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Rowan Hooper
Rowan Hooper has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from Sheffield University, UK, and he worked as an insect biologist in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, for five years before spending a two-year period at The Japan Times in Tokyo. He is now news editor for New Scientist magazine, based in London.
For Rowan Hooper's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 27, 2008
Japanese Minnow
Japanese name: Mugitsuku
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 13, 2008
Foundering 'flagships'
It's often said what a privilege it is to attend a birth, and so it was in July that I felt lucky to witness the moments after the birth — by hatching — of a Green Turtle.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 13, 2008
Collared Scops Owl
Japanese name: Ookonohazuku
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 30, 2008
Climate change in Costa Rica
A couple of weeks ago I was woken at dawn by the booming screeches of the aptly named Howler Monkey. I was in Costa Rica, in the cloud forest of Monteverde.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 9, 2008
Is there anyone out there?
W hat's the most incredible headline you could expect to read in a newspaper? For me, it would have to be something like: "We are not alone: Life found on other planets."
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jul 9, 2008
Ice goby
Japanese name: Shiro-uo
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 25, 2008
Magpie
Japanese name:Kasasagi
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 11, 2008
Burrowing rat snake
Japanese name: Jimuguri
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jun 11, 2008
Of Darwin and Mishima . . .
If I said that I met Darwin last week, you might think I'd gone crazy.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
May 28, 2008
Four-eyed perch
Japanese name: Oyanirami
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
May 14, 2008
Red-spotted grouper
Japanese name: Kijihata
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 14, 2008
Space defense no reason to ax gentler projects
For a country with a constitution "forever renouncing war" (Article 9), Japan spends an awful lot of money on its military. In 2005 it was the fifth largest military spender in the world. And now there is the unsettling news that Japan is expanding its powerful self-defense capability into space.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Apr 30, 2008
Do bacteria make the man (or woman or child)?
What happens when Japanese people start