Japan is developing a nationwide database to improve the management of its lost and found system, which returns around 80% of items to their owners.
Japan plans to extend quake recovery tax to cover defense spending
The Japanese government on Wednesday proposed a plan to prolong a temporary tax implemented to pay for the 2011 quake and tsunami rec …
Rare Wooden Haniwa Unearthed in Japan
The Japan Times reports that the remains of a wooden haniwa measuring more than 11 feet long and about two and one-half feet wide were discovered in a moat surrounding the Minegazuka Kofun, a …
Companies That Have Been In Business For More Than 1,000 Years
The majority of businesses barely survive three decades, but these establishments, from Japanese sweet shops to Irish pubs, are entering their second century.
Japan selects winner of wheeled armored personnel carrier competition
Japan has selected Finland’s Patria AMV as its next wheeled armored personnel carrier following a two-stage evaluation process to replace its fleet of Type 96 eight-wheel drive armored vehicles. Japan …
Japan’s Takeda to buy Nimbus’ psoriasis drug for as much as $6 bln
Takeda Pharmaceutical will buy U.S.-based Nimbus Therapeutics’ experimental psoriasis drug for up to $6 billion, the Japanese drugmaker said on Tuesday, as it looks to cut reliance on treatments …
Japan Was the Safest Place to Be an FTX Customer
As regulators look to regulate exchanges in light of the FTX’s collapse, they would do well to look to Japan, which has some of the most mature rules in the world.
U.S. consulted Japan, Netherlands on curbing chip-related exports to China
The United States has spoken with its partners, including Japan and the Netherlands, on tightening exports to China of equipment used to make semiconductors, Jake Sullivan, the White House national …
Japan to Manufacture 2nm Chips With a Little Help From IBM
IBM is partnering with Rapidus to make the world’s most advanced chips in Japan before 2030. Japan’s bid to become a major producer of the most advanced chips in the world received a boost this week …
US, South Korea, Japan to curb illicit North Korea cyber activities
Senior diplomats from the United States, South Korea and Japan agreed Tuesday to boost efforts to curb North Korea’s illicit cyber activities and other methods to finance its nuclear program and evade …