Fish filmed at a record depth of 8,178 meters
A Japanese research team, in cooperation with NHK, has succeeded in filming a fish swimming at a depth of 8,178 meters in the Pacific Ocean -- the deepest ever recorded. Scientists bel…
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Universities in Kyoto, Aomori to probe contrasting longevity
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Hirosaki University will launch a survey in the Tango district in northern Kyoto Prefecture to study the longevity of residents there.
Ocean current generator produces electricity
A Japanese machinery maker and a governmental organization say they have generated electricity using ocean currents. IHI and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, or…
Panasonic's self-driving wheelchairs are now trundling around a Tokyo airport
Panasonic wants to have lots of its electric wheelchairs in place at major airports across the country in time for the Olympics, which is coming to Japan in 2020. Trials have just launched at Tokyo’s…
Japan’s potential SpaceX competitor achieves mixed results in first launch
A Japanese startup commercial rocket launch attempted to launch a 10-meter tall ‘Momo’ rocket to orbit on Sunday, but while the rocket achieved liftoff, it only made it about one-fifth of i…
Japan's 1st privately-funded rocket to be launched
A Japanese startup firm has given news reporters a look at a rocket that will be launched on Saturday. It is the first rocket built in Japan without assistance from the government. Interstellar …
Dinasaur Exhibition in Makuhari
The Giga Dinosaur Exhibition 2017 — running July 15 through Sept. 3 at Makuhari Messe in Mihama Ward, Chiba — uncovers the mystery of how dinosaurs came to dominate the earth. It does so by focu…
Japan-Europe joint Mercury spacecraft plan unveiled
The Japanese and European space agencies have unveiled their joint probe to be launched to Mercury. Many mysteries remain about Mercury. Ionized gases and high temperatures linked to its nearnes…
Okayama hospital combines healthy parts of donor’s lungs to make one for transplant
In a world first, Okayama University Hospital has succeeded in combining parts of a brain-dead donor’s lungs to make one lung and transplanted it into a woman in her 50s. The lower parts of…
In Japan, workers are now using robotic suits
In Japan, workers are turning to robotic suits to help them with heavy-duty tasks. The Panasonic Assist Robot suit makes sense for industrial use as well as for staffers at nursing homes for the…