Nobel winner Akira Yoshino to focus on environmental issues during acceptance speech
Japanese researcher Akira Yoshino, who was named a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, said Monday he plans to highlight environmental issues in his speech at the award ceremony in Sweden in December. Yoshino, an honorary fellow of major chemicals maker Asahi Kasei ...
Surprise and gratitude in Japan's after Akira Yoshino wins Nobel Prize
Akira Yoshino's winning of the Nobel Prize in chemistry has been greeted with surprise and gratitude in Japan. Yoshino was among three scientists given the award on Wednesday for their work on the development of lithium-ion batteries. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday ...
Chemistry Nobel highlights lithium-ion batteries, seen as foundation for a greener future
If you're reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries. The batteries power cellphones, laptops, electric cars and countless other devices of modern life, and could ...
Japan's Akira Yoshino among trio of scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
Japan’s Akira Yoshino, Stanley Whittingham of the U.K. and German-born John Goodenough were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
Battery boom: The future of cars rests with firms that predate the Model T
It took more than seven years for automakers to sell 4 million passenger electric vehicles. It'll take about six months to sell the next million. That surging demand is transforming the lithium-ion battery business, with more power packs expected to be installed in EVs this ...
Contractors of a tilting condominium in Yokohama are given business suspension orders for malpractices, according to the land ministry.
Bad management to blame for Yokohama piling scandal, interim report says
A third-party panel probing the Asahi Kasei Construction Materials piling scandal concludes sloppy management encouraged data manipulation but avoids stating whether workers engaged in a coverup.
It should be home sweet home, but not in Japan
The destructive nexus between construction companies, bureaucracy and politicians is largely responsible for Japan's glut of rapidly depreciating houses.
Prime contractor behind leaning building ordered pilings of insufficient length
The health ministry raids a manufacturer of blood products and vaccines after a panel accused it of several violations.
70% of residents at tilting condo complex want entire site rebuilt
Nearly 70 percent of condo owners in the Yokohama complex with a tilting building want the entire site rebuilt, according to a survey conducted by the management association. The results, revealed by the association Sunday, show that 476 of the 705 households want the developer ...
Asahi Kasei internal probe finds piling data falsified in over 10% of projects
Asahi Kasei Corp. revealed Tuesday that piling data had been falsified in at least more than 10 percent of the projects worked on by a subsidiary over the past decade. Amid a deepening data falsification scandal engulfing Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp., 61 workers were ...
Tokyo condos for sale dropped 6.5% in October amid scandal over piling work
Fewer apartments have been put up for sale in Tokyo since flaws were found in hundreds of buildings with falsified construction data, threatening to cut short a rally in home prices. The number of apartments in Tokyo and surrounding areas that were offered in October ...
