A sea spider from the Japan Trench, only the third ever recorded, carried 0.17-millimeter capsules. DNA shows they are eggs of a flatworm no one can identify, whose closest relatives live in salt marshes.

Konami's operating profit rose 73.1% in April-September, and its full-year forecast jumped from 143 billion yen to 193 billion yen. Its three big 2026 releases won critics over but opened as Mixed on Steam.

GMO refused a $1 million ransom and put the same sum on tips that lead to an arrest or wanted notice. How it compares with Coinbase, and why its 3 million yen cap doesn't add up.

Male Aedes aegypti, the main dengue mosquito, find females by their wingbeat. Nagoya University found the gene fruitless tunes the male ear to it; without its male form, sensitivity drifted off the female's 450 hertz.

Divers off Takashima, Japan, found 34 dice and tiles in the galley of a ship wrecked in 1281. A long trip? The crew were likely conquered Song soldiers, and after the storm few of them ever went home.

On his first Tokyo visit, Merz agreed with Takaichi on economic security, AI and rare earth supply chains. Germany, whose fighter project with France fell apart, now eyes GCAP. Japan has not taken a position.

Pokémon Unite ends on March 23, 2027, just after Japan won the world title and Asian Games gold. Japanese fans reacted with grief, anger over monetization and worry for pros. Japan was an estimated 25% of mobile revenue.

Japan's XRISM, its main instrument still behind a jammed door, and Earth-sized radio arrays found that 3C 120's cold disk stops at about 20 gravitational radii and the jet starts inside it.

Invented at the US National Cancer Institute, photoimmunotherapy is so far approved only in Japan. Results from 17 Aomori patients and a later Phase 3 trial show what early approval gains and leaves unanswered.