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Kyoto University researchers re-examined three 1990s fossils to identify a new genus of giant salamander that lived in Japanese lakes 3.5 million years ago.

Micron broke ground on July 4 on a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.3 billion) expansion of its Hiroshima fab to scale next-generation DRAM and HBM for AI, with Japan's METI pledging up to ¥500 billion in subsidies and equipment installation set to begin in the second half of 2028.

A vulnerability in third-party email software let attackers reach up to 14.2 million KDDI ISP logins; a later update put confirmed exposure at 12.23 million addresses and 7.61 million passwords.

Aflac Life Insurance Japan says attackers accessed its policyholder portal between June 15 and 25, exposing personal data on roughly 4.38 million customers and agents.

Industrial-robotics software maker Mujin raised $233 million in a Series D led by NTT Group and co-led by Qatar Investment Authority, bringing total funding to $411 million as it eyes a 2030 IPO.

JAL and GMO AI & Robotics deploy Unitree G1 humanoids at Haneda for baggage loading and cabin cleaning, running through 2028.

Tokyo Electric Power Company restarted commercial operations at the world's largest nuclear plant on April 16, 2026, ending a 14-year shutdown of TEPCO's entire nuclear fleet since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident.

METI approved an additional 631.5 billion yen in support on April 11, raising cumulative Japanese government backing for the state-aligned chipmaker to roughly 2.6 trillion yen through fiscal 2027.

Honda will scrap the Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 Saloon, and Acura RSX electric vehicles and take up to 2.5 trillion yen in charges, marking the automaker's first annual loss since going public in the 1950s as it shifts resources toward hybrid powertrains.

Japan's health ministry has conditionally approved two iPS cell-derived drugs, marking the first time regenerative medicines built from induced pluripotent stem cells will reach patients commercially.