When it comes to the most powerful computers in the world, the game is dominated by two players: the United States and China. In fact, of the top of five most powerful supercomputing sites on the ...

Japan's K Computer, which can crunch more than 8 quadrillion calculations per second, is the top supercomputer, according to the Top 500 list of high-performance systems. The K Computer, housed at the ...

The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking ...

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu and leading research institute RIKEN have announced a major breakthrough with the development of a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, hailed as one of the most ...

Japanese computer chipmaker Elpida Memory, Inc. President Yukio Sakamoto, left, bows during a press conference in Tokyo Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. Elpida filed for bankruptcy Monday after amassing debts ...

Yoshitaka Sakurada, Japan’s new cybersecurity minister, has never used a computer. Not even once. But he insists that his lack of real-world experience doesn’t have a negative impact on his job.