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JAL and GMO AI & Robotics deploy Unitree G1 humanoids at Haneda for baggage loading and cabin cleaning, running through 2028.

Tokyo Electric Power Company restarted commercial operations at the world's largest nuclear plant on April 16, 2026, ending a 14-year shutdown of TEPCO's entire nuclear fleet since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident.

METI approved an additional 631.5 billion yen in support on April 11, raising cumulative Japanese government backing for the state-aligned chipmaker to roughly 2.6 trillion yen through fiscal 2027.

Honda will scrap the Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 Saloon, and Acura RSX electric vehicles and take up to 2.5 trillion yen in charges, marking the automaker's first annual loss since going public in the 1950s as it shifts resources toward hybrid powertrains.

Japan's health ministry has conditionally approved two iPS cell-derived drugs, marking the first time regenerative medicines built from induced pluripotent stem cells will reach patients commercially.