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
Legends of Tech: Nintendo Entertainment System
Before the NES, home consoles were a burned market in the US. Nintendo reversed that narrative with games that turned consoles into a global industry again.
Hiroshima scientists crack the code for 3D printing tungsten carbide
Novel "softening" method reshapes one of the world's hardest materials without melting it
As Roblox embraces text-to-world tools, Japanese creatives brace for fallout
The gulf between enthusiasm in Silicon Valley and anxiety in Tokyo is widening fast
This gaming PC uses smart glass to switch between transparent and opaque panels
From showroom to stealth mode
Pepper spray drones are Japan's newest tool against bear attacks
A response to rising encounters and record fatalities
Blu-ray turns 20 years old: The optical disc that refuses to fade away
Blu-ray was the future of home video, once
This open-source tool uses AI to translate Japanese retro games on the fly
Interpreter uses OCR and an LLM to offer offline AI translation
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