For Tokyo University, the main objective is to use the technology developed for local problem solving. But the team is also aiming to contribute to JAXA’s...
His Nobel Prize-winning research is widely used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, due in large part to Negishi and his colleagues’ wise decision not to patent...
Few manufacturers — such as Japan’s Eisai and the U.S.’ Biogen — have continued to develop a treatment. We hope the health ministry announces the approval...
Japan's first gene-edited food is a tomato that contains four to five times more GABA, a substance reported to be effective in controlling high blood pressure.
Graduate student’s study of how sea slugs regenerate their lost, damaged or cut-off parts can be unraveled could bring new hope to regenerative medicine for humans.
This high-performance water recovery system from Japan takes the urine of astronauts living on the ISS at an altitude of roughly 400 km above Earth and...
The private sector can harness the technology for intercontinental high-speed passenger transportation by around 2040.
The total eclipse of the supermoon on May 26 will be visible throughout Japan, weather permitting, and around much of the Pacific region, including Australia and...
Researchers are looking into whether visiting the famous hot spring, or using special microorganisms found in its water in humidifiers and mouthwash, could help fight against...
iPS cell research is moving ahead quickly with promising applications for COVID-19, diseases affecting vision and muscular function, among others. The issue to overcome next is...
Japan has long regarded science and technology as tools for economic growth. Now we must rebuild the country’s power in this sector from the perspective of...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor, using a reusable transporter capsule and rocket for the first time, will stay on the International Space Station for six months.