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NHK - Nov 03
Honda Motor says it is developing an AI self-driving system that uses cameras to help the vehicle better recognize its surroundings. This is the company's latest step toward putting autonomous driving technology into commercial use.

NHK - Nov 01
The number of syphilis cases in Japan this year has exceeded 10,000 for the first time since comparable data became available in 1999.

mining.com - Nov 01
Japan is looking 6,000 meters under the sea for rare earths to counter China’s dominance of the critical minerals that are used in everything from smartphones to weapons, according to the Yomiuri newspaper.

NHK - Oct 29
The Tokyo Metropolitan government has announced the capital's first cases of the new coronavirus Omicron subvariant XBB.

Japan Today - Oct 27
Japan is planning to start allowing companies to pay wages to digital payment apps like PayPay and Rakuten Pay from April, the labor ministry said Wednesday, in a bid to promote cashless payments as a way to stimulate the economy.

CNA Insider - Oct 27
How Japan is using tech to transform elderly care?

cointelegraph.com - Oct 25
In Japan, the city of Fukuoka is looking toward the future of Web3 in its latest partnership with Astar Japan Labs, the company behind Japan’s leading blockchain, the Astar network.

newsonjapan.com - Oct 24
SASE got its first recognition after Gartner introduced it to describe the fusion of core network and security features delivered via a single cloud service.

NHK - Oct 21
A group of researchers says it has found traces of noble gases on sand and other asteroid samples brought back by a Japanese space probe.

NHK - Oct 18
One of Asia's largest high-tech trade shows kicked off on Tuesday.

nasaspaceflight.com - Oct 12
Epsilon launched from the Mu Pad at the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan at 00:50 UTC on Oct. 12. This launch marked the sixth flight of JAXA’s Epsilon rocket, and the launch vehicle was to loft a rideshare mission into orbit consisting of RAISE-3 and numerous other satellites.

rechargenews.com - Oct 12
Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is fully in the water in a milestone for the Asian nation’s energy transition.

Japan Today - Oct 11
In recent years, stink bugs, which can cause major damage to farm crops, have been appearing in alarming numbers in Japan.

NHK - Oct 11
An exceptionally bright meteor has been observed in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, and elsewhere.

Nikkei - Oct 10
Japan is lagging other countries in cloud computing, with related investment accounting for only 4% of all information technology spending in 2021 -- a third that of North America -- and the gap is growing.

interviewtimes.net - Oct 09
The Burj Khalifa, which stands 2,716.5 feet (almost half a mile) tall and has held the title of largest skyscraper for a long time, is about to lose that title to Japan’s ambitious Sky Mile Tower project.