Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and beginning live trials at sea. The system, rated at 100-kilowatt power, is ...

Japan has long been at the forefront of technological innovation, particularly in the field of robotics. However, in recent years, a seismic shift has occurred in the global robotics landscape.

Japan is making a huge bet to revive its long-declining advanced chipmaking industry. A new government-private joint venture named Rapidus is pursuing an ambitious target of mass-producing 2-nanometer ...

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, ...

NEDO, Japan’s state-run energy and industrial technology development agency, has selected 24 themes under its new “Technology Development Project for Expanding Solar Power Adoption,” including 20 for ...