Japanese researchers have discovered that a coffee compound boosts the conductivity of organic semiconductors. Could it be time for Japan to make a comeback?
A research team at Kinki University has produced 'super-female' sturgeons that only lay female eggs. We could soon be enjoying affordable caviar from Japan.
A team of researchers is using iPS cells to generate the reproductive cells of the northern white rhino, a species with only two females left on...
A new study showed that fish are not eating microplastics by accident, but are actively feeding on them, with implications for the marine plastic waste issue.
Japan's ispace aims for the moon with a radical concept: to establish a lunar courier service. Its spacecraft might become Japan's first to land on the...
OMOTENASHI failed, but the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has a history of turning initial failures into ultimate successes. Remember the Hayabusa2.
Masayuki Kurechi, only the third Japanese national to win the Ramsar Award, did not forget to credit his "beloved geese" in his acceptance speech.
On November 11, the JARE-64 expedition set sail for Antarctica and will for the first time deploy an AUV to analyze the impacts of global warming...
The world's smallest spacecraft, OMOTENASHI, is packed with the dreams and technology of researchers who have persisted in aiming for the moon.
The last time a planetary eclipse lined up with a lunar eclipse was in 1580, when the legendary Oda Nobunaga was vying with samurai rivals for...
On November 8, Tokyoites gathered on the Roppongi Hills Sky Deck to observe the moon in a rare type of lunar eclipse the country hadn't seen...
Samples from Ryugu sent back to earth by Hayabusa2 have led to startling discoveries about the power of cosmic rays and the makeup of asteroids.
