Four emerging Japanese companies have won accolades and prize money in the latest edition of the "Photonics Challenge" event - the only business plan contest in Japan to focus on optical technologies.

One morning on a recent trip to my dad’s hometown of Hamamatsu, Japan, I found myself on a secluded bank of Lake Hamana, overlooking a small dock where seaweed harvesters keep their boats. I was there ...

New collaboration brings together USC pathology clinical excellence and Hamamatsu imaging expertise to explore innovative approaches to pathology workflows, advancing systems and data integration ...

Hamamatsu styles itself Japan's city of music. There are even locally-manufactured pianos in the shinkansen station to prove it. Hamamatsu is home to a number major musical instrument manufacturers, ...

Roland has announced plans to create a new global headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan, and it sounds like it’s going to be a place for both work and play. The new HQ will be an expansion of a building ...

A giant "iron ball" discovered on beach in Japan has locals and officials baffled as the mysterious object’s origins remain unknown. The sphere, about 4.9 feet in diameter, was found by a runner on ...

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, has a population exceeding 800,000, including some 30,000 foreigners, many of them involved in the manufacturing industry. But unlike other large commercial centers, ...

Hamamatsu in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture is the most populated city in the entire prefecture, yet it’s often bypassed by travelers whose eyes remain fixed on the snow-capped peak of Mount ...

HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF. – Step into the municipal office of this city and you'll find pamphlets in multiple languages lining the walls, as people waiting in lines converse quietly in Portuguese.

[HAMAMATSU (Shizuoka)] He was a wide-eyed 24-year-old when he first stepped onto Japanese soil in 1998, barely able to speak a word of the language. Now, Dr Binu Lal Sadanandan has built a life in ...