Watch for coordinated efforts to prevent China’s imposition of totalitarian technology standards and shore up supply chain resilience through the broader US-Japan relationship in 2022.
How will Japanese companies respond to aggressive foreign companies that aim to take the auto manufacturing lead by seizing control of EV battery chain of supply?...
Japan should take note of reports in July that the Biden Administration told the Dutch Government that they will not approve of Dutch company ASML’s export...
While China benefits from leaked technology from Japan, an advisory board in Tokyo won’t let the Ministry of Defense sit in a policy-making science council.
Despite Japan’s regulation of technology exports, the United Nations reports that a Tonegawa Seiko servo motor was found in an Iranian drone that crashed in Afghanistan.
From the deep sea to outer space, “This exhibit will act as a catalyst for people to imagine a little bit about what Society 5.0 will...
Japan aims to get past China and South Korea in the global market by advancing in high power fuel cell, hydrogen and lithium power.
Choosing quality over quantity, foreign sake lovers are choosing luxury sake to drink at home to compensate for not being able to travel due to the...
It was a year when the economy survived while technology thrived, reminding us that science doesn’t stop, even during a health crisis.
Japan’s accelerated strategy for infrastructure exports has garnered new attention since Shinzo Abe announced his decision to resign as prime minister. Mr. Abe had...
Feature photo: Votive tablet showing Meiji era whaling by shooting at Hirado, Seto (Last of 2 Parts) Part 1: Sustaining Human Life: The Birth of Traditional...
Japan’s 2020 action plan for infrastructure-related exports was revealed in early July, and for the first time it identified Japan’s shipbuilding industries as a...