With COVID-19 spreading from China to other countries, pharmaceutical, chemical and other companies are rushing to develop quick test kits that promise to facilitate quarantine…

A website aimed at doctors working in Japan’s rural areas is attracting much interest from medical practitioners overseas who are eager to learn the latest expertise and…

Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method of recycling concrete waste by mixing in wood and other materials.

A Japanese research team has "seen the light" and is utilizing infrared wavelengths to generate electricity, an untapped energy source that accounts for nearly half of solar…

Doctors in Thailand and Japan have used HIV medications to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus with apparent success. But why did they think to test drugs made to…

By AKEMI KANDA/ Staff Writer

In an unusual move, a nuclear power exhibition facility in a small town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which has been seeing a steady decline in the number of visitors in recent years,…

A consortium of five companies including IBM Japan Ltd. said Thursday that they will develop a navigation suitcase equipped with artificial intelligence to help guide people with…

The H2A No. 41 rocket was successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on Feb. 9, putting an information gathering satellite in orbit 20 minutes later, according to…

Researchers looking into the history of fish in this country are turning to ink prints typically made when fishermen want to mark a great catch to fill in the gaps.