Japan’s tech startups bet on wearables – in the U.S.Having missed the smartphone surge, Japanese tech companies see wearables as the next wave. But this time, they plan on riding it with an American mentality.- Japan has a major international image problemAs a nation unaccustomed to being questioned by the outside world, Japan is fumbling over and over in its international spat with China. The nation will need to play PR catchup.
A long road for high-speed maglev trains in the U.S.Japan is about to launch a super-fast maglev train service and is looking sell its tech abroad. The U.S. is interested, but it'll take a lot more than just curiosity (namely, cash) to get this project going.
Japan's workforce spy tech goes extremeJapan’s tech giants are growing and investing heavily in surveillance tech. The results are the most sophisticated spy and monitoring tools ever conceived.- Japan Inc.’s greatest threat? Typhoons.Because of its location and its reliance on imports, Japan’s economy is more vulnerable to the disruptive effects of natural disasters than other developed states.
- Japan: A haven for humanoid robotsJapan has a long of history of friendliness towards robots, and it maintains a global lead in R&D on artificial intelligence. This infatuation, though, could have serious drawbacks.
Meet Japan’s ‘Apple of toilet tech’Despite high prices and very different attitudes to bodily functions, high-tech toilets -- or smart loos -- are finding success outside of Japan and even in the U.S.
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