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Japan is sending a tennis ball-shaped rover, which was inspired by children's toys, to the Moon.

Japanese Moon Mission Carrying Weird Rolling Robot

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has, for the first time in its history, succesfully launched a mission to the Moon — and it's unlike any other we've seen before.

Japan Launches Mission to the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese auto giant Toyota has had to shut down all of its factories in the country due to "insufficient disk space."

Advanced Transport

Toyota Factories Shut Down When Company Runs Out of Disk Space

By Victor Tangermann

Despite opposition, Japan will start releasing radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean this week.

Science & Energy

Japan Dumping Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into Ocean This Week

By Victor Tangermann

The population of Japanese residents dropped by over 800,000, new government data shows, as deaths reached a record high.

Japan’s Population Is Plummeting at an Astonishing Rate

By Frank Landymore

In a post-Chinese balloon world, officials on the other side of the pond were left perplexed when a huge, mysterious orb turned up on a beach in Japan.

Robots and Machines

Japan Puzzled When Large Metal Orb Appears on Beach

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at the University of Tokyo attached giant googly eyes to the front of an autonomous golf cart to see if they improve pedestrian safety.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists Propose Putting Giant Googly Eyes on Self-Driving Cars

By Victor Tangermann

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

By Victor Tangermann

Stay out of the water, because Fukui city officials warn of an aggressive dolphin that's attacked and injured at least six people so far.

Science & Energy

Furious Dolphin Bites At Least Six Beachgoers in Japan

By Frank Landymore

Citizens living in the southwestern Japanese city of Yamaguchi have found themselves besieged by violent gangs of macaque monkeys.

Science & Energy

Japanese City Terrorized By Furious Baby-Snatching Monkeys

By Frank Landymore

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot with a "homemade shotgun," Bloomberg reports.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Assassinated With “Homemade Shotgun”

By Victor Tangermann

A heavy machinery maker in Japan called IHI Corp has successfully tested a prototype of a massive turbine that can generate electricity from ocean currents.

Science & Energy

Japan Tested a Giant Turbine That Generates Electricity Using Deep Ocean Currents

By Victor Tangermann

Regulators just gave the Fukushima nuclear plant the green light to release over a million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific ocean.

Science & Energy

Japan Approves Play to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

Akihiko Kondo, who married ultra-popular virtual star Hatsune Miku back in 2018, has been separated from his virtual partner due to a software glitch.

Artificial Intelligence

Man Married to Hologram Can’t Talk to Wife Due to Software Glitch

By Victor Tangermann

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue

By Victor Tangermann

A rock in Japan known as the "Killing Stone" has broken in half — potentially releasing an evil fox spirit that was believed to have resided in the rock

Japanese “Killing Stone” Snaps In Half, Demon Possibly Set Loose

By Tony Ho Tran

A new "genome-edited" tomato variety is being sold to Japanese customers as a way to chill out and is a first made with CRISPR technology.

Science & Energy

Company Claims Gene-Edited Tomato Contains Neurotransmitter

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Japanese man might have gotten the selfie of a lifetime when he allegedly snapped a picture of himself as a volcano was erupting behind him.

Science & Energy

Man Takes Selfie Right as Volcano Explodes Behind Him

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have managed to print lab-grown steak that greatly resembles products made from Wagyu cattle.

Japanese Scientists 3D Print Lab-Grown Wagyu Steak

By Victor Tangermann

The total number of COVID-19 cases among athletes and staff at the Olympic Games in Tokyo rose to 71, the Associated Press reports.

Number of COVID Cases Linked to Tokyo Olympics Spikes to 71

By Victor Tangermann

The evacuated area around post-meltdown Fukushima in Japan is being overrun by "relatively" radioactive boar-pig hybrids.

Science & Energy

Fukushima Now Home to Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's government is now recommending companies to allow their staff to work for four, not five, days a week, as Deutsche Welle reports.

The Japanese Government Is Strongly Encouraging Four-Day Work Weeks

By Victor Tangermann

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Science & Energy

Dumping Radioactive Water Into Sea Won’t Solve Japan’s Issues

By Tony Ho Tran

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

United States Supports Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

An AI system originally designed to distinguish between different types of pastry in Japan in 2013 was adapted to identify cancers.

An AI Built to Tell Apart Pastries Was Great at Spotting Cancers

By Victor Tangermann

Citizens were outraged after the mayor of the Japanese town Suttsu volunteered to be considered as a nucelar waste storage site.

Japanese Mayor’s House Firebombed to Protest Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

A Japanese startup called Sumitomo Forestry is teaming up with Kyoto University to develop the world's first satellites — that are made out of wood.

A Japanese Startup Is Building Wooden Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

The Japanese government plans to invest in local prefectures that develop new matchmaking AI to help singles in the area find love.

Artificial Intelligence

Japan’s Government Is Using AI to Set Up Lonely Singles on Dates

By Dan Robitzski

A city in Japan just installed several terrifying robot wolves that can move and give off blood-curdling howls in an attempt to prevent bear attacks.

Japanese Town Installs Red-Eyed Robot Wolf to Scare Off Bears

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Japanese architects have designed a breathtaking concept for a futuristic, four-story spaceport, meant to float just off the shore in Tokyo Bay.

