Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.

The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry. Noboru Mizushima is a professor in the Department of ...

Japan’s science and technology ministry said the launch of an H3 rocket on December 22 ended up failing as it could not ...

The communique from the G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting, held in Sendai, Japan, last May, expressed support for “immediate open and public access to ...

Japan, renowned for its technological innovations, is on the brink of revolutionizing the automotive industry with the development of magnetic levitation (maglev) cars. This groundbreaking technology, ...

Scientists in Japan have uncovered amber deposits that may hold elusive evidence of tsunamis that occurred between 114 million and 116 million years ago. Their findings were published in the journal ...

As part of President Trump’s trip to Asia, the United States signed Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and Korea, expanding, strengthening, and focusing science and technology collaboration ...

Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about endangered eagles in Japan, the lifestyles of deep-living ocean creatures and the longevity secrets of human 'SuperAgers,' aged 80 and older.

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Fujitsu Ten Limited, and Socionext Inc. have announced that in the Fiscal 2015 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

Founded in 1976 in Aichi Prefecture, Toyohashi University of Technology has been a home for research on integrated circuits, the foundational component for semiconductors, since 1979... Toyohashi ...

Workplaces with activity-promoting features could increase physical activity and reduce sitting time among office-based workers, enhancing their health and overall well-being. Ishikawa, Japan-- ...