Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 17, 2013, shows a scene from a presentation at the Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment & Technology business forum delivered by Yoshio Takahashi (R, below), professor of environmental chemistry at Hiroshima University, who belongs to a Japanese research team from the university and Aisin Cosmos R&D Co. The team said it has found a more effective and less costly way of recovering rare earths from mineral ores by using salmon milt.

Blue LED inventor Nakamura to receive Emmy Award

Blue LED inventor Nakamura to receive Emmy Award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shuji Nakamura, a Japanese professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara who developed light-emitting diodes used for a range of products. Nakamura has been named as a winner of the Technology & Engineering Emmy Award, according to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Emperor visits deep-sea drilling vessel

Emperor visits deep-sea drilling vessel

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, accompanied by their daughter Princess Sayako, look at the control panel of a deep-sea drilling vessel of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology berthed at Daikoku Pier of Yokohama port on Sept. 9. (Pool photo)

Mitsubishi Fuso files recall for 168,002 trucks

Mitsubishi Fuso files recall for 168,002 trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Shibusawa, executive officer in charge of quality technology at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks at a press conference on May 26 after telling the transport ministry the company will recall 168,002 large vehicles due to clutch-housing defects.

Part of unmanned Kaiko deep-sea twin probes missing

Part of unmanned Kaiko deep-sea twin probes missing

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JMSTEC) said May 30 one of the unmanned Kaiko twin deep-sea probes, seen in lower half of file photo, went missing during an underwater mission off southern Shikoku.

(4)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

(4)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - A humanoid robot HRP-2, developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), sits down on knees and makes a deep bow to greet a visitor.

Suzuki Motor to sell Daewoo-built cars in N. American market

Suzuki Motor to sell Daewoo-built cars in N. American market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Verona subcompact sedan, one of the three car models Suzuki Motor Corp. will start selling in North America in 2004. Suzuki said Feb. 13 the three car models were built by South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GMDAT), an auto-making joint venture General Motors Corp. and Suzuki set up last year with the creditor banks of bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co.

Sony unveils paperback-sized server, to put on sale March 29

Sony unveils paperback-sized server, to put on sale March 29

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds up Sony Corp.'s new computer server, the FSV-PGXI, which is about the size of a paperback novel at NET & COM 2003, a three-day exhibition of information and technology products in Chiba on Feb. 5. The unit incorporates a 20-gigabyte hard disk and is 8.3 centimeters wide, 15.5 cm long and 3.1 cm thick. It weighs 390 grams.

New JVC radio to let listeners catch fast talk more clearly

New JVC radio to let listeners catch fast talk more clearly

TOKYO, Japan - Victor Co. of Japan (JVC) will put on the market in early December a radio (photo) that can slow down parts of broadcast speech so that older listeners and foreign-language students can more clearly catch each sentence. The device has been jointly developed by JVC and NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, and is expected to sell for around 35,000 yen. The radio will first store a voice, such as that of an announcer, in an integrated circuit, and will then use voice signal processing technology to slow down the speed of pronunciation of the first part of each sentence, gradually returning to normal speed in the latter part.

Suzuki Motor to take 14.9% stake in GM-Daewoo venture

Suzuki Motor to take 14.9% stake in GM-Daewoo venture

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Suzuki Motor Co. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and General Motors Co. Chairman John Smith shake hands at a news conference in Hamamatsu on June 27. Suzuki Motor has agreed to take a 14.9% equity stake in an auto-making joint venture GM will set up with the creditor banks of bankrupt South Korean automaker Daewoo Motor Co. Suzuki, a GM affiliate, said it will pay $89 million for the stake in the Korean venture, GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GMDAT).

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press preview for the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press preview for the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan's Ghosn speaks at press preview for Auto Shanghai 2015

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press preview for the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Takeshi Uchiyamada, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., gives a speech at a press preview at the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Photo taken April 20, 2015 shows automobiles on display at the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai, one of the world's largest exhibitions of automobiles. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Auto Shanghai 2015 opens

Photo taken April 20, 2015 shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s bourse at the International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition in Shanghai, one of the world's largest exhibitions of automobiles. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries Ltd., a major air conditioner manufacturer, shows the press its newly completed Technology and Innovation Center in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2015. The center, launched the same day, gathers some 700 technology development engineers previously scattered in different departments at three Daikin plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries opens new R&D center in Osaka

Daikin Industries Ltd., a major air conditioner manufacturer, shows the press the inside of its newly completed Technology and Innovation Center in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2015. The center, launched the same day, gathers some 700 technology development engineers previously scattered in different departments at three Daikin plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Newly developed disease-resistant tomatoes shown

Newly developed disease-resistant tomatoes shown

Takii & Co., a Kyoto-based nursery company, shows at its research farm in Konan, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2015, newly developed disease-resistant tomatoes. The company said it has succeeded in the development of new technology that allows them to grow new vegetable cultivars in only three years compared with over 10 years for usual development projects. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo