June 2026

27 SAT · Jun 8 articles

02:24 JST

Super-Kamiokande Finds First Evidence of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background: The Faint Whisper of Every Dead Star

Tech & Science 02:23 JST

Autophagy Switch Reverses Brain Damage in Mice, Tokyo Study Shows

Tech & Science 02:22 JST

Nanoplastic Detection: A Peptide Sensor That Catches the Particles Regulators Can't Measure

Tech & Science 02:21 JST

Sekiro: No Defeat Trailer: FromSoftware's Brutal Hit Becomes a Hand-Drawn Anime

Entertainment & Culture 02:20 JST

Aerospace Self-Defense Force: Japan Renames Its Air Force as Space Turns Contested

News, Society & Economy 02:18 JST

Carlos Ghosn Pitches Nissan Comeback From Exile: 'Only I Can Save It'

Business & Finance 02:17 JST

Nintendo Stock Halves in 10 Months: Why Record Switch 2 Sales Didn't Save Shares

Entertainment & Culture 01:54 JST

Sony Invests $100M in Cosm: Inside the Immersive Dome and Its Dodgers Connection

26 FRI · Jun 7 articles

04:20 JST

Short-Tailed Albatross Recovery: How Decoys Brought Japan's Largest Seabird Back From Near-Extinction

Nature & Environment 04:20 JST

Squeezed Light Record: Japan's 20-Year Bet on Optical Quantum Computing

Tech & Science 04:19 JST

Avani Kyoto: Thai Lifestyle Hotel Brand Makes Its Japan Debut in a Former Newspaper HQ

Travel 04:18 JST

Foreign Arms Makers Are Converging on Japan: Rheinmetall, Anduril and the Three Ways In

News, Society & Economy 04:17 JST

Japan's 370 Trillion Yen Growth Plan: The Funny Math Behind a $2.3 Trillion Promise

News, Society & Economy 04:16 JST

GCAP Fighter in Crisis: Why Japan Is the One Sweating as the UK Government Collapses

News, Society & Economy 04:15 JST

Howa Machinery: The Rifle Maker That Also Sweeps 90% of Japan's Streets

25 THU · Jun 6 articles

17:45 JST

Michibiki No. 7: Japan's Bid for GPS-Independent Positioning and the 1-Meter Phone

Tech & Science 17:43 JST

Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak: Konami Sues to Unmask the Leaker

Entertainment & Culture 17:41 JST

Pokemon Footbath in Noto: Nearly Half the Statues Damaged in Under Two Months

17:39 JST

Glass Substrates for AI Chips: Nikon's PAP Cracks a Hidden Packaging Bottleneck

Business & Finance 17:39 JST

Ado Signs With WME: Japan's Faceless Superstar Takes Her Voice Global

Entertainment & Culture 17:38 JST

Hokkaido's Deer Boom: 730,000 Sika and the Missing Wolf

Nature & Environment

24 WED · Jun 6 articles

03:58 JST

"I Can Hear Plants Talking" — and It's Real Science: A Nanofilm Electrode That Reads Crops

Tech & Science 03:57 JST

Japan's Supercomputers: RIKEN's RIKYU and ROQUO Bet on AI Science and Quantum-HPC

Tech & Science 03:57 JST

Nissan Shareholders Reject a Director in a Rare Governance Upset

Business & Finance 03:56 JST

Rheinmetall in Japan: Why Germany's Biggest Arms Maker Wants a Factory Here

News, Society & Economy 03:54 JST

Japan Inbound Food Spending Hits ¥2 Trillion in 2025 as Tourists Chase Sushi and Ramen

Life & Lifestyle 03:53 JST

Japan Immigration: Foreign Residents Jump 9.6% as Population Falls

22 MON · Jun 4 articles

15:55 JST

Higurashi New TV Anime: Original Cast and Studio DEEN Return After 20 Years

Entertainment & Culture 15:55 JST

Deep-Space CubeSat: HOKUSHIN-1 Tests the Hard Parts in Low Orbit First

Tech & Science 15:54 JST

Onsen Town All-Inclusive: Iizaka Lets You Roam 16 Inns and 13 Baths on One Pass

Travel 15:53 JST

Cardiac-Death Heart Donation: Why Japan Is Now Debating a Long-Avoided Idea

21 SUN · Jun 5 articles

05:31 JST

Muon-Catalyzed Fusion: Japan-Led Team Makes First Direct Observation

Tech & Science 05:29 JST

Titanium Powder for Metal 3D Printing: Sinfonia Pairs Cold Crucible Furnace With Disk Atomizer

