February 27, 2013
With the advent of 3-D printing, the world may be on the cusp of an industrial revolution that fundamentally changes design, production and logistics.
February 26, 2013
New technology has been developed to project ultra-clear images of minute details, such as rock faces, ripples and leaves, which even improves on next-generation 4K digital resolution technology.
February 20, 2013
NTT Docomo Inc. will move up the release date of a new mobile network service that will boost data speeds fivefold to 2015, sources said.
February 20, 2013
The first made-in-Japan bobsled will make its international debut in the United States next month, carrying the hopes of 40 companies to show the world the technological prowess of Tokyo’s Ota Ward.
February 19, 2013
Chemical engineering firm Showa Denko K.K. said it teamed up with Yamaguchi University to develop new LED lighting technology to grow vegetables faster in factory controlled conditions.
February 18, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--LG Electronics Inc. said on Feb. 18 its new smartphone with a full high-definition screen will go on sale in South Korea this week before hitting shelves in Japan in April.
February 16, 2013
Toshiba Corp. has shown off heavy machinery it developed to clean up radioactive materials using dry ice particles.
February 14, 2013
Music videographers and television show producers in Japan are increasingly spurning bulky, expensive video cameras in favor of digital single-lens reflex cameras, saying they like the price and viewers will love the difference.
February 14, 2013
Panasonic Corp. has developed a microchip capable of examining genetic information in one hour to determine the effectiveness of medications for individual patients, dramatically reducing the time for such genetic tests, the company said.
February 10, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL--It was the late Steve Jobs' worst nightmare.
February 09, 2013
Ten Japanese hospitals in March will conduct the world’s first clinical tests of a cyborg-type suit designed for the rehabilitation of patients suffering from intractable nerve or muscle diseases.
February 09, 2013
Researchers have developed a device that measures a person's stress levels by spinning a saliva sample in a mini centrifuge to separate out cortisol, a hormone that rises and falls with stress.
February 09, 2013
With pollen season approaching, weather forecast company Weathernews Inc. has started deploying an army of small, pollen-counting robots at about 1,000 locations throughout the country.
February 04, 2013
Government-affiliated Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. has begun the world’s first offshore test mining of methane hydrate from seabed layers, in an effort to tap into a potential new fuel resource.
January 28, 2013
Japan will begin broadcasting with next-generation 4K television technology from July 2014, a move that will put it at the forefront of this highly competitive sector.
January 17, 2013
Problems with lithium-ion batteries are being blamed for an emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways Co.’s Boeing 787 aircraft, the second time the new generation of airliner has had serious trouble with the battery unit.
January 15, 2013
A prototype device that can separate plastic waste by type has an accuracy rate of more than 99 percent, developers Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Shimadzu Corp. said.
January 09, 2013
The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is gradually shrinking as demolition of its annex tower continues.
January 09, 2013
LAS VEGAS--Toyota Motor Corp. showed off its robotic car that travels without a driver to reporters in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, the first Japanese automaker to unveil an experimental self-driving vehicle.
January 08, 2013
The sounds of nature will be just a mouse-click away this spring, when JVC Kenwood Corp. introduces an Internet service that offers real-time sounds of the forest.