The Hanasaki line has seen busier days. The local train that connects the cities of Kushiro and Nemuro in Hokkaido fights to live another year after...
Japan and its business world must fundamentally rethink their human rights risk assessment practices in light of China’s human rights violations and the West’s response.
Graduate student’s study of how sea slugs regenerate their lost, damaged or cut-off parts can be unraveled could bring new hope to regenerative medicine for humans.
Creator Pavel Durov’s uncompromising stance on protecting the secrecy of communication is rooted in his experience of repression in Russia.
This high-performance water recovery system from Japan takes the urine of astronauts living on the ISS at an altitude of roughly 400 km above Earth and...
Ecotourism can help protect Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, the northern part of Okinawa, and Iriomote while also giving the local economy a boost.
China’s Fuqing plant released 52 trillion Bq of tritium in 2020, and South Korea’s Kori facility near its second largest city released 50 trillion Bq in...
The private sector can harness the technology for intercontinental high-speed passenger transportation by around 2040.
The total eclipse of the supermoon on May 26 will be visible throughout Japan, weather permitting, and around much of the Pacific region, including Australia and...
It is vitally important that national politicians and bureaucrats listen to involved local voices on the role of nuclear power as Japan moves toward cuts in...
A polarized “K-shaped” economy has emerged across industries but also between regular and non-regular employees. A robust safety net and financial support are urgently needed.
Researchers are looking into whether visiting the famous hot spring, or using special microorganisms found in its water in humidifiers and mouthwash, could help fight against...