The tech giant recorded an almost 40% jump in productivity levels after cutting its work hours as part of a wider project to promote healthier work-life balance.
Microsoft Japan’s 4-day workweek experiment sees productivity jump 40% Read more
2018 marks the ninth consecutive with a year-on-year decrease in suicides in Japan and the first time in 37 years for the total to fall below 21,000.
Japan records lowest suicide rate since statistics were first kept in 1978 Read more
Some 296,000 people had offered to donate their bodies to universities as of March 31, 2018, compared with about 68,000 in 1985, with the figure increasing by 8,000 annually in recent years.
Body donations surge in Japan amid changing views of death Read more
Taiga Ishikawa made history on July 21 when he became the first openly gay male lawmaker in the country’s history.
Japan elects Taiga Ishikawa as first openly gay male lawmaker Read more
The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee unveiled its Olympic and Paralympic medal designs. They are all completely made of over six million recycled cellphones.
Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympic medals, made entirely from recycled cellphones Read more
Their new strategy has already helped speed up research into these molecules, including a planned clinical trial in humans.
More than 19,000 people in Japan have signed a petition to ban office dress codes which force women to wear high heels to work.
Thousands of Japanese women join campaign to ban workplace high heel requirements Read more
Honda revealed their ambition to make 100% of its European sales electrified by 2025. This has built on the vehicle manufacturer’s previous goal of two thirds electrified by 2025.
Honda to electrify 100% of its European sales by 2025 Read more
The hope is that the AI will allow school officials to identify the bullying cases that are likely to escalate in seriousness so that they can intervene and diffuse the situation before it’s too late.
Japanese city of Otsu is using AI to prevent youth suicides Read more
The Japanese solar sector grew from 13.6 GW at the end of 2013 to 48.6 GW by the end of 2017, making it one of the fastest growing solar sectors in the world.
Japan to add 17 GW of new solar by end of 2020 Read more
