S&T articles archive
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International Expositions, an Attempt to Understand Human Progress: From Exhibition to Dialogue ―Interview with Mayuko Sano, Historian [Expo 2025 Collaboration Project] -
Towards safer skyscrapers in major cities for sustainable social and economic activities -
“Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan” Getting Ready to Move Forward! A “Huge Cultural Festival” to Co-create the Future [Expo 2025 Collaboration Project] -
MEXT’s 2021 White Paper is a Door to the Future: Achieving "Diverse Happiness for Everyone" through "Integrated Knowledge" <Feature> 2021 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation -
Modern people's hatred of bugs is "caused by urbanization," the University of Tokyo reveals -
Does Architecture Make People Happy? —Liberating People from Closed “Boxes”— -
Aiming to gather the voices of children using a national survey, and ensuring they are heard by society -
Freezing to Save Flavor... and Life on Earth? A Look at Abi’s CAS Technology -
Beyond the Two Great Earthquakes: Building a Disaster-Resistant Nation with “Tough” Robots -
Kaltech Tackles COVID-19: Successful Start-up Offers Hints to Japan’s Revival -
AIST's Next-generation Geological Map: 3D Underground View of Central Tokyo Available Online -
Academic Meetings in VR Space: Releasing Physical and Mental Constraints in the Face of the Pandemic -
Professor Tanaka Mikiko of Tokyo Institute of Technology Wins the Saruhashi Prize for Outstanding Women Scientists: Achievements in Research on Vertebrate Limb Development -
Love for Eggs: Japan Sees Decades-Long High Consumption Amid Stable Prices -
Making the Most Heartwarming Map in the World─Interview with WheeLog CEO Oda Yuriko -
Parasites Can Suppress Onset of Type 1 Diabetes with "Sugar" Hopes for New Preventive and Therapeutic Methods -
New Building Material Developed at the University of Tokyo -
The Evolution of “The Tale of Genji” -
The Story at the Heart of Japanese Culture: “The Tale of Genji” -
KamiokaLab: Not Your Average Highway Stop -
Unravelling the Mystery of Supernova Explosions -
Beyond the Limits: Remembering Legendary Japanese Adventurer Uemura Naomi -
Japan's "Kurozu": A Centuries-Old Vinegar Tradition from Kagoshima -
2021 Space Odyssey - Part 2
A Hot Year for Space Science: Astronauts, Lunar Exploration, New Rockets and Much More -
2021 Space Odyssey - Part 1
Mars, Asteroids, New Telescope to Succeed Hubble
So Many Space Science Topics to Watch Out For! -
Searching for Satori -
A Savory Journey: Transforming Plums into “Umeboshi” -
Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself-What Hayabusa2 Taught Us -
Making Japan Easier to Understand: Writing Style Guides Published for Tourist Destinations -
"Umeboshi": The Health Secrets of Japan's Sourest Fruity Treat -
Undersea Exploration Pioneered by Unmanned Robots -
The Japanese Roots of the Pulse Oximeter -
The Nobel Prize and Japan - Part 3 -
Shared Sounds: Kanji’s Patterns of Pronunciation -
“Nattō” Odyssey: Three Ways to Make Japan's Famous Fermented Beans at Home -
Too Good at Their Job! Spiders That Mimic Ants Can Lose Jumping and Prey-Capturing Abilities -
【Thinking about a Mutually Supportive Society and Future Life】The Key to a Happy Life is a Sustainable Welfare Society -
Kitasato Shibasaburō: A Pioneer in the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Disease -
Telling Stories to Learn Kanji -
Spectacular Strolls Among Japan’s Autumn Foliage -
Possibility of New Working Styles through Collaboration between Humans and AI -
The Nobel Prize and Japan - Part 2 -
"Romaji": Another Way of Writing Japanese -
Akita Prefecture: The Deep North -
The Nobel Prize and Japan - Part 1 -
Okinawa's Three National Parks -
Geisha Gala: Online Parties Unmask Enigmatic Traditions -
Job Hunters in Japan Drawn by Sony’s Tech Prowess -
To the Ends of the Islands: Japan’s Geographical Extremes -
Will Blows from Hagibis Raise Japan's Awareness on Global Warming? -
Highly Precise Rain Forecast Developed through Supercomputers -
Highly Precise Rain Forecast Developed through Supercomputers -
Another Big Issue: Reduction of Methane -
Overcoming Brain-Nerve Disease: Will Patients Smile Soon? -
Maintenance Technology for Aging Infrastructure -
From Sea Water to Drinking Water: Resolving World’s Water Shortage -
The Future We Can Envision from Cultured Meat -
Why are Small-Engine Cars So Popular in Japan? -
April - Take a Year-End Trip and See How the Japanese Celebrate New Year -
Girls Want to Bake, Boys Want to Play Soccer: Japanese First Graders’ Dream Jobs -
Increasing Life of Artificial Muscle up to 100 times ─Aiming towards Application to Body-Mounted Assistive Devices─ -
