Japan's shifting strategy on rare earths could be a model for the U.S.

Japan is racing to reduce its reliance on Chinese rare earths — from dredging the seabed to inventing new magnets — as its prime minister visits the White House this week.

Revitalizing Japan’s coastal ecosystems through satoumi, science & school

Japan is combining education, culture and technology to encourage reciprocal relationships between coastal communities and ...

Here’s How Forza Horizon 6 Is Tackling Japan’s Changing Seasons

First introduced in FH4, seasons are returning in a big way for the new installment set in Japan, and they've never looked ...

New rare bird species discovered in Japan

A previously unknown species of leaf warbler has been discovered in Japan. The Ijima's Leaf Warbler has proven to be two different species, not just one. Every year, a few new bird species are ...
New Scientist

The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life

All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu ...
Geography By Geoff on MSN

The geographic problem with Japan explained

Dive into Japan’s unique geographic challenges, from limited land and mountainous terrain to natural disasters like ...

How Forza Horizon 6’s Japan shapes to be bigger and better than anything that has come before it.

We’ve known for some time that Forza Horizon 6’s Japan is Playground Games’ largest and densest map to date. We’ve known, too, that Playground Games’ version of Tokyo City is set to be the biggest ...