Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Reference | FYI Aug 26, 2013
The age of 3-D printers has arrived, for better and worse
by Hiroko Nakata
The 3-D printer boom in the United States is spreading to Japan as prices decline, but some fear the devices could break the mold, jobwise. Electronics and automobile makers were the first here to start using 3-D printers to make product prototypes, but the ...
Digital May 15, 2013
Crude 3-D print tech will make a big bang
by John Naughton
The news that a few jokers in Texas calling themselves Defense Distributed have succeeded in creating a working handgun using 3-D printing technology has thrown the cat into the pigeon coop. The reaction from legislators in the United States has been hyperactive. Democratic Congressman ...
Science & Health Feb 22, 2013
Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow replacement ear
Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers have shown it is possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells. The work, reported Wednesday, is a first step toward one day growing customized new ears for children born ...