Japan Science & Technology News

Some of the world's most cutting-edge robotic technology is being displayed at the International Robot Exhibition 2009, running until Nov. 28 at Tokyo Big Sight. Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd., iRex is showcasing robots developed by more than 192 companies and...

The Japanese are forever coming up with revolutionary concepts and ideas that make life more comfortable and the gadgets make things simple. The latest ambitious venture of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is in the field of harnessing solar...

TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has big plans, as it wants to conquer outer space to generate solar energy by 2030. The idea is to collect solar power in space and beam it down to earth, in the...

Analysis of sales figures by research firm NPD Group suggested that sales of Windows 7 in the United States were 234% higher than when Vista launched in January 2007. "In a slow environment for packaged software Windows 7 brought a...

Parasite may have killed Sue, other T. rexes September 29, 2009 11:31 AM Sue, the biggest, meanest meat-eating dinosaur known to history, probably was killed not by some other monster killer battling with her 65 million years ago, but by...

Daiwa Securities Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc, but in September the two announced the termination of the capital tie-up, with Sumitomo Mitsui selling its entire stake to Daiwa Securities Group.  

The storm could bring up to six inches of rain in the Sierra Nevada, packing wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour on Tuesday. Winds in the valley on Tuesday will range from 10 to 20 mph, and...

Sony Corp unveiled its autumn lineup of Vaio personal computers Thursday including a super-light, slim X series and a touch-screen L series both with the latest Windows 7 operating system. The new series will be released in Japan on Oct...