This Japanese Spaceport Concept is Absolutely Gorgeous

By Victor Tangermann

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

By Victor Tangermann

Two major convenience store franchises in Japan are testing out robots capable of stocking shelves using two creepy hands with three "fingers" each.

Stores In Japan Are Stocking Shelves With Remote-Controlled Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Japan is pouring money into the development of flying cars with aims of commercializing the futuristic mode of transportation as soon as 2023.

Advanced Transport

Flying Cars Are Actually, Finally Becoming a Reality in Japan

By Victor Tangermann

A recently uploaded video shows Japan's 60-foot Gundam robot taking its first tentative steps — despite still missing its head.

Watch a 60-Foot Mecha-Style Robot Take Its First Steps

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese theme parks are no longer allowing parkgoers to scream and howl as they're riding roller coasters due to the risks of spreading the coronavirus.

To Fight COVID, Japanese Theme Parks Forbid Screaming on Roller Coasters

By Victor Tangermann

Yamato, a cty in Japan, just passed a law that requires pedestrians to put their phones away until they stop walking in order to prevent accidents.

A Japanese City Just Banned Using Phones While Walking

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from Japan have created a "taste display" that's capable of producing any flavor for any tongue that's willing to lick its surface.

Scientists Say This Device Can Simulate Any Flavor

By Victor Tangermann

The Japanese military is currently developing protocols for what pilots should do if they see a UFO, whether it's extraterrestrial or a military drone.

Japan Is Creating Protocols for Dealing with UFOs

By Dan Robitzski

A creative group of elementary school graduates decided to have their graduation ceremony inside Minecraft since schools are out until spring.

Isolated by Coronavirus, Schoolkids Hold Graduation In Minecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the "Gundam" sci-fi franchise — and it'll reportedly be able to walk.

Japan Is Building a Massive Walking Gundam Robot

By Kristin Houser

In April, Japan will launch the Space Domain Mission Unit to protect its space-based assets, according to an Associated Press story.

Japan Is Launching Its Own Space Defense Unit

By Kristin Houser

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is testing the theory that a basic income could increase happiness — by giving away $9 million to his Twitter followers.

Universal Basic Income

Japanese Billionaire Giving Out $9 Million in Basic Income Trial

By Kristin Houser

The local government overseeing Fukushima has vowed to supply the region with 100% renewable energy by 2040, The Guardian reports.

Renewable Energy

Fukushima Plans to Power Region With 100% Renewable Energy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed to send Japanese astronauts to the Moon in the late 2020s as part of a joint plan with the US.

NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Older folks in Japan are using exoskeletons to help them do their jobs as they are spending more of their lives in the workforce, as New Scientist reports.

Health & Medicine

The Elderly in Japan are Using Exoskeletons to Delay Retirement

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has unveiled a wooden car two years in the making, but while the vehicle looks cool, it seems far from road ready at this time.

Advanced Transport

Japan Just Unveiled a Supercar Made out of Wood

By Kristin Houser

A flying car created by Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. and startup Cartivator just hovered 10 feet off the ground for a full minute.

Advanced Transport

Watch This Flying Car Nail Its Flight Demonstration

By Kristin Houser

A multi-company effort has resulted in the creation of an AI-powered virtual security guard that looks like it stepped straight out of a Japanese anime.

Artificial Intelligence

This Virtual Security Guard Looks Like an Anime Character

By Kristin Houser

The bombing isn't an act of space vandalism. The goal is to blow a 10-meter crater in asteroid in order to see what it looks like on the inside.

Science & Energy

Japan Lobs Bomb to Blow Hole in Asteroid… For Science

By Jon Christian

It's a strange, cyberpunk depiction of a robot goddess with exposed aluminum actuators and electronics and an androgynous human-like face.

People in Japan Are Worshiping a Cyberpunk-Looking Robot Goddess

By Jon Christian

A school in Japan is using an artificial intelligence to stop school bullying before it escalates to the point of seriousness.

Artificial Intelligence

A Japanese City Is Using AI to Prevent Youth Suicides

By Kristin Houser

To beef up cybersecurity before the upcoming 2020 Toyko Olympics, the Japanese Government is about to systematically hack the country's IoT devices.

Japan Plans to Hack 200 Million Devices to Prepare for Olympics

By Dan Robitzski

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles

By Kristin Houser

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

By Kristin Houser

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

By Kristin Houser

Japan Wants to Be the First Place Where Flying Cars Are Standard Because of Course

Advanced Transport

Japan Wants to Be the First Place Where Flying Cars Are Standard Because of Course

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year

Self-Driving Vehicles

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year

By Kristin Houser

This Terrifying Robot Wolf Is Protecting the Crops of Japanese Farmers

This Terrifying Robot Wolf Is Protecting the Crops of Japanese Farmers

By Jolene Creighton

Japan Pledges $2.9 Billion to Universal Health Care in Developing Nations

Health & Medicine

Japan Pledges $2.9 Billion to Universal Health Care in Developing Nations

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Science & Energy

After Six Years, We Finally Found the Melted Uranium at Fukushima

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The U.S. is No Longer the World’s Largest Bitcoin Market

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Advanced Transport

Japan is Testing Driverless Buses to Help the Elderly Get Around

Newly Discovered Black Hole May Be the First of Its Kind Ever Detected

Newly Discovered Black Hole May Be the First of Its Kind Ever Detected