Carbon capture is having a moment. Companies such as Chevron are building technology to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks while others such as Microsoft are investing in startups working to yank the greenhouse gas out of the air directly. Governments and climate activists are pressing companies to eliminate their emissions,…
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Cargo.one finds a simpler way to get started in Japan
Getting a startup off the ground is rarely a simple affair. In Japan, the difficulties are multiplied for foreign founders who must jump through a series of hoops to attain the appropriate right to work. The innovation scene has become much more dynamic in the past decade, especially after the…
Japanese firms race to roll out tech that prevents children from being left in hot vehicles
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. – Electronics developers and other technology companies in Japan are working to quickly roll out systems that may help stop a recent spate of summertime incidents involving children being left behind in dangerously hot vehicles. Cybernetech, an electronics developer based in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, is in the…