Trump wants to bring Japan's tiny kei cars to US roadways
US safety regulations and consumer tastes stand in the way of Japan's small vehicles
Apple's App Store "freedom" in Japan comes with strings attached, obviously
Apple allows third-party payments in Japan – for a fee
Honda briefly shut downs factories as Nexperia chip feud isn't over yet
Even basic car chips are caught in a growing international tech dispute
Scientists discover an amphibian gut bacterium 100% effective in destroying cancer cells in rats
Natural cancer treatment with no ill effects on healthy tissue
What we know so far: Scientists have uncovered a naturally occurring gut bacterium from common tree frogs that can completely eradicate cancerous tumors in lab animals. The organism even outperforms some existing therapies. The discovery has the potential to revolutionize cancer treatment, but the research needs more work.
A Japanese startup built a speaker that's basically a sheet of fabric
New electrostatic design turns the entire textile surface into a sound emitter
Japan wants back into the chip race, is betting big on a 2nm comeback
A 2nm fab in Hokkaido sounds great on paper, execution is the hard part
While Microsoft retires Windows 10, optical drives are selling like hot cakes in Japan for some reason
Japanese PC users still have a thing for optical media and offline storage
Google Japan adapts rotary phone design for quirky new keyboard
Nostalgia meets modern tech in Google's Gboard experiment
Following cyberattack, Japan is days away from running out of country's favorite beer
Country's largest brewery suffers ransomware attack
"World's first" 8K polling rate mouse introduced with ultra-wideband tech
Is a mouse polling rate that important, when you lack FPS skills or a cabled connection?
Tokyo's iconic Akihabara Electric Town went 'dark' for the first time in 30 years
The lights have stayed on even through earthquakes and tsunamis
Scammer posing as stranded astronaut convinces woman to send him $6,750 to buy oxygen
Oxygen isn't cheap in outer space
Japan's FugakuNEXT marks shift from pure CPU supercomputing to GPU-CPU collaboration
Japan sets sights on zetta-scale supercomputing
Japan orders Apple to open iPhone to rival browser engines by end of 2025
Open up iOS browsers – or else
Tablet shipments grow for sixth straight quarter, and Chromebooks aren't dead yet
State subsidies and incentives are revitalizing the market
Yahoo Japan forces all employees to use AI, aims to "double" productivity by 2028
Despite the hype, many studies suggest AI may lower productivity
TSMC shifts focus to US, postpones new chip plant in Japan
US tariff threats have reportedly influenced TSMC's Japan project timeline
Scientists develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Fast-dissolving plastic offers hope for cleaner seas
Ultra-fast fiber sets global speed record: 1.02 petabits per second over continental distance
Petabit-scale data transmission outpaces previous records by more than 14x
Why it matters: A technological leap in fiber optics has shattered previous limitations, achieving what experts once considered impossible: transmitting data at 1.02 petabits per second – enough to download every movie on Netflix 30 times over – across 1,808 kilometers using a single fiber no thicker than a human hair.
Panasonic abandons VGA port from "Let's Note" laptops, signaling end of era in Japan
The VGA connector is becoming a rare sight
Buffalo Japan is selling a transparent hard disk drive for its 50th anniversary
Expensive. Nigh to useless. Windows-only software. I want one
GPU tourism is a thing: Japan blocks RTX 5090 and 5080 sales to tourists amid global GPU chaos
Four months later, Nvidia's top GPUs remain critically scarce
Nintendo apologizes as Switch 2 demand overwhelms supply in Japan
Is this all that surprising at this point?
Nearly one in five Japanese gamers overspend on in-game purchases, straining basic living budgets
Surge in microtransaction spending leaves young Japanese gamers struggling