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Environmental
Japan finds massive rare metals deposit worth $26,290,800,000
A survey by the University of Tokyo and The Nippon Foundation from April 24 to June 9 has uncovered a vast deposit of rare earth metals wort...
Ryan General
Home
2300-year-old skeleton helps solve mystery of earliest Japanese people
DNA sequencing of a 2,300-year-old Yayoi skeleton from the Doigahama archaeological site in Yamaguchi Prefecture reveals that modern Japan&#...
Climate change is causing fish to shrink: Japanese study
A new study reveals that fish in the western North Pacific Ocean are getting smaller due to climate change-driven shifts in their food suppl...
Health
Bullied teens may show early signs of psychosis, study suggests
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Tokyo has revealed a link between teenage bullying and early psychotic episodes. K...
Carl Samson
Japanese bird scientist’s unconventional research tactic goes viral
The anonymous researcher resorted to wearing a pigeon mask for an entire year in a bid to blend in ...
Japanese scientists successfully use artificial DNA to kill cancer cells
“The results of this study are good news for doctors, drug discovery researchers and cancer patients, as we believe it will give them ...
Education
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma joins Tokyo College as visiting professor
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has accepted an invititation to become a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new research institute run by th...
Michelle De Pacina
Japan
Watch: Japanese robot trained to peel bananas carefully without squishing them
Researchers in Japan have unveiled a robot that has been trained to carefully peel bananas without crushing them. The dual-armed robot has...
Rebecca Moon
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