Press Release 2025

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December

World's First Successful 2 Tbit/s Free-Space Optical Communication Using Small Optical Terminals Mountable on Satellites and HAPS
December 16, 2025

November

Novel Transmission Technique Enables World Record 430 Tb/s in a Commercially Available, International-Standard-Compliant Optical Fiber

- Achieved with technique that multiplies the usable capacity of certain spectral regions by up to three times -
November 11, 2025
World’s First Demonstration of Entanglement Swapping Using Sum-Frequency Generation Between Single Photons
November 6, 2025

October

Successful Ground-to-Satellite Laser Communications Applying Next-Generation Error Correction Codes, Mitigating Atmospheric Turbulence
October 22, 2025
Proof-of-Concept Achieved for Satellite-5G Networks Utilizing Adaptive Routing and Quality Management

Connecting Society through Flexible Networks Bridging Space and Ground
October 9, 2025

September

World’s First Integrated System for Quantum Key Distribution and High-Speed Data Transmission in a Large-Capacity Optical Transmission System Demonstration Environment for IOWN Open APN

Aiming to introduce low-cost, secure Quantum Key Distribution services in backbone optical networks of telecommunications carriers
September 16, 2025

August

First transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation
August 18, 2025

June

May

World Record Achieved in Transmission Capacity and Distance: With 19-core Optical Fiber with Standard Cladding Diameter 1,808 km Transmission of 1.02 Petabits per Second

- Expectation for Future Long-Distance High-Capacity Optical Communication Infrastructure -
May 29, 2025
VR Flight Experience Reduces Fear of Heights by Action-Based Prediction of Safety

— A new approach to fear reduction without repeated exposure —
May 14, 2025

April

Facial Expressions of Avatars Promote Risky Decision-Making

- The amygdala plays a key role in driving increased risk-taking -
April 23, 2025

March

NICT and Fraunhofer Unveil Groundbreaking International Optical Testbed Data Space to Enable AI/ML-Driven Networks
March 31, 2025
Uncovering the Brain’s Flexible Mechanisms for Representing Diverse Numbers

– Providing evidence for the hierarchical representation of relative numerical magnitudes in the human brain –
March 25, 2025

January

Transition to Mission Operation Phase and Release of Level 1 Product of Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) “Hakuryu”
Janualy 14, 2025

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