There are drones for all sorts of purposes these days, but these Japanese ones are built for agriculture, and they have one ...

Advanced Defense Technology Centre Engineer Fumiyuki Sato displays his spherical observation drone in Tokyo. Sato has invented a spherical observation drone that can fly down narrow alleys, hover on ...

Near Nagoya, startup AirKamuy is building affordable cardboard “origami drones” as Japan accelerates defense innovation under ...

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Studies have linked bird flu outbreaks in Japan to migratory bird movements in late winter and spring. By scaring away potential carriers before they ...

Japan in recent years has been shedding its strict pacifist stance, moving to obtain 'counterstrike' capabilities and doubling military spending to two percent of GDP ...