Tech & Science 05:26 JST

MAPPA 15th Anniversary Results: Chainsaw Man Game, Jujutsu Kaisen S4, and Two New Netflix Anime

Entertainment & Culture 05:25 JST

RPS19: 'Anemia Gene' Doubles as a Cancer Brake, Kyushu Study Finds

Tech & Science 05:24 JST

Single-Pass Desalination: Toray's New RO Membrane Cuts Out a Whole Stage

20 SAT · Jun 3 articles

04:41 JST

Molten Valkeen: The Hiroshima Whistle Behind the World Cup

Entertainment & Culture 04:33 JST

PFAS Destruction: Kubota Breaks Down 'Forever Chemicals' at 99.999% in Existing Furnaces

Tech & Science 04:30 JST

JR East Scraps Magnetic Train Tickets for QR Codes in Spring 2027

19 FRI · Jun 7 articles

03:17 JST

Neutral Gas in the Early Universe: A Decade-Long ALMA Quest Finds the Stars' Cold Fuel

Tech & Science 03:17 JST

Diamond Wafers Hit 3 Inches: Orbray and De Beers Scale the Ultimate Semiconductor

Business & Finance 03:14 JST

Japan's Cremation Crunch: Two-Week Waits in the World's Oldest Society

Life & Lifestyle 03:13 JST

Sunrise x Shaft: Gundam and Madoka Studios Unite for the First Time

Entertainment & Culture 02:57 JST

SORA-Q Lunar Robot: Image Analysis Confirms Japan's Palm-Sized Rover Drove on the Moon

Tech & Science 02:53 JST

Nyanderland: A Japanese Railway Builds a Whole 'Cat Nation' Around Its Feline Stationmasters

Life & Lifestyle 02:53 JST

Space Logistics Race: Japan's Mitsubishi Enters an Orbital Delivery Game the US and China Lead

18 THU · Jun 8 articles

00:49 JST

Lunar Farming: Gundam-Inspired Plasma Tech Grows Rice in Moon-Like Soil

Tech & Science 00:48 JST

Forging Every F1 Wheel for Four Seasons: BBS and the Craftsmen of Takaoka

Entertainment & Culture 00:46 JST

Metabolon Revealed: First Atomic View of the Cell's Hidden Enzyme Relay

Tech & Science 00:45 JST

Kagurabachi Hiatus: Author's Health Forces Its Longest Break, Reviving Jump's Overwork Debate

Entertainment & Culture 00:44 JST

Unicorn Gundam Ver. TWC FINAL: Odaiba Statue Gets a Farewell Makeover Before August Removal

Entertainment & Culture 00:34 JST

Supreme Class: Japan's Bullet Train Gets a Private First-Class Cabin

News, Society & Economy 00:31 JST

ROHM's GaN Gamble: Racing to Go It Alone by 2027

Business & Finance 00:30 JST

Studio Ghibli Store Donguri Republic Opens First U.S. Location in Los Angeles

17 WED · Jun 5 articles

04:01 JST

Japan's Dinosaur Renaissance: From Barren Ground to Kamuysaurus

Tech & Science 04:01 JST

Kenzo Tange's 'Ship Gymnasium': Why Kagawa Is Demolishing a Modernist Masterpiece

Entertainment & Culture 04:00 JST

Japan Ice Cream Cartel Probe: 6 Makers Raided, Including the Brand Famous for Apologizing Over a Price Hike

News, Society & Economy 03:58 JST

Bank of Japan Raises Rate to 1.0%: a 31-Year High, Decided Without Its Governor

News, Society & Economy 03:57 JST

Terra Drone Acquires Two Ukrainian Interceptor-Drone Makers, Moving from Investor to Owner

