Analyzing 1,816 hours of video recordings of dolphins, researchers found that dolphins yawn in the wild, similar to yawning in terrestrial animals, including humans

Study: ChatGPT has 'undeniable gender bias' in its views on jobs

Toyota's reliance on single supplier drags out long shutdown

Older men with no sexual interest in women at risk of earlier death

JR West will be 1st JR firm to use green energy for bullet trains

Companies in Japan opting for select offices to work in English

Toyota’s new president vows to step up electric vehicle push

Hong Kong student arrested over online posts made from Japan

Robot helps spread Buddhist teachings at a Kyoto temple

Students unravel ninja technology in device used for eavesdropping

Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots, needs to find usage

South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies

JR East mulls seats for dogs on some special Shinkansen rides

Study suggests protecting forests preserves threatened fish

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Tepco slow to respond to growing crisis at Fukushima plant

Researchers working to develop a safer lithium-ion battery free from the risk of catching fire found a solution by replacing a flammable organic solvent with water

Apple warns Thai activists ‘state-sponsored attackers’ may have targeted iPhones

Research team develops vaccine that kills HIV in monkeys

A new vaccine technology that eliminates the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in test monkeys has raised hopes for an end to the AIDS pandemic.

Toyota to spend 1.5T yen on EV battery development

Researchers developed what they claim is the world's fastest diagnostic testing method for the novel coronavirus, a procedure that takes less than 5 minutes

Nasal vaccine for Alzheimer’s cuts atrophied brain matter in mice

Japan set to ban entry from the U.S. as early as next week

Japanese researches identify 143 new geoglyphs near Nazca Lines in Peru.

Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type

Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon

Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type

Technician keeps computer made in 1959 still humming along

In Japan, a growing number of car-sharing users don’t rent cars for driving

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