Hiromi Horie

Senior Editor:Enterprise

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ARCH CEO Interview

Fertility Startups in Japan Step In as Treatment Demand Soars

March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024

Fertility Startups in Japan Step In as Treatment Demand Soars

ARCH CEO Interview

July 12, 2023

July 12, 2023

A Supermarket Magnate Charts a Path for Japan’s Untapped Geothermal Power

Shoji Numata built a grocery empire using a franchise model. He’s pursuing a similar approach for developing renewable energy from the same source that feeds the country’s hot springs.

A Supermarket Magnate Charts a Path for Japan’s Untapped Geothermal Power

May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023

Japan Startup Raises $30 Million to Build Space Robot Workforce

Japan Startup Raises $30 Million to Build Space Robot Workforce

January 15, 2023

January 15, 2023

Wagyu Goes High Tech to Meet Surging Demand From Rich Asians

AI and Big Data to Help Japan's Expansion of Wagyu Beef Exports

May 16, 2020

May 16, 2020

Space Exploration’s Next Frontier: Remote-Controlled Robonauts

High costs, inhospitable conditions spur development of robots designed to work in outer space.

Gitai robot prototype

January 29, 2020

January 29, 2020

A Startup Is Using AI to Fix Cities’ Aging Infrastructure

Fracta CEO Takashi Kato Interview

January 10, 2020

January 10, 2020

Low-Key Professor Name-Dropped by Ghosn Startled by Spotlight

Former Auto Titan Carlos Ghosn Addresses Media After Escaping Japan

October 5, 2019

October 5, 2019

World’s First Space Trader Scopes Out a $43 Billion Industry

World’s First Space Trader Scopes Out a $43 Billion Industry

April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Epic Test Fail Behind $4 Billion Rout Doesn't Faze Drugmaker

SanBio Co. CEO Keita Mori Interview

April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019

Controversial New Stem Cell Therapy Targets Spinal-Cord Injuries

Nipro Regenerative Medicine R&D Center

February 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

750,000 Pieces of Junk Circle Earth. This Firm Wants to Start Clearing It

Astroscale Japan Unit GM Miki Ito Interview

November 7, 2018

November 7, 2018

Scientists Await Japan's Word on $7 Billion Linear Collider

An artist rendering of International Linear Collider (ILC)

September 17, 2018

September 17, 2018

Japan's Oldest Winemaker Readies for European Grape Onslaught

Inside the Chateau Mercian Katsunuma Winery

July 31, 2018

July 31, 2018

Japanese Sake Maker May Buy U.S. Firms to Set Sales Records

Takara Holdings CEO Mutsumi Kimura Interview

July 11, 2018

July 11, 2018

Climate Change Threat Sends Coffee Roaster on Bean Hunt

Coffee Harvesting and Processing as Indonesian Crop Forecast to Tumble Most in 5 Years on Drough

December 26, 2017

December 26, 2017

End of 47-Year Japan Rice Program Signals Ramen Wheat Boost

Ichiran

October 15, 2017

October 15, 2017

Japan’s Internet Maverick Has New Global Target: $180 Steaks

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September 6, 2017

September 6, 2017

Want Hydrogen With Your Fish? Japan Eyes Home Delivery of Fuel

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July 24, 2017

July 24, 2017

To Lure Wine Lovers, Sake Makers Learn It’s All About Rice

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February 7, 2017

February 7, 2017

Working Women in Japan Are Drinking More Wine Than Ever

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