16 TUE · Jun 6 articles

18:22 JST

Brain's Stopwatch: Multiple Clocks Keep Time and Hint at Brain-Inspired AI

Tech & Science 18:17 JST

Mixed-Breed Dogs Top Japan's 2026 Ranking for Second Year, Beating Purebreds

Life & Lifestyle 18:11 JST

Japan Real Estate: Foreign Investment Hits Record, Topping 2007 Peak

Life & Lifestyle 18:09 JST

Saturn-Ring Laser: A Self-Assembling Chiral Microsphere That Aims Light

Tech & Science 17:48 JST

Aquaponics Revenue Model: How a Closed Japanese School Tries to Make a Circular Farm Pay

Tech & Science 17:45 JST

Hip Fracture Prevention: Japan's Floor That Softens Only When You Fall

15 MON · Jun 6 articles

01:27 JST

αGEL: Japan's Egg-Proof Gel, From Pencils and G-SHOCK to Drones

Tech & Science 01:26 JST

Customer Harassment in Japan: 'Kasu-hara' Becomes an Employer Duty in 2026

News, Society & Economy 01:18 JST

Goats Cut the Grass: 9 Hungry Helpers Save a Japanese City $1,900

Life & Lifestyle 01:16 JST

Rabbitfish: A Japanese Patent Turns a Hated, Stinky Fish Into a Delicacy

Life & Lifestyle 01:16 JST

Tokyo's Bitcoin Hard Drive: Mystery HDD Identified, Then It Vanished

Life & Lifestyle 01:15 JST

Light-Driven Magnetic Memory: World-First on CoFeB Points to 1,000x Faster Writing

14 SUN · Jun 6 articles

06:18 JST

Counterclockwise Walking Bias: Why 65% of People Turn Left Without Realizing

Tech & Science 06:05 JST

Ryugu Samples Rust on Earth: Why the Asteroid Grains Change Within Weeks

Tech & Science 06:04 JST

Hydrogen in a Tote Bag: Japan Demos a Room-Temperature Liquid Carrier From Production to Power

Business & Finance 06:03 JST

Glass TGV Drilling: A Japanese Laser Punches 3,000 Chip Holes a Second

Business 06:03 JST

Probabilistic Computing: Tohoku Builds World-First Spintronics P-bit on a Silicon Chip

Science and Technology 06:02 JST

Bluefin Tuna Full-Cycle Farming Is Vanishing: Why Japan's Sustainable Dream Doesn't Pay

Business

13 SAT · Jun 7 articles

05:09 JST

H3 Rocket No. 6 Launch Success: Cheapest Type 30 Debuts, Engine Anomaly Under Investigation

Tech & Science 05:08 JST

Stratosphere Defense: Japan Joins the Global Race for Near-Space HAPS

News, Society & Economy 05:03 JST

Laser-Grade OLED Color: Kyoto University Hits 5.5nm Narrowband Emission

Tech & Science 05:02 JST

Japan's Food Paradox: Record Exports, Yet 38% Self-Sufficiency

Life & Lifestyle 05:01 JST

iPS Cell Heart Repair: World-First Catheter Trial Treats Its First Patient

Tech & Science 05:00 JST

MAPPA 15th Anniversary Lineup: What Fans Are Betting On Before the June 19 Reveal

Entertainment & Culture 04:59 JST

Japan Health Ministry Loses 7.5 Million Teams Chats in Toshiba Maintenance Error

12 FRI · Jun 4 articles

03:54 JST

Quantum Teleportation to Quantum Computer: How a 1998 Lab Trick Became Japan's Optical Machine

Tech & Science 03:53 JST

Lunar Communications: How Close Is the Moon's Internet, and What Is KDDI Building?

Tech & Science 03:53 JST

Radiative Cooling Film: How Japan's SPACECOOL Beats Heat With Zero Energy

Tech & Science 03:52 JST

Glowing Fish With No Light Gene: Japan Decodes the Genome of a 'Protein Thief'

11 THU · Jun 5 articles

03:40 JST

Dark Energy Mystery: 96% of the Universe Was Unknown 20 Years Ago. It Still Is

Tech & Science 03:40 JST

Sony X-Ray Sensor IMX711: 26,100fps and Single-Photon Precision, Born in a RIKEN Lab

Business & Finance 03:39 JST

Japan All-Time Anime Box Office 2026: Detective Conan Hits No. 16 as Mario Galaxy Crosses $1 Billion

Entertainment & Culture 03:38 JST

Hayabusa2 Torifune Flyby Set for July 5: A 5 km/s Pass Just 1 km from the Asteroid