Japan Launches Two Globally Watched R&D Projects in Quest of True Innovation -
The Car Really Took Off! -
March - “Sazae-san” and “Chibi Maruko-chan”: Two of Japan’s Most Beloved Anime -
High School Students Present Results at the Global Science Campus 2019 Session and Exchange Ideas on Research -
February - Preparing Emergency Kits -
January - Preparing for Earthquakes in Japan -
Dr. Miki Ebisuya Receives the First Jun Ashida Award for Remarkable Women Researchers -
Noble Prize Winner Dr. Yoshino Akira’s Lecture in Tokyo: Research will Help Solve Environmental Problems -
Heavy Rain Damage Simulated through Supercomputer: Positive Results Reported at Climate Risk Symposium -
December - Flood Control in Tokyo Metropolis -
Osaka University to Conduct First iPS Corneal Transplant: A Solution to Overcome Donor Shortage -
Nagoya University Unravels Why Too Much Sugar Intake Can Trigger Metabolic Syndrome -
JAXA’s Supply Aircraft HTV-8 Successfully Launched -
November - Energy in Japan -
Okayama University and NARO Team Succeeds in Genome Editing to Make Rain-Enduring Wheat -
University of Tokyo and NAOJ Capture Early Galaxy from 11 Billion Years Ago -
Riken’s Supercomputer “K” Shuts Down and Relays Tasks to Successor “Fugaku” -
October - Convenience of Konbini: Do We Need More or Less? -
Global-Warming-Induced Droughts can Trigger 166 Billion Dollar Damage for Grains Worldwide: NARO Estimates for a Period of 27 Years -
Professor from Belgium and the US Selected for 2019 Blue Planet Prize -
National Cancer Center Confirms Effectiveness of the miRNAs Test: Test can Spot 96% of Early Esophagus Cancer with few Drops of Blood -
September - What Makes Anime Anime? -
Utilizing Satellite-operated Drones for Mountain Rescue - When Terrestrial Communication Doesn’t Work -
Runner-up in World Competition to Make Deepsea Ocean Floor Map - Japan’s Team Kuroshio -
Finding Gut Bacteria that Can Tell Onset of Colorectal Cancer - Hopes for Early Detection -
August - Natsu-Matsuri: Summer Festivals Heat up the Archipelago -
Real-time Prediction System to Alert Flooding in Japanese Cities by Waseda University and University of Tokyo -
Research Team Finds a Peptide which can Help Diagnosis and Treatment of Tricky Cancers -
Renown Think Tanks Release a Communique to Prompt Strong Leadership by G20 Nations in Solving SDGs-related Agendas -
July - Job-Hunting Part 2: Why is Japan Changing its Hiring System? -
Hayabusa 2 Succeeds in Using Impactor to Create an Artificial Crater on Asteroid Ryugu - Collecting Rocks from the Crater may Reveal More Facts about our Solar System -
Dr. Rie Umetsu to Receive 2019 Saruhashi Prize for Remarkable Women Scientists on her Analysis of Half-Metal -
For the First Time in History - International Team including Members from Japan Captures the Shadow of Black Hole 55 Million Light Years Away -
June - Job-Hunting Part 1: How University Students Look for Jobs -
Kobe University Group Discovers How Elderly Diabetic Patients Lose Muscles: Hopes for Drug Development to Counter Muscle-Loss -
Possible Mass-Death of Zooplanktons in Japanese Coastal Areas if Seawater Temperature Rises above 21 Degrees Celsius -
NEDO and Tokyo Tech Team Confirmed Capability of Longest Multi-Joint-Robot-Arm: To be Used for Nuclear Decommissioning and Infrastructure Inspections -
May - Reiwa: A New Era Begins in Japan -
A New Type of Gel Developed by Hokkaido University Team: Application in Medical Fields to Sustain Long Life -
A New Way to Count Influenza Virus - University of Tokyo Team Develops an Ultrasensitive Detection Method -
Hayabusa 2’s Successful Landing on Asteroid Ryugu - Heroic Achievement for Tough Tasks Executed 300 Million Kilometers away from Earth -
April - Visas in Japan Part 2: Application Procedure -
Japan’s Small Rocket Epsilon-4 Successfully Launched with 7 Satellites Onboard including the Shooting-Star-Satellite ALE-1 -
Introducing Six Prominent Young Scholars Who Received the Japan Academy Medal - 4 out of 6 Recipients are Researchers in Science -
Achieving 50% Thermal Efficiency of Car Engines - Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emission through SIP’s All-Japan Consortium -
March - Visas in Japan Part 1: Different Types of Work Visas -
A Demo Test to Avoid Unpassable Roads in Case of Tsunami – An Evacuation Experiment Took Place in Kawasaki City -
World’s Major Grain Yields Suffer 5 Trillion-Yen Damages per Year - NARO Study Shows How Global Warming Affects Yield of Grain -
Artificial Intelligence Enables High Recognition Rate of Tropical Cyclone Precursors - Dangers of Cyclones Could be Spotted Early through Deep Learning of Cloud Images -
February - Sumo: A National yet International Sport -
Tohoku University to Develop New “Robot Hand” - A Device Which Can Grip on Sharp Objects Amongst Flames -
