1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (518+ words) TOKYO - Multiple rare earth elements essential for high-tech products have been confirmed in mud extracted from the deep seabed off Minamitorishima, Japan's easternmost island. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology said analysis of about 50 tons of mud collected…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1084+ words) TOKYO - Low-cost USB drives advertised online with enormous storage capacities are exposing users to the risk of lost data, malware infections and information theft, with tests finding that some products contain only a fraction of the memory shown on their…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (381+ words) TOKYO - The share of people in Japan using generative artificial intelligence has more than doubled to 58.8%, while more than one in 10 regard the technology as a friend, according to the communications ministry's 2026 white paper. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (509+ words) TOKYO - Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, with people using conversational systems for everything from relationships and parenting to health concerns and online searches. East Japan Railway began a trial on July 20 using generative AI to…...

1+ day, 34+ min ago   (997+ words) The architecture does not necessarily attempt to produce the best possible answer from a single processing sequence. Instead, it makes each sequence considerably lighter, allowing multiple approaches to run in parallel and collectively produce a stronger answer. Fujitsu plans to…...

1+ day, 58+ min ago   (632+ words) TOKYO - Japanese business leaders voiced concern over new additional tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, warning that the measures could damage global manufacturing and undermine free trade. The concerns were raised during the Japan Business Federation's two-day…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1399+ words) TOKYO - Japanese investors may be starting to redirect money from semiconductor and memory-related stocks toward automakers and other value shares, as concerns grow that soaring memory prices, increased Chinese production and the search for cheaper suppliers could weaken the technology…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (493+ words) TOKYO - A Japan Airlines flight attendant suffered a broken rib after sudden turbulence shook an aircraft during its descent to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, prompting authorities to investigate the incident as an aviation accident. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (493+ words) TOKYO - Paid seating has become the norm at fireworks festivals across Japan, with all 15,000 reserved-seat tickets for the Sumida River Fireworks Festival in Tokyo already sold ahead of the July 25 event. The festival, one of Tokyo's best-known summer traditions, attracts…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1195+ words) TOKYO - Kozo Okamoto, a member of the Japanese Red Army who took part in a 1972 mass shooting at an Israeli airport, has died at age 78 in Lebanon, where he had lived for decades under political asylum. The Popular Front for…...