SK hynix is now Kioxia's biggest shareholder, but taking control won't be easy
Japanese government approval, antitrust scrutiny, and an investment agreement stand in the way
A years-long investigation just unmasked a major torrent pirate, the how remains unclear
The 56-year-old is accused of seeding nearly 1,000 NHK recordings
Nintendo's Switch 2 sells over 23 million units in its first year, outpacing the original's 17 million
Nintendo made $300 million on tariff refunds, and customers won't see a cent
GTA 6's "physical" PS5 codes in Japan will expire after 170 days
Xbox gamers need not worry. Yet.
Japan's first national AI factory will use 27,500 GPUs across 382 Vera Rubin racks
Japan wants 30% of the global robotics market by 2040
SoftBank boss says the AI revolution will cost $5 trillion a year, also, there's no bubble
Reports of an AI bubble are greatly exaggerated, says the man behind WeWork's $47 billion collapse
Sarah Connor warned us: Multiple reports are routinely confirming that the alleged "AI revolution" is not going the way Big Tech and VC investors would like it to. SoftBank's founder and largest shareholder, however, still believes the revolution will come to pass. AI skeptics, in his view, are simply on the wrong side of history. Or are they?
Japanese firm reverses Blu-ray drive exit after securing parts, but prices jump up to 51%
Production will continue only until the current batch of components runs out
Taiwan just busted an alleged Nvidia GPU smuggling ring using Japan as a cover
Taiwan investigators are examining whether AI servers were quietly rerouted to China through a key US ally
Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough
Japan's answer to record bear attacks is a nightmare-inducing robotic Monster Wolves
Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat
University of Tokyo's antiferromagnetic spintronic switch operates at picosecond speeds
Game engines were built for video games, but Japan is finding more interesting things to do with them
Companies are using Unreal Engine and Unity to simulate floods, sell virtual kimonos, and redesign cities
This new material could make carbon capture dramatically cheaper by cutting the energy needed to run it
A Japanese team engineered carbon materials that release CO2 below 60°C – low enough to run entirely on industrial waste heat
Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect
Cardboard drones that cost $3,000 and take five minutes to assemble could change how wars are fought
Humanoid robots are coming to Japanese airports to help with luggage
In brief: It's not just the factory floor where humanoid robots are starting to appear next to flesh-and-blood employees. Air travelers in Japan will soon see the machines moving luggage and cargo – a response to the country's labor shortage and booming tourism.
Japan's bullet train to debut high-tech private cabins, for an added fee
The luxury cabins are meant to boost remote working conditions
Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries
A step in the way of self-sustenance
Japan's Rapidus ramps up 2nm chip plans while eyeing factories on the Moon
With working prototypes, fresh funding, and IBM support, the company is aiming for mass production by 2027
This Wi-Fi receiver can work inside a nuclear reactor, keeping robots connected
Highly anticipated: A team in Japan has developed a Wi-Fi receiver capable of operating in the extreme radiation inside nuclear reactors, an advance that could help robotics teams safely decommission aging power plants. The receiver, developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, demonstrated resilience under radiation doses roughly 1,000 times higher than what typical electronics can withstand.
Hitachi and MOL plan to turn retired ships into floating data centers
Ports and seawater cause fewer problems than onshore AI facilities
Scientists find all five genetic building blocks for life in asteroid Ryugu
Did life originate in space before seeding primordial Earth?
Panasonic exits TV manufacturing, hands production to Skyworth
The move effectively ends Japan's long history of television manufacturing
Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale
Cleaner signals need not come at the expense of accessibility
Suddenly Toto's most valuable business isn't toilets, but chipmaking ceramics
Japanese toilet maker's advanced ceramics have become a key piece of cryogenic etch in AI memory fabs
New ISO standard enables battery-free RFID sensors to stream continuous data
A novel approach for building a sustainable and reliable "ambient IoT"
Kawasaki unveils world's first gas engine fueled by a 30% hydrogen blend
Japan's engineers aim to decarbonize by blending hydrogen into existing natural gas systems