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Issues Concerning the Paris Agreement on Global Warming: Limitations of...

< Key Points > It is apparent that the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by member countries will not be enough to reach the 2 degree target Technologies and feasibility for...

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The Question of Plutonium Management (II): Protect Energy Choices—It is...

Key Points Japanese plutonium is difficult to convert into atomic bombs It is urgently necessary to build a system that makes full use of plutonium as fuel China and Russia are being proactive...

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The Conservation of Endangered Albatross Species

A short‐tailed albatross flies over the sea of Torishima Island. Deguchi Tomohiro, Researcher, Chief of Division of Avian Conservation, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology At one time, Short-tailed...

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New Developments in Albatross Conservation—Using biologging to elucidate...

Figure 1: A Laysan albatross with GPS, camera, and accelerometer data logger attached to its back. Photo credit: Nishizawa Bungo Watanuki Yutaka, Professor, School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido...

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Leading the World with a Next Generation Model: Why Innovation is Essential...

Reconsidering the question: “What is Scientific Research?” Ueyama Takahiro, Full-time Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation More than thirty years ago, as a scholar...

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What We Understood through the “Holistic Reenactment Project of the Voyage...

200-kilometer voyage from Taiwan to Japan in 2019 Photo: Courtesy of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo The diverse staff that made possible the “reenactment” Kawabata Hiroto The logboat...

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The Perfect Return that Sent the Hayabusa2 Control Room into a Frenzy: The...

Tsuda Yuichi, Professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Interview and text by Yamane Kazuma, nonfiction writer   Artistic...

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How We Deal with Science: The Increasing Role of and Involvement of Ordinary...

Sakura Osamu, Professor, University of Tokyo Key Points Cultivating relationships of trust between politicians and expert groups The shift of science and technology patrons from the state to the...

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A Nobel Prize Born of Healthy Argument

Dr. Manabe Syukuro, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics Photo: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology   Manabe Syukuro, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, interviewed...

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Optics Expert Takes on Tenmoku Tea Bowl

Figure 1: National treasure Yuteki Tenmoku tea bowl Photo: The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (gift of SUMITOMO Group, the ATAKA Collection), photograph by NISHIKAWA Shigeru   Ebizuka Noboru,...

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