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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/13/2026 > japan > ogasawara-mayor-survey-minamitorishima

Survey of Minamitorishima greenlit to check suitability for radioactive waste disposal

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (139+ words) The central government is searching for a permanent disposal site for radioactive waste from Japan's nuclear power plants. A remote island in the Ogasawara Islands chain has agreed to a survey to determine its suitability as a permanent nuclear waste…...

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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/02/2026 > japan > ogasawara-mayor-stance-nuclear-waste

Ogasawara chief to clarify stance on nuclear waste site survey

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (262+ words) The Ogasawara village office said Wednesday that Mayor Masaaki Shibuya will later this month let local people know how he will respond to a government request for the village to allow a literature survey to examine the feasibility of constructing…...

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japantimes. co. jp > business > 04/14/2026 > tech > anthropic-new-ai-cyberattacks-supercharge

AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic's Mythos could have dire consequences for banks

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (239+ words) Claude Mythos "Preview is capable "of identifying and exploiting previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in every major computer operating system and every major web browser. AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic's Mythos could have dire consequences for banks Anthropic's Mythos, a new AI model…...

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Kotozna Launches "Toc Dex RAG" to Enhance Accuracy and Multilingual Capabilities in Generative AI

13+ hour, 52+ min ago  (255+ words) As businesses increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) to interact with internal knowledge bases and customer information, conventional RAG approaches often struggle with contextual accuracy and multilingual queries. Toc Dex RAG addresses these challenges through a dual-layer retrieval framework…...

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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/14/2026 > japan > greenhouse-gas-emissions-low

Greenhouse gas emissions in Japan fell to record low in fiscal 2024

14+ hour, 4+ min ago  (154+ words) Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2024 fell 1. 9% from the previous year to a record low of about 1. 05billion tons in terms of carbon dioxide, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday. The decline reflected an increase in the use of renewable and nuclear…...

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japantimes. co. jp > business > 04/12/2026 > companies > softbank-ai-new-firm

Soft Bank and others set up new firm to develop high-performance AI

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (182+ words) Soft Bank, NEC, Sony Group and Honda Motor have taken the lead in establishing a new company to develop Japanese-made artificial intelligence, informed sources said Sunday. The new company will make its high-performance AI available to Japanese companies for broad…...

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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/13/2026 > japan > aichi-self-driving-bus

Aichi Prefecture eyes Japan's first Level 4 autonomous expressway bus service

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (119+ words) Aichi Prefecture aims to put buses with Level 4 autonomous driving, in which a vehicle can operate without a driver under specific conditions, into practical use in fiscal 2027. NAGOYA - The Aichi Prefectural Government is stepping up demonstration tests aimed at launching…...

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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/11/2026 > world > science-health > nasa-space-interest

'Howl at the moon': NASA's bid to boost space enthusiasm

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (94+ words) The Japan Times 'Howl at the moon': NASA's bid to boost space enthusiasm When NASA flight director Zebulon Scoville was working a shift during the uncrewed Artemis I test flight, he realized the U. S. space agency wasn't consistently livestreaming the spacecraft's…...

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3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (11+ words) Artemis II lunar mission draws flood of conspiracy theories'The Japan Times...

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japantimes. co. jp > news > 04/11/2026 > world > science-health > artemis-returns-earth

Splashdown of Artemis II astronauts concludes 10-day moon mission

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (152+ words) The Japan Times Houston - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity…...