Tech & Science 03:37 JST

Japanese Picture Books for Ukraine: 5,000 Classics Printed 20 km from the Front Line

10 WED · Jun 6 articles

18:53 JST

Language Acquisition Debate: How ChatGPT Reopened a 70-Year Question About Babies Learning to Talk

Tech & Science 18:43 JST

Japan's Drug Loss: 78 Medicines Still Missing as Trump Pricing Order Looms

News, Society & Economy 18:42 JST

Synthetic Cell Roadmap: 100+ Asian Researchers Map a 10-Year Path to Build Life From Scratch

Tech & Science 18:42 JST

Micro Bearings: A Hokkaido Town Makes 70% of the World's Smallest

Business & Finance 18:42 JST

EUV Photoresist: How Japan's Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Holds a Hidden AI-Chip Chokepoint

Business & Finance 18:00 JST

Kimono Gacha: The Japanese Vending Machine That Sells Random Antique Kimono for $6

Travel

09 TUE · Jun 6 articles

03:58 JST

Japan Military Logistics: JMSDF's First SAP ERP Arrives Years Late

News, Society & Economy 03:57 JST

Esophageal Cancer: Japan Approves Telomelysin, a World-First Tumor-Killing Virus Drug

Tech & Science 03:57 JST

Growing Human Organs in Animals: Scientists Find the Immune Barrier Blocking It

Tech & Science 03:56 JST

FF7 Revelation Interview: Postgame Superbosses, Snowboard, and a Story-Focus Toggle

Entertainment & Culture 03:39 JST

H3 Rocket Launch Postponed by Weather: The Six Small Satellites Onboard

Tech & Science 03:38 JST

Bearing Steel's Invisible Champion: Why Japan's Sanyo Special Steel Vanishes in 2027

08 MON · Jun 4 articles

02:48 JST

TSMC vs Intel: Skipping the $400M High-NA Machine, and Why Japan Holds the Key

Business & Finance 02:47 JST

BOJ ETF Holdings Keep Growing Despite Sell-Off: Why Only Japan's Central Bank Bought Stocks

News, Society & Economy 02:46 JST

Gen ATLAS: Fumito Ueda's New Game Ends a Decade-Long Wait

Entertainment & Culture 02:46 JST

EUV Pellicle: How Mitsui Chemicals Makes the Membrane Guarding Every Advanced Chip

07 SUN · Jun 9 articles

15:45 JST

Photoresist Sensitizer: Toyo Gosei Quietly Holds 70% of the World's Supply

Business & Finance 15:43 JST

Urban Mining: Japan Enlists Movers and Couriers to Keep Rare Metals Home

News, Society & Economy 15:41 JST

Deep-Sea Cave Bioluminescence: A Glowing New Species Filmed for the First Time off Japan

Nature & Environment 15:40 JST

Summer Game Fest 2026: FF7 Finale 'Liberation,' Resident Evil RE:Veronica, and Tifa in SF6

Entertainment & Culture 15:36 JST

Umami: How Kikunae Ikeda Named the Fifth Taste the West Ignored for a Century

Life & Lifestyle 15:34 JST

Wagyu Brands Explained: Which Ones Get Exported, and Which Stay in Japan

Life & Lifestyle 15:32 JST

Heavy Rare Earths: How Lynas Cracked China's Last Monopoly in Malaysia

Business & Finance 15:31 JST

Sputtering Targets: JX Advanced Metals Sells a Copper Mine to Bet on Chip Materials

Business & Finance 15:04 JST

Ado Tops Spotify's Most-Streamed Japanese Artists Abroad, Ending YOASOBI's Reign

06 SAT · Jun 7 articles

04:38 JST

Orbital Assembly Robots: Japan's DAIQ Shows How a Robot Crew Could Build Giant Structures in Space

Tech & Science 04:34 JST

ADHD Treatment Game: Japan Launches EndeavorRide, an Insurance-Covered Prescription Video Game

Life & Lifestyle 04:33 JST

Giant Virus Discovery: New 'Furtivovirus' From a Japanese River Probes the Origin of Our Cells

Education & Self-Improvement 04:31 JST

Edamame Flavor Decoded: A Broken Gene Makes Japan's Dadachamame So Good

Life & Lifestyle 04:30 JST

Table Tennis Robot Beats Elite Players: Sony AI's 'Ace' and the Physical-AI Milestone

Tech & Science 04:29 JST

Rapidus: Why Japan's 60%-Owned Chipmaker Isn't a State Enterprise — and Whether 2nm Is Really Working

News, Society & Economy 04:29 JST

Capcom Pragmata Sequel Hinted in Earnings Q&A, Plus Its AI Line and Calm on Console Prices

05 FRI · Jun 6 articles

02:51 JST

Yokan Energy Bar: Japan's Oldest Survival Food Reborn for Athletes (TACT1)

Life & Lifestyle 02:50 JST

Water Doesn't Slip on Water-Repellent Surfaces: Japanese Study Upends a Long-Held Assumption

Tech & Science 02:49 JST

Japan's Nuclear Reactor Replacement Plan: Why Trust, Not Technology, Is the Real Question

News, Society & Economy 02:48 JST

Cuproptosis: How Copper Triggers Cold-Induced Cell Death

Tech & Science 02:44 JST

Greenland Shark Genome: First Clues to How a Fish Lives 400 Years

Tech & Science 02:43 JST

Foreign Labor Bounty: Why Ibaraki Pays ¥10,000 to Report Illegal Employers in Japan

04 THU · Jun 5 articles

14:18 JST

Soy Sauce to mRNA Vaccines: How Yamasa Became a Nucleotide Supplier

Tech & Science 14:17 JST

Quantum Annealing Hits the Factory Floor: ROHM Lifts Chip Output by a Hard-Won 3%

Tech & Science 14:07 JST

Why Japan Needs a Year to Change a Tax Rate (and the US Needs an Afternoon)

Life & Lifestyle 14:06 JST

SBI and Anthropic: Japan's First Financial Group Goes All-In on Claude, Fusing AI With On-Chain Finance

Tech & Science 14:04 JST

Japan Government Adopts Frontier AI for Cyber Defense: How Tokyo's Path Diverges From the US and EU

03 WED · Jun 6 articles

12:29 JST

HTS Tape: The Fusion Bottleneck Italy's Suprema Wants to Break — and Why Japan Still Leads

Tech & Science 12:28 JST

Salmon Land Aquaculture: Okayama's 'Perfect Water' Aims for a World First

Business & Finance 12:27 JST

6G Terahertz's Fatal Flaw: NICT's World-First Fix Hinges on Knowing When to Slow Down

Tech & Science 12:26 JST

Corn and Mayo: Why Japan's Strangest Topping Combo Wins Over Skeptics

Life & Lifestyle 12:24 JST

Pandemic Inevitable: A Japanese Virologist Warned Us in 2004, Long Before COVID

Tech & Science 12:23 JST

JR East Vending Machines Expand to UK Airports: Why the Touch-Screen Idea Failed at Home

02 TUE · Jun 5 articles

10:30 JST

Shibuya Littering Fine: 2,000 Yen in a Country With No Trash Cans

Life & Lifestyle 10:29 JST

Diamond Semiconductor Factory: World's First Mass-Production Plant Opens in Fukushima's Okuma

Business & Finance 10:28 JST

Niseko Goes Year-Round: 'Niseko by Nature' Rebrands Japan's Ski Mecca

Travel 10:20 JST

Recyclable 3D Printing Resin: Japanese Team Makes Photocured Parts Meltable and Reusable

Tech & Science 10:20 JST

JO1 North American Tour 2026: US Debut Dates, Venues and How to Get Tickets

01 MON · Jun 6 articles

15:50 JST

Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda Leaves Bandai Namco: Third Series Lead Gone in Nine Months

Entertainment & Culture 01:16 JST

Environmental DNA: A Glass of Water Detects Bears 1km Upstream in Akita

Life & Lifestyle 01:16 JST

Udon Waste Recycling: How Kagawa Turns Discarded Noodles Into Electricity and Paper

Tech & Science 00:51 JST

HTV-X1 Tests Perovskite Solar in Space: Japan's New Cargo Ship Completes Mission and Reenters

Tech & Science 00:47 JST

Honda eVTOL First Flight: The Hybrid 'Flying Car' Betting Against Batteries

Tech & Science 00:46 JST

Build It Illegally or Go Without: Japan's Mosque Dilemma and the Missing Legal Path