Quantum computers have the potential to compute more than 100 million times faster than supercomputers, but there are many challenges...
Regarding the number of related patents, Korean firms such as LG Electronics ranked first and second, with Chinese firms in fourth place. The terminal will likely become the next leading electronic device after smartphones...
Kyowa Kirin will build a new dedicated training facility, and Daiichi Sankyo will increase its technical staff by about 30%. The mainstream of large-scale new drugs is shifting from conventional small molecule drugs...
Gunma Prefecture accounts for more than 90% of the nation's konnyaku potato production. Tsutomu Foods (Tomioka City, Gunma), which manufactures konjac products and shirataki using local ingredients and clear water, began working to expand its own brand overseas in 2018...
Bridgestone will put recycling to practical use in 2030 through making new tires from used ones. It is estimated that about 100,000 tons of tires will be treated annually, equivalent to about 10% of the total amount of tires disposed of in Japan...
Skydrive, a startup developing a flying car, has raised 9.6 billion yen from 13 companies including Suzuki mainly through capital increase through third party allotment (announced on September 26)...
The program will select 100-200 participants from Japan, Korea, and other countries to enhance their skills in filmmaking...
Kao will expand production facilities at its Oresa factory in Spain to further strengthen their fragrance business in Europe...
Tech Japan (Taito-ku, Tokyo), a staffing agency, recently kicked off a mediating website linking Indian students with Japanese companies...
ANA Holdings has partnered with ClimbWorks, Swiss start-up company involved in the business of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air...
DNP (Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.) will start a service for domestic publishers to detect and monitor manga pirate sites and request removal of works on their behalf, starting from August...
The first product to be launched in the US market will be fried chicken made by cooked and processed soybean meat (meat substitutes)...
This service is to enable payment at concession stands and other locations by recognizing faces with tablet terminals without the use of cash, credit cards, or smart phones...
Itochu will plan and develop products using soy-based ingredients from Fuji Oil Holdings, a group company, for consumers...
Google, which operates YouTube, has established a fund that will pay contributors a total of $100 million (about 13 billion yen) by 2022...
Toppan Inc. and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) will develop an IC card using a new cryptographic technology later in the month...
FamilyMart will install robots that automatically replenish beverages on display shelves in 300 stores by fiscal year 2024...
Fujitsu has developed a technology that can identify people based on video images of how they walk...
Daikin will invest a little over 40 billion yen to build a new air conditioning plant in Poland. It will start operation in 2024 and produce energy-efficient heating equipment to be sold in Europe...
According to an article by Nikkei on 7 July, a study of the number of patents related to all-solid-state batteries worldwide showed that Toyota Motor was the leader...
Pigeon, famous as a top brand of baby bottles, introduced a system that uses QR codes to determine whether the product is legitimate, and Panasonic Holdings began monitoring video sites...
NTT Group will introduce a system that allows employees to live and work freely anywhere in Japan starting in July...
Skylark Holdings, the largest family restaurant chain operator, will introduce unattended self-checkouts at more than 800 restaurants, including its mainstay "Gusto" and "Bamiyan," by the end of 2022....
Umbrella manufacturer OKAMOTO, which celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2020, has announced its original brand “CACA”...
Domestic wholesale prices of imported chicken and pork are rising due to the prolonged Ukrainian crisis...
Some guest rooms of Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo (Minato-ku, Tokyo) have been renovated recently, and meeting rooms and a lounge for the exclusive use of residents were also prepared...
On March 25, the Yokohama Rubber announced to acquire TWS, a leading global supplier of tires and complete wheels for off-highway vehicles and specialty applications...
NTT will sell a part of their DC holdings in Europe and the US for approximately 100 billion yen and switch to joint ownership, as well as jointly construct a new hub in the future...
It is anticipated that telecommuting will partly continue even after the new coronavirus infection is contained, and Google will hurry to develop services that support “hybrid” work styles...
OTEC is a form of renewable energy that uses the point where the temperature of seawater varies greatly between the surface and deep layers of the ocean to generate electricity....
Mitr Phol Group will ally with Marubeni (Japan’s trading conglomerate) to produce and sell products that will be used as materials primarily for bags, using sugar cane and starch as raw materials...
Shionogi calls for the application of the "conditional early approval system," which allows commercialization before all clinical trials are completed....
On February 25, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the number of births in 2021 (preliminary figures) was 842,897...
Onward intends to increase the percentage of EC sales from 30% to 50% by 2030, wanting to ensure low-cost operation of stores...
Job type is a common way of working in Europe and the U.S. and specifies the skills required for each job in job descriptions...
According to a report by the Japan Productivity Center, hourly labor productivity (added value per hour of employment) in 2020 was $49.5...
Starting in 2022 this year, Fast Retailing will raise the annual salary for mid-career hires to a maximum of ¥1 billion...
