Tanker pilot project shows hydrogen plan is feasible, Japan consortium reports
The ¥42 billion project, backed by the governments of Japan and Australia in an effort to cut carbon emissions, was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese firms seeing opportunities with Germany's hydrogen power promotion
The German government's climate change policy is raising hopes for new business opportunities among Japanese firms working to develop hydrogen-related technologies in the country.
Too cold to handle? Race is on to pioneer shipping of hydrogen.
Companies including Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries are beginning to develop a new generation of vessels that can deliver hydrogen to heavy industry.
Japan eyes use of robots to boost COVID-19 testing as Olympics loom
A Kawasaki Heavy Industries-built prototype uses a robotic arm to take a sample from a person's nose and can deliver the results in about 80 minutes.
Kawasaki Heavy launches world's first liquid hydrogen ship in quest to establish green supply chain
The world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier made its official debut at a shipyard in Japan, a small step toward tapping the carbon-free energy potential of the lightest element. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. christened the tanker Suiso Frontier during a ceremony at the Kobe Works yard ...
Kawasaki Heavy admits flawed quality control led to shinkansen undercarriage cracks
The maker of a shinkansen undercarriage on which severe cracks were found last year offered an apology Friday over the incident, which could have caused a derailment, citing a vulnerability in its quality management system. "We have relied too heavily on the judgment and discretion ...
In a bid to win its first major foreign arms deal since World War II, Japan proposes its P-1 submarine hunter for a French-German project to develop a marine surveillance aircraft.
Japanese firms see big future for small-scale industrial robots
A two-armed robot in a Chiba factory carefully stacks rice balls in a box, which a worker carries off for shipment to convenience stores. At another food-packaging plant, a robot shakes pepper and powdered cheese over pasta that a person has just arranged in ...
JR West says shinkansen crack caused by faulty part from Kawasaki Heavy
Kawasaki Heavy Industries excessively ground down a steel component, likely causing the 16-cm crack discovered in December on the undercarriage of a shinkansen, JR West says
Several companies have finished building hydrogen-fueled power generation equipment that will supply electricity and heat to public facilities in Kobe in a demonstration test scheduled to begin in early February. The test, to be conducted on man-made Port Island, is billed as the first in ...
Kawasaki Heavy and Mitsubishi to supply train cars for Dhaka project
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. have won a ¥40 billion order from a Bangladesh state-owned company to supply 144 train cars and maintenance depot equipment for the country's first rapid transit railway system. The state-run Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Co. is now building ...
Kawasaki hamstrung by government stance on military exports
An executive at one of the country's biggest defense companies has bemoaned government barriers to exporting military equipment, as changes to the law have failed to bring the bonus some expected for the domestic industry. Speaking at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s booth at the MAST ...
