The country once led the world in semiconductors and electronics, but over the years it fell behind Taiwan, South Korea and China.

The biggest drag on the Nikkei was startup investor SoftBank Group, shaving 93 points from the index with a 2.5% slide. Next ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Few aspects of life escape the touch of high tech in cutting-edge Japan, including an official song written to welcome Pope Francis when he visits Japan from Saturday. Written by Jun ...

Piracy costs publishers an estimated US$55 billion a year, forcing a hi-tech shift to protect a sector aiming to rival car ...

The SoftBank billionaire seeks to build “Trump Industrial Parks” on federal land, using hundreds of billions of capital from ...

Beijing will take necessary measures to defend its legitimate interests, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Friday after Japan announced a series of tech and trade curbs, including sanctions on more ...

Journeys that once took hours now take only half the time. Bullet trains and high-tech infrastructure have changed the way we think about time and distance. And the evolution continues, as Beijing and ...

Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments. It is touted as a real-life ...

After five years of development, the automotive giant has completed its ambitious $10 billion "Woven City" -- a sprawling 12-acre living experiment designed to shape the way we live, move and interact ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Every developed nation has a unique approach to creating electronic products, but Japan's innovation and creativity take it to the next level.