This film festival, hosted by the Japan Science Foundation and three other organizations, has been held annually since 1960. Outstanding films relating to science and technology films are selected to ...[more]

Prior to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in July, a meeting was held of science and technology ministers from 16 countries and organizations on June 15, 2008, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. It was ...[more]

This is an attempt to create places where scientists and members of the general public can casually converse about science over coffee and light refreshments. It has attracted considerable ...[more]

The sectoral approach involves applying an energy efficiency index to individual industrial sectors that emit high volumes of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, such as electric power, steel, and ...[more]

Shinkai 6500 is a submersible research vehicle that can navigate to depths of 6,500 m. It is 2.7 m in breadth, 3.2 m in height, and weighs about 26 tons. It can accommodate up to two operators and ...[more]

These are fare cards that can be used interchangeably on Japan Railways, private railways, subways, and buses. By simply touching a prepaid IC card to the gate, the ticket gate will open, and the ...[more]

This solar physics satellite was launched into space from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on September 23, 2006. It uses solar batteries to orbit the Earth at an altitude of 680 ...[more]

Japan launched this artificial satellite in February 2008. It is a stationary satellite located at longitude 143° east, at an altitude of about 36,000 kilometers. It has a super high-speed data ...[more]

Supercomputers have much higher internal processing speeds than common PCs and are also called high performance computing servers. Supercomputers with high-capacity hardware and software are needed ...[more]