Newly-discovered hermit crab species uses living coral as shells
For the first time ever, a hermit crab has been documented to have found its “forever” home. Off the coast...
Japanese ‘mutant’ chickens are laying eggs with cancer-fighting drugs
Most people eat chicken eggs for their high protein content and healthy fats - but in the future eggs could ward...
Scientists say ice may fizz and bubble like champagne when floating in outer space
A group of scientists now believe that ice fizzes and bubbles like champagne when floating in outer space. This...
Hundreds of organisms hitch a ride from Japan to Oregon on waves of plastic trash
Japanese marine animals have hitched a ride all the way to the United States with unlikely help from plastic garbage....
Gogoro to launch new electric Smartscooter share in Japan this year
Electric vehicles are the future — and Gogoro is paving the way. The company behind the innovative battery-swapping...
New Japanese turbines harvest wave energy and protect coastlines from erosion
Surf's up! Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan are working to create...
New waterproof solar cell generates power even after it gets soaked
A new solar cell could go through the laundry and emerge still working. The photovoltaic cell, developed by Japanese...
Dozens of Japanese cities and towns quietly go off-grid
Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a...
Beautiful cedar home stands high on stilts to accommodate heavy snowfall in Japan
Fukushima-based firm Life Style Koubou has embedded a beautiful vacation home in the middle of an evergreen forest...
New bridge linking Japan and Russia could enable 8400-mile rail trip from London to Tokyo
The Trans-Siberian railway could stretch over to Japan under a proposal from the Russian government. The two countries...
Japan’s new mushroom solar farms produce sustainable energy and food
Japan's agricultural sector could find a much-needed boost with an innovative approach to growing that combines...
Beautiful visitors center curves around a semi-natural ice rink in a Japanese forest
Tokyo-based Klein Dytham architecture completed a beautiful timber-clad visitor center befitting its surroundings...
7 of the best places to view autumn foliage around the world
It may not feel like it, sweaty and sticky as you may be, but if you are a resident of the Northern Hemisphere,...
Fukushima is surrendering to nature six years after nuclear meltdown
Nature has come for Fukushima. Six years after a nuclear meltdown resulted in a mass exodus of neighboring residents,...
New lithium-ion battery from Japan could double electric vehicle range
Most of today's electric vehicles can't travel as far as gas-fueled vehicles - but they could edge much closer...
Fukushima robot finds lava-like deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel
Six years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns, there's still a lot of cleanup to be done. Tokyo Electric Power...
Otherworldly pavilion in Japan seems to float above the landscape
Japanese contemporary artist Kohei Nawa collaborated with art studio SANDWICH to create the ship-like KOHTEI...
World’s first MUJI hotels to open in China and Japan
If you’ve ever dreamt of sleeping in a MUJI showroom, your retail wishes may soon become reality. The Japanese...
Cleverly layered compact dirt walls mimic ice cream cakes in this Tokyo patisserie
Dirt may seem an odd material choice for an upscale patisserie in Tokyo, but design studio nendo playfully pulls...
Ancient Japanese tombs inspire nendo’s first public space design
Prolific Japanese studio nendo completed their first public space design that puts a playful and futuristic spin...
Watch Toyota’s flying car take its first test flight
Have you ever wanted to ride in a flying car? In just a few years, you might soon be able to! Several companies...
G7 leaders openly say climate change consensus does not include US
The rest of the world is beginning to count the United States out of the climate change battle, if a recent statement...
Japan’s House of 33 Years was once two separate buildings in two different towns
The past and the future coexist in this daylit house in Nara, Japan. Tokyo-based architecture studio ASSISTANT...
Scientists will attempt to be the first to drill into Earth’s mantle
Scientists want to plumb the Earth for one of its last secrets. An international group of researchers led by Japan's...
This gorgeous glowing building is wrapped in an elegant slatted screen
This multi-use building in Niigata City, Japan, functions like a small town with its own park, restaurant, cobblestone...
Hundreds of radioactive wild boars run amok in Fukushima, Japan
Packs of radioactive wild boars are running loose in northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear...
6 impressive structures built around living trees
Treehouses hold a special magic. They hint at escape, and an opportunity to transcend the busyness of life; connect...
Japanese scientists build tiny drone that pollinates like a bee
As concern over dwindling bee populations mounts, a team of chemists at a Japanese institution came up with a robotic...
Fukushima radiation levels at highest since 2011 disaster
As cleanup efforts threaten to span decades, radiation levels inside a Fukushima Daiichi reactor are at their highest...
Translucent House in Tousuienn Glows After the Sun Sets Over Japan
Made from a sturdy steel structure, this Hiroshima home is completely covered in polycarbonate, a long-lasting,...
