Japan's manufacturing activity extended declines for nearly a year in May, as factories continued to take a hit from U.S.

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The research team utilized energy landscape analysis, a method previously applied to human neuroimaging data, to examine ...

Many local governments in Japan are abandoning matchmaking events intended to combat declining birth rates and revitalize regions, citing lac･･･ ...

Meteorologists and climate detectives are ramping up their focus on a relatively young but increasingly active field of ...

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A housing complex in the Japanese capital's posh Ginza district has stood as a silent witness to the area's ever-changing landscape for more ･･･ ...

Agents, chatbots and other tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly used in everyday life by many. So-called large language model (LLM)-based agents, such as ChatGPT and Llama, ...

Japan is ready to support the United States' lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said on Friday, after the U.S. administration proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA's budget that could upend ...

A look inside a corporate worker’s 18.5-hour day has shocked people around the world who described it as “hell” and a stark ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens—without needing ...