Artificial spider silk

Artificial spider silk

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhide Sekiyama, president of bioventure Spiber Inc., stands in Tokyo on May 24, 2013, by a dress made by his company on a trial basis from artificially produced spider silk. The company based in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said it has developed technology to mass-produce artificial spider silk for the first time.

FEATURE: Biotech firm aims for innovation with synthetic spider silk

FEATURE: Biotech firm aims for innovation with synthetic spider silk

Japanese biomaterial company Spiber Inc. Representative Executive Officer Kazuhide Sekiyama holds a spider on Dec. 2, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Tsuruoka before a fabric woven from synthetic spider silk the company invented. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prototype jacket made of synthetic spider silk unveiled

Prototype jacket made of synthetic spider silk unveiled

Sportswear maker Goldwin Inc. head Akio Nishida (R) and bio venture company Spiber Inc. leader Kazuhide Sekiyama announce a prototype jacket made of synthetic spider silk material during a press event in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Spider silk-based T-shirt materials

Spider silk-based T-shirt materials

Kazuhide Sekiyama, president of Yamagata-based biotech venture Spiber Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2019, to publicize a T-shirt (pictured) made from materials developed based on spider silk. Spiber, headquartered in the northeastern Japan city of Tsuruoka, and Tokyo-based sportswear maker Goldwin Inc. will jointly sell the T-shirt, priced at 27,000 yen ($250). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft take part in a joint U.S.-Japan military exercise at the Sekiyama training area in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on March 13, 2017. It is the first joint drill involving the tilt-rotor aircraft since an Osprey crash-landed in Okinawa in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft takes part in a joint U.S.-Japan military exercise at the Sekiyama training area in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on March 13, 2017. It is the first joint drill involving the tilt-rotor aircraft since an Osprey crash-landed in Okinawa in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

Japan, U.S. hold joint military drill using Osprey aircraft

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft takes part in a joint U.S.-Japan military exercise at the Sekiyama training area in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on March 13, 2017. It is the first joint drill involving the tilt-rotor aircraft since an Osprey crash-landed in Okinawa in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo