Japan Stories for 2023

Japan Lifts Operational Ban on World's Biggest Nuclear Plant 19
Japan To Crack Down on Apple and Google App Store Monopolies 51
Toshiba To Be Delisted After 74 Years 61
Could 'Godzilla Minus One' Win an Oscar? 70
Wasabi Linked To 'Substantial' Boost In Memory, Japanese Study Finds 78
World's Biggest Experimental Nuclear Fusion Reactor Launched In Japan 119
Japan To Create $6.6 Billion Fund To Develop Outer Space Industry 22
Japanese Research is 'No Longer World Class' 35
Japan Investigates Google Over Alleged Antitrust Violations 6
As Fukushima Releases Treated Radioactive Water, Inspections Started by Atomic Energy Agency 68
Japan Startup Develops 'Gundam'-Like Robot With $3 Million Price Tag 36
Japan To Provide $1.3 Billion In Extra Aid To US Chipmaker Micron 12
Robot 'Monster Wolves' Try to Scare Off Japan's Bears 44
Freelancers Aren't Happy With Japan's New Invoice System 33
Can Japan's H2-A Rocket Deliver a Precision-Lander to the Moon? 9
Toyota Says Filled Disk Storage Halted Japan-Based Factories 67
China Accused of 'Coordinated Disinformation Campaign' About Fukushima Waste Water in Multiple Countries 114
Japan is Preparing For a Massive Earthquake 15
Japan Says Seawater Radioactivity Below Limits Near Fukushima 113
Wastewater From Ruined Fukushima Nuclear Plant To Be Released From Thursday, Japan Says 86
Scientists in Japan Develop Experimental Alzheimer's Vaccine Showing Promise in Mice 33
Japan's Population Drops by Nearly 800,000 With Falls in Every Prefecture For the First Time 175
Japan To Boost Training for Digital Workers To Stave Off Shortage 24
Cash is No Longer King in Japan as Use of Coins Drops Sharply 100
Why South Koreans Are Rushing To Stockpile Sea Salt 89
Japan May Start Controversial Fukushima Water Release Next Month 60
EU and Japan Look To Partner On AI and Chips 7
Suzuki and SkyDrive To Jointly Start Producing 'Flying Cars' in 2024 46
Japan To Open Up Apple and Google App Stores To Competition 38
Japan Earmarks $107 Billion for Developing Hydrogen Energy To Cut Emissions, Stabilize Supplies 63
Japan Vending Machines To Automatically Offer Free Food If Earthquakes Hit 45
Japan To Launch Satellite Made of Wood In 2024 55
IAEA Team In Japan For Final Review of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Discharge 94
Japan Will Try to Beam Solar Power from Space by 2025 111
Tokyo Has 20x As Much Wi-Fi As It Needs 39
Japan's Ispace Assumes Failure in Bid To Make First Commercial Moon Landing 23
GlobalFoundries Sues IBM, Says Trade Secrets Were Unlawfully Given To Japan's Rapidus 4
Cybersecurity Nightmare in Japan Is Everyone Else's Problem Too 23
Japan Government To Use ChatGPT for First Time on Red Tape 14
Scientists Film Deepest Ever Fish on Seabed Off Japan 18
Japan Restricts Chipmaking Equipment Exports as It Aligns With US China Curbs 12
China Shuts Down Major Manga Piracy Site Following Complaint From Japan 12
Japan Lawmakers Eye Ban on TikTok, Others If Used Improperly 22
Teenage Pranks at Japan's Restaurants Lead to AI-Powered Sushi Monitors, Arrests 69
12 Years After Fukushima, Removal of Melted Nuclear Fuel Hasn't Started 49
After Nearly a Decade in Development, Japan's New Rocket Fails in Debut 32
A Recount Could Mean Japan Has 7,000 More Islands 24
Japan Formally Adopts Policy of Using Nuclear Reactors Beyond 60 Years 115
Japan's Sushi Chains Rush To Ensure Food Safety After Viral Stunts 61
Japan Plans New Government Unit To Deal With Disinformation Campaigns 89
Japan, Netherlands To Join US in Chip Controls on China 43
Japan PM Says Country On the Brink Over Falling Birth Rate 298
Japan Bets Big on Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Home 24
Japan Lacks the Expertise For Renewed Nuclear Power After Fukushima 141
Panasonic To Stop Making Rice Cookers in Japan After Six Decades 101