With inbound tourism to Japan rising by 30 percent annually from 2011 to 2015, the Japanese government has set an ambitious target of attracting 40 million overseas visitors by 2020 when the Olympic ...

Once a pioneer that helped the world lay the foundations of machine learning, Japan’s renewed push into artificial ...

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy ...

TOKYO — The Japanese government announced last week that it will be adding 23 new technologies, including specific AI technologies, to its list of "Specified Key Technologies," according to the ...

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the commander of Naval Information Forces, right, tours the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico. (Robert Fluegel/U.S. Navy) SAN DIEGO — The U.S. is ...

THE Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines is now accepting applications for the Japanese Studies and Teacher Training categories of the 2025 Japanese ...

A Chinese military intervention against Taiwan represents a major security threat for Japan. So it is not surprising that a Japanese poll found 74 percent of respondents supportive of their government ...

Toshiba Corp on Thursday confirmed it had received a proposal from a consortium led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners, after sources said the investors had secured $10.6 billion in loan ...