Cobalt-rich crusts confirmed on seabed off Chiba
Japanese researchers have confirmed details of a large area of rare metal deposits in the seabed off eastern Japan. Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology…
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New breast cancer screening technology developed
Major Japanese electronics maker Hitachi has developed technology to make breast cancer screening more accurate. The new system uses ring-shaped equipment to emit 360-degree ultrasound…
Japanese modular drone PD-ANY
PD-ANY is a new concept drone, “Don’t use a drone to carry your payload, turn your payload into a drone”. This unique and easily adaptable platform concept can be attached to virtually any item.…
Toyota group firms to invest in flying car project
Toyota Motor and its group companies will invest in a project set up by volunteers to develop a flying car. Project members are volunteer engineers from Toyota and other firms. They are trying t…
Cyber Attack
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department says internet users were denied access to its website on Friday afternoon in a suspected cyber-attack. The department said on Friday it is the first…
Testing autonomous driving to begin in rural Japan
The Japanese government is eyeing self-driving technology as a way to help elderly people get around in mountainous areas, where populations are aging fast. Transport Ministry officials are…
Media preview of dinosaur show
A puppet show featuring a collection of life-like dinosaurs has been unveiled to the media ahead of its opening. Theatrical performances will begin in Tokyo next week. News media were given…
Creating a real ghost in the shell
Yasuo Kuniyoshi is a man with an extraordinary plan. Kuniyoshi, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, has been attempting to produce an utter…
Deep Learning’s Rise Leaves Japan Playing AI Catchup
Japan joined the artificial intelligence race late. It was not until the mid-1980s, three decades later than countries like the United States, that researchers began pondering the idea of thinki…
Snake-like robot that can climb stairs unveiled at university in Tokyo
A snake-like robot that is capable of scaling and descending steep steps has been developed by a group that includes The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo, it has been lea…