The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Akira Yoshino, together with Stanley Whittingham and John Goodenough, for their...
Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino was one of three 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners honored for their role in the development of lithium-ion batteries,...
A team of researchers led by Osaka University Professor Koji Nishida has successfully treated an eye disease patient by transplanting artificially-cultured corneal cells derived from...
Japan’s spacecraft Hayabusa2 succeeded in making a second landing on the asteroid Ryugu, a space rock orbiting between Earth and Mars, at about 10 A.M....
There can now be no room for doubt that Hayabusa2 has given us the most dynamic event in Japan’s history of space and planetary exploration...
Toyota Motor Corporation will undertake a program aimed at developing a fuel cell-powered vehicle capable of traveling more than 10,000 kilometers sequentially on the moon’s...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is advancing research on a hypersonic Mach 5 passenger aircraft that can cross the Pacific in merely two hours....
The Japanese space agency announced on Friday morning, February 22, that its spacecraft Hayabusa2 — whose mission is to help unlock the secrets of...
What does an asteroid look like? Specifically, what does Ryugu look like? Almost three months after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that...
Happy New Year from JAPAN Forward! One week into 2019, we are sharing with you in a series the 25 most-read articles of the past 12...
Every time Tasuku Honjo is asked about the motivating force for his research, he says offhand, “It’s definitely my sense of curiosity, a feeling...
(Last of two parts) Part 1: Shizuoka University Researchers Find New and Important Steps in the Coral Bleaching Mechanism Once...