In recent years, giant steps have been made in translation software. Just think how often you use Google Translate. You can use it not just…

I’d like to start with a (hopefully) simple question. What is the closest star to Earth? Do you know the answer? I feel like I…

Kanji Takahashi, Sankei Shimbun, JAPAN Foward The Japanese government is set to green-light robot delivery services using public roads, with the aim of starting operations…

While many ramen shops in Japan remain open and you can even stay in your very own ramen shop-themed hotel room, heading out to your…

Thermographic imaging, through cameras, scanners, or other devices, is an important screening technology that has been marshaled in the fight against the novel coronavirus. You…

Charging for plastic bags As of July 1st, 2020, Japan requires all retailers to charge customers for plastic bags. While the new rule is intended…

We are living in a technologically advanced era; with VR experiences, artificial intelligence, facial recognition and practically the whole world just a click of a…

Curiosity makes the world go round. It runs deep in our blood, like an instinct left behind from our most ancient ancestors. Without it we…

Robots and Japan are practically synonymous. The Japanese government and some of its biggest corporations see the 21st century as one of ‘human co-existence with…

Every year an original calendar featuring astronomical photographs taken by contributors from the public is published by Vixen – a company that produces a wide…

Hidden away by the Japanese Alps, is Shiojiri City. Regardless of the fact that it is located in the centre of Nagano Prefecture – a…

I remember the good ol’ days when I was an adolescent boy. Playing videos until five o’clock in the morning, eating hamburgers nearly every day,…

A team of researchers in Japan who have been studying COVID-19 and how it affects the lungs, have successfully created scaled-down bronchi which they hope…

Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward You might have heard the mantra, “We don’t have time to develop something new, let’s use medicines we already have.” Many…

The religious landscape in Japan is complex. While traditional Shinto culture dates back to time immemorial, its practice is intermixed with the later-to-arrive Buddhist tradition….