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

Japan to rule out coal-fired plants as international criticism rises

First contact made with melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima plant

Japan, China join forces to standardize EV quick chargers

A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards

Nagoya University Hospital will deploy a squad of robots in February to deliver medicine and test samples, even between floors, while reducing the workload of nurses and other staff members

Mushroom grown from 20 million year old fungus

Japanese team plans AI medical supercomputer to rival Watson: An artificial intelligence system that can accurately diagnose a patient and suggest the best treatment is being developed by Kyoto University and Fujitsu Ltd.

Scientists develop 'unbreakable' glass almost as tough as steel

Osaka University scientists said they fired the world's most powerful laser beam: It instantaneously concentrated energy equivalent to 1,000 times the world's electricity consumption and entered the record books as the most powerful laser beam ever emitted.

Toyota, Nissan and Honda are working together to get more fuel-cell vehicles on roads in what they call Japan's big push toward "a hydrogen society."

Early computer dating to 1944 solving complex equations again after long 'reboot'

New Japanese coal-fired power plant could reduce CO2 emissions to near zero