Nationwide, there were 805 cases of injury involving people moving on escalators between January 2018 and December 2019, according to data by the Japan Elevator Association, an industry group.

Japan's bullet train. The goal of the Multi is to make transport within tall buildings, like skyscrapers, more efficient, Schierenbeck said. Its shafts are 25% smaller than normal elevators ...

The Japan-based company Obayashi Corporation thinks ... in 2012 that it would reach even loftier heights with its own space elevator. In a report that same year, the company said it would begin ...

and as it reaches the bottom, the filling is done.

Imagine if you had a space elevator, letting you shoot up to the stars without riding a rocket. It may seem like a silly idea, but a Japanese company wants to make it happen. Obayashi Corporation ...