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AIREC, an AI-driven humanoid robot, demonstrates its potential as a future caregiver for Japan's aging population, offering assistance with tasks like changing diapers and preventing bedsores. However, challenges remain in ensuring safe physical interaction and affordability, with AIREC not expected to be ready for use in nursing care facilities until around 2030.

The Japanese government has decided to assess the feasibility of introducing human challenge trials for vaccine and drug development, aiming to improve the efficiency of vaccine development and bring Japan's clinical trials in line with international standards. This decision comes after the country's COVID-19 vaccine development lagged behind foreign counterparts, highlighting the need for faster and more efficient vaccine development pro...

The Japanese government has begun releasing its massive stockpile of rice to combat soaring prices, with the first batch of surplus rice hitting supermarket shelves as early as the end of March. This move is expected to bring welcome relief to shoppers who have been struggling with the high cost of the staple food.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally returned to Earth on Friday, March 14, 2025, after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station. Their replacements, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov, launched from Kennedy Space Center on Friday night and are scheduled to arrive at the space station on Saturday night.

Japan's ruling coalition and Nippon Ishin agreed to make high school education free from fiscal 2025, marking the first time in 29 years that a draft initial budget has been revised through talks between the ruling and opposition parties at the Diet. This agreement ensures the passage of the budget proposal before the new fiscal year begins in April.