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Society and Science on iPS Cells― Think about the next decade with a focus on...
In 2006, a research team led by Professor Yamanaka Shinya at Kyoto University reported that it had generated iPS cells in mice. The following year, the team reported that iPS cells could be generated...
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Dialogue: The fundamental bases for the Japanese people To the fundamental...
Sannai-Maruyama site, archaeological site in Aomori Prefecture Editorial staff: This special feature discusses research on the lives of ancient people beyond the boundaries of study areas, with a...
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RIKEN: The 100th Anniversary of a Major Research Organization of Japan ― The...
Yamane Kazuma, nonfiction writer December 1, 2016. On this day, a press conference took place in a Fukuoka city hotel that deserves to go down in the history of science in Japan. The day before, at the...
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The Truth behind the STAP Cell Case Reality of research institutions,...
SAKURA Osamu KATASE Kumiko YASHIRO Yoshimi What Happened, and What Came to Light Sakura Osamu: Obokata Haruko, Unit Leader at RIKEN, announced in late January this year (2014) that she had established...
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The Robot & AI Revolution
SAKURA Osamu, PhD., Dean and Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo©AOKI Noboru Robot research is one of Japan’s areas of specialty. With 310,000 units,...
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The Robot & AI Revolution I Robots will Change Work & Industry
Robots exist as a substitute for humans, and are sometimes perceived as a job-stealing threat. But in reality, they are not necessarily our rivals. In the real-life workplaces where robots have been...
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Corporations and Geniuses― The main man behind the invention of blue LEDs...
The invention of blue LEDs was the product of the conviction of a researcher who does not even view effort as really effort. How should corporations deal with capable researchers? 22 October 2014,...
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Electricity Reform Is the Best Performer for the Growth Strategy
The Great Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster that stopped nuclear power generation revealed the vulnerability of Japan’s electricity system ABE Junichi (AJ): The Government decided in a cabinet meeting...
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From the Subaru Telescope to TMT
KASHIKAWA Nobunari, Associate Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan It has been fifteen years since the Subaru Telescope began operation. It stands as a symbol of the technology on...
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Interview: Artificial Intelligence
Professor Sakura Osamu (left) and Professor Nishigaki Toru Professor Sakura Osamu (left) had an interview with Professor Nishigaki Toru about the artificial intelligence (AI) on September 2, 2016, at...
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Society and Science on iPS Cells― Think about the next decade with a focus on...
In 2006, a research team led by Professor Yamanaka Shinya at Kyoto University reported that it had generated iPS cells in mice. The following year, the team reported that iPS cells could be generated...
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Dialogue: The fundamental bases for the Japanese people To the fundamental...
Sannai-Maruyama site, archaeological site in Aomori Prefecture Editorial staff: This special feature discusses research on the lives of ancient people beyond the boundaries of study areas, with a...
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RIKEN: The 100th Anniversary of a Major Research Organization of Japan ― The...
Yamane Kazuma, nonfiction writer December 1, 2016. On this day, a press conference took place in a Fukuoka city hotel that deserves to go down in the history of science in Japan. The day before, at the...
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The Question of Plutonium Management: Now is the Time to Establish New...
< Key Points > Stockpiles of plutonium for non-military purposes have increased globally It is necessary to strengthen the international management guidelines and set an upper limit on...
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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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