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Japan: Innovation and Technology

Japan’s scientists are upgrading its Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, turning to plastic for electric cars and enhancing eel farming with ‘marine snow’. The country has big ambitions in space and hopes to create 20 unicorns by 2023

Japan’s Nobel Prize factory steps up quest for elusive particles
The country’s neutrino detector is the largest of its kind and might be first in the world to succeed
Future of the car is set in plastic if ‘Iron to Polymer’ accelerates
Japan’s ambitious research project could halve the weight of tomorrow’s vehicles
Japan changes tack and turns to private sector in space race
But some warn that start-ups are not focused enough on market needs
Japan looks for unicorn breeders in quest to make 20 by 2023
Shinzo Abe has pledged to help double venture capital investment
Eel farmers pin hopes on ‘marine snow’
Tokyo eyes looming crisis in farming sector caused by ageing population
Fat-monitor pioneer Tanita seeks to widen tracking business
Company aims to go global, but concedes it needs overseas partners

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