Enlarge (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency) A sub-lineage of the omicron coronavirus variant, dubbed BA.2, continues to increase steadily around the globe as scientists and health officials are still working to understand the risk it poses to public health. So far, the overall data has been a mix. Some recent laboratory and animal data […]
A Japanese woman has given up her baby and sued the man who helped her conceive it as a sperm donor after she discovered that he allegedly lied to her about his marital status, his ethnicity, and his educational background. The woman, who is only identified publicly as a 30-year-old from Tokyo, is believed to […]
Status quo candidate Fumio Kishida is a shoe-in to become Japan’s next Prime Minister. Read More
Status quo candidate Fumio Kishida is a shoe-in to become Japan’s next Prime Minister. Read More
Enlarge / Branding is displayed on a fence surrounding the Olympic Stadium on July 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced a fourth state of emergency for Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games and remain in place until August 22. (credit: Getty | Carl Court) Both foreign and […]
On the back, you get a single giant camera, a time-of-flight sensor, and an LED flash. That’s it. [credit: Sharp ] Is filling the back of a smartphone with several small camera lenses really the best camera solution? Sharp is bucking the multi-camera trend with the Aquos R6, a phone with—get this—a single massive camera […]
L-R: Luigi, Super Mario series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, and Mario, posing at Universal Studios Japan’s upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park in Osaka. [credit: Nintendo / Universal Studios Japan ] The highly anticipated Super Nintendo World section of Universal Studios Japan will be temporarily closing a little more than a month after its delayed opening, along […]
A significant portion of the Micron fab is bathed in yellow light to protect the light-sensitive coating on the wafers. Chips on the wafers are created using a photographic process. Each of the cameras, which are the machines on each side of the aisle, costs about $70 million. (credit: Micron) Semiconductor supply chains have not […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide implemented a state of emergency in Tokyo on Thursday, nearly a week after the capital’s governor pleaded with the central government to increase precautions in the city to combat a […]
Expand / The Hayabusa2 spacecraft spies its shadow because it descended toward Ryugu to set up two little rovers. Early on Sunday afternoon, the heavens over a lush military complex in central Australia is going to probably soon be brightened by a fireball plummeting to Earth. It’ll be a showy homecoming to its sample return […]