AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoChemistry Nobel: Japan’s Kenso Soai and France’s Henri Kagan won the 2026 Nobel Prize for work explaining how chemistry favors one molecular “hand,” with potential implications for drugmaking. Retail Robotics: Humanoid robots demonstrated shelf-stocking, inventory management and multilingual customer service at a Tokyo industry event, as Japan looks to technology to ease labor shortages. Quantum Computing: NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS and Classiq will help Japanese companies test enterprise uses for quantum computing, including materials research, drug discovery and logistics. Submarine Technology: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the seventh Taigei-class submarine, JS Shogei, which uses lithium-ion batteries for longer underwater operations. Fusion Energy: Helical Fusion raised ¥3.23 billion in a funding round joined by Fuji Electric, which will also partner on technologies for future fusion power systems. Longevity Research: Riken researchers identified a protein linked to longer lifespans after early-life food restriction in fruit flies; the flies lived about 20% longer.
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