Japan’s Own GPS System to Start Full-Scale Operation-High Expectation for Ultra Accurate Location Information -
Science Agora 2018 “Beyond Boundaries” - Annual 3-day JST Event Attracted 4,000 Visitors -
January - Juken: Screening Exam Season -
Tasuku Honjo and James Allison for 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine -
Japan’s First Mercury Probe to be Launched with European Probe: the 7-Year Journey to Unravel Many Mysteries -
Successful Launch of GOSAT-2 to Observe Greenhouse Gases -
December - Food Loss -
1.168 Trillion-yen S&T Budget Request for FY2019 to Create Innovation -
Imminent Crisis: Concerns for Global Warming to Climax -
Successful Landing of Small Rover Released by Hayabusa 2 -
November – Waste Disposal and Recycling -
NOAA Warns Record High CO2 Concentration: Global Warming Will Worsen -
Too Much Plastic Waste in the Ocean -
Approaching the Sun and the Mysteries of Corona -
October – Facing Natural Disasters -
Chapter 11
The Long Journey -
Creatures Immediately Revived After Mass-Extinction -
International Team IceCube Finds Energy Source of Neutrino -
World's First iPS Cell Clinical Trial for Parkinson’s Disease -
September – Respect-for-the-Aged-Day -
Chapter 10
A Miraculous Remedy for Infectious Disease in the Tropics -
Cyber Suits to Improve Search Abilities of Rescue Dogs -
University of Tokyo Professor Makoto Fujita Receives 2018 Wolf Prize -
Hayabusa 2 Meets Asteroid Ryugu on June 27 -
August – Fireworks -
Chapter 9
Discovery of the Century -
Sign of Oxygen from 13.28 Billion Years Ago: First Step towards Solving the Mystery of Universe -
NASA's New Space Telescope Captures 200 Thousand Stars -
Hokkaido University Finds Key to the Entry of Influenza Virus -
July – Japanese Laquer -
Chapter 8
Returning Home-R&D of Animal Antibiotics -
Plant Peptide Resistant to Dehydration - Possibility to Cultivate Crops that Tolerate Dryness -
2018 Saruhashi Prize to be Awarded to Toshiko Terakawa for Her Method to Analyze Earthquake Mechanism -
First Elementary Particle Collision Observed through Super KEKB -
June – Kabuki -
Chapter 7
Life at Wesleyan University -
Last Year's CO2 Emissions to Increase from a Plateau According to IES Report -
New Accelerator in Full Operation to Decipher Universe -
High Level of Vitamin D in Blood Can Lower Risks for Cancer: National Cancer Center Japan Conducts Largescale Survey -
May – Kodomo-no-Hi -
Chapter 6
Decision to Study in the U.S. -
Successful Launch of World’s Smallest Rocket and Microsatellit -
Sharp Decline in Cost for World’s Renewable Energy -
Adhesive Skin Display -
April - Hanami -
Chapter 5
First Step as a Researcher - Wiping Blackboards -
Plesiosaurias Survived Mass Extinction -
Global Average Temperature for 2017 was Second Highest -
2018 Japan Prize Winners Announced -
Chapter 4
University Days -
Positrons Born from Photonuclear Reaction in Thunderbolt -
Reproducing Destructive Winds with Drones and Computers -
Launch of Shikisai for Accurate Climate Change Forecast -
Chapter 3
University Days -
We May Lose Seawater in 600 Million Years―Seawater is Sucked into the Earth -
Osaka University Develops New Immunotherapy for Blood Cancer on Mouse -
Silent Earthquakes Discovered in the Shallower Parts Beneath Oceanic Floor―Probable Cause of Tsunami Occur from Tidal Fluctuations -
Chapter 2
Teenage Years -
Chapter 1
Childhood and Family Background -
Japan team Succeeds in Capturing Source of Gravitational Wave with Light -
Your Impression Can Improve 30 Percent by Nodding -
Male Scientists More Proactive in Sharing Scientific Information -
Preface
The Story of Satoshi Omura --- By Rensei Baba -
New Growth Process Observed at Galaxy Center from 11 Billion Years Ago -
Magnesium-Rich Diet Would Lower Heart Disease Risk -
Typhoon’s Strong Winds to Protrude Outward from Global Warming -
Monitoring Greenhouse Gases at Tokyo Sky Tree -
By Using iPS Cells, Okayama University Group Resolves How Cancer Cells Form Their Foundation for Multiplication -
National Institute of Genetics and University of Shizuoka Find Social Rank Can Influence Mouse’s Depressive Behavior -
Nagoya University Group Reveals Neurotransmission Circuit which Prompts Behavior to Seek Comfortable Temperature -
Apparel That Can Measure Movements: University of Tokyo Venture Starts Selling to General Consumers -
Ehime University and Others Find Hydrous Mineral with New Structure: Water May Be Transported Deep Into the Mantle -
AIST Develops Photon Microscope Which Can Observe a Single Photon -
Osaka University Team Discovers Regenerative Ability in the Heart Muscle -
Kyushu University Found Primate Eyes Can Easily Detect Facial Complexion -
Presentation Session at Tokyo Institute of Technology on Waste Nuclear Furnace