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Neuralink's Blindsight received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough device" designation.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 18, 2024
Neuralink gets FDA's 'breakthrough device' tag for Blindsight implant
The FDA's "breakthrough" tag is aimed at speeding up the development and review of devices currently under development.
Elon Musk plans to recruit three patients to evaluate the device made by his brain-chip company, Neuralink.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 29, 2024
Musk's Neuralink seeks to enroll three patients in brain implant study
The brain implant is designed to give paralyzed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, a prospect that could help people with spinal cord injuries.
Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 21, 2024
Musk's Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess
The patient had received an implant from the company in January and reportedly learnt to control a computer mouse using his thoughts.
Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink, but experts says his statements raised more questions than they answered about the trial.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2024
Want details on Musk's brain implant trial? You'll have to ask him
Neuralink does not have to divulge even basic details about its trial, including the facility where patients are being implanted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2023
Would you let Elon Musk implant a device in your brain?
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant will be life-changing for some, but it’s hard to see how it will transform society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 17, 2023
Musk expects brain chip start-up Neuralink to implant 'first case' this year
Last month, Neuralink said it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the startup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 2, 2022
Elon Musk’s Neuralink hopes to implant chips in human brains within six months
The firm's main product for the brain consists of a tiny device and electrode-laced wires, along with a robot that carves out a piece of a person's skull and implants the wiring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2017
Do you want to be a cyborg?
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is convinced that enhancing human intelligence and memory is our species' only alternative to elimination by our own super-intelligent inventions.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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