The push for a space elevator took a step forward this week when a team of researchers from Shizuoka University in Japan announced that they will launch an experiment to the International Space ...

A stairway to heaven is so 20th century. Japan wants to build an elevator. Later this month, researchers at Shizuoka University will begin testing for a “space elevator,” which would connect earth and ...

The elevator at Tokyo's Roppongi subway station, which is out of service, is seen on Jan. 24, 2023. (Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) TOKYO -- An elevator at Roppongi subway station in Tokyo, the deepest in ...

The concept of a space elevator, once a staple of science fiction, is being turned into reality by Japan's Obayashi Corporation. This ambitious project aims to connect Earth to space with a 96,000 ...

If you're thinking of hiring a car while on holiday in Japan, here's eight things you need to know before you pick up the ...

Inclined elevators are usually found on slopes in the great outdoors, where single cars ferry people up steep inclines on the sides of mountains and hillsides to areas that would otherwise be hard to ...

A 4-year-old boy was crushed to death by an apartment parking garage automobile elevator in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday night. According to investigators, it is believed that the boy, the ...

More than any other country in the world, Japan is a case study in the triumphs of human engineering. Every Japanese manufacturer prides itself on energy efficiency and zero-landfill waste policies.

A pair of tiny satellites that will help test technology for a space elevator is on its way to the International Space Station. At 1:52 p.m. EDT on September 22, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...