A passenger ferry operating between Okayama and Shodoshima Island in western Japan will begin using technology enabling auto ...

The ferry showed its ability to detect a ship ahead and reroute autonomously. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Japan’s ageing population could hit its shipping industry and affect transportation between islands, experts say ...

Japan's Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the ...

Discover Kurashiki in Okayama: stroll Edo-era canals, explore Kurashiki denim, Ivy Square and the Ohara Museum on a relaxed ...

Japan's Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest. According to ...

The measures include financially supporting affected oyster farmers and identifying the cause of the mass deaths.

For anyone who has read and loved Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows (the 1930s book that pays homage to Japanese ...

Ogawa Yōko’s latest novel to be published in Japanese is a fable set in a community of shy, introverted people who avoid ...

A Mainichi Shimbun survey of four-year women's universities across Japan has found that six schools now recognize transgender ...

The Nippon Foundation, which is leading the initiative, said it will be the first time anywhere in the world that a regular ...

Despite the efforts of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and other firefighting units to extinguish the forest fire that broke ...