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Quantum Sensors: How Japan Is Redefining Navigation, Defense and Healthcare

Imagine GPS suddenly failing in a city with tall buildings or getting jammed by an enemy. Or think about medical imaging that cannot track tiny brain signals in infants. Classical measurement systems hit their limits fast. Quantum sensors are different. They use atomic behaviors, like superposition and entanglement, to measure things with a precision normal devices cannot reach. Japan is pushing hard in this space. The country has decades of physics expertise, and now it is adding real industrial ambition. The government, universities, and companies are all pulling together. They are putting quantum sensors into sectors that truly matter. Navigation systems that do not rely on satellites. Defense tools that can track stealthy submarines. Medical devices are now letting doctors watch brain activity in ways they never could before. With…