-5 rocket with 9 satellites

    KIMOTSUKI, Kagoshima (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Tuesday succ...

    November 9, 2021

  • Japan to work on centralized traffic control of flying vehicles

    Looking ahead to a future when helicopters and unmanned drones share the skies with flying cars, the...

    October 2, 2021

  • AI piano music transcription improves

    Japanese researchers have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to accurately transcr...

    September 28, 2021

  • Unified standard for connected technology eyed

    The transport ministry has decided to formulate a unified, international standard for data communica...

    August 23, 2021

  • Shinkai 6500 dives reveal deep-sea mysteries

    A massive crane on the back of a ship hoisted the Shinkai 6500 manned submersible up into the air an...

    July 29, 2021

  • Riken-led team to model damage from compound disasters

    A team of researchers from Riken and other institutions plans to model the impact of a compound disa...

    July 28, 2021

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