This is the column "Shifting Global Technology Landscape: Current position of Japan as indicated by the 'Critical Technology Tracker'" written by RIETI Fellow MATSUMOTO Rie.

Worldwide demand for fresh water shows no sign of slowing down, and it is estimated that within 10 years there will be a 40% shortage of fresh water.

Tokyo is a hotspot for companies developing next-generation technologies including IoT know-how to support the aging population.

Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is funding the creation of a Japanese AI program tuned to scientific needs that will generate scientific hypotheses by ...

Japan Post Bank said it would launch a digital yen by the end of fiscal 2026 to make it more convenient for its depositors to ...

Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward.

The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea came together in Seoul this week, then in Tokyo Friday, for two Trilateral ...

This article examines Japan's evolving commitments to technology development and technology diffusion in Asia. It explores Japan's technology strategies in three areas—Internet protocol, open source ...

It is not so much that technology in Japan outflows to China, it is more that the research results achieved in China are brought back to Japan: Japanese scholar Tamon Ueda ...

A group of Japanese firms will issue a digital currency by July 2024 for the transaction and settlement of clean energy certificates, cryptocurrency exchange DeCurret said on Thursday.

A look at Japan’s new Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency and its recent Defense Technology Symposium.