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Japan to get 150m Novavax shots from early 2022
Kyodo News, Published on 07/09/2021
» Japan will receive 150 million doses of US pharmaceutical giant Novavax Inc's Covid-19 vaccine from as early as the beginning of 2022, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Japan, US launch plan to build lunar orbiting outpost
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2021
» TOKYO: Japan and the United States on Wednesday formally launched a plan to build a lunar orbiting outpost, a key part of a Nasa-led program to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
Sea turtles help predict ocean temperature change
Kyodo News, Published on 29/12/2019
» TOKYO: While measuring sea temperatures and predicting changes is key to long-term weather forecasts, a group of Japanese researchers have come up with an unusual way to improve the accuracy of prediction — attaching monitoring devices to sea turtles.
1st Thai-made satellite successfully enters orbit
Kyodo News, Published on 18/12/2018
» Thailand's first indigenous satellite that was launched on a US rocket earlier this month has successfully entered orbit, a Thai university announced Tuesday.
Pager services to end in Japan after 50 years
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan will soon be out of pagers after its only provider said on Monday it will terminate its service in September next year, with the device, first introduced in the country half a century ago, made redundant by mobile phones.
Sony starts sales of AI-equipped robot dog Aibo
Kyodo News, Published on 12/01/2018
» Sony Corp on Thursday released its new artificial intelligence-equipped Aibo robot dog in Japan, delivering it to buyers who placed pre-orders last year.
Hawaii reinstates Cold War attack warning system
Kyodo News, Published on 02/12/2017
» Hawaii started monthly trials of an attack warning system Friday, in the first such test in the state since the end of the Cold War, days after North Korea's latest missile launch.
Apple Pay debuts in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 25/10/2016
» TOKYO - Apple Inc's digital payment feature Apple Pay debuted Tuesday in Japan, with some users of East Japan Railway Co's Suica mobile payment service experiencing trouble due to the resulting surge in online traffic.
VR devices, games take centre stage
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 16/09/2016
» CHIBA, Japan: Virtual reality devices and games grabbed the spotlight as the Tokyo Game Show opened in Chiba, east of Tokyo yesterday.
Smartphones hack Japanese cars
Kyodo News, Published on 15/12/2015
» Japanese cars could be hacked and remote-controlled through smartphones if they were equipped with devices connected to the Internet, according to an experiment conducted by an associate professor at Hiroshima City University's Graduate School of Information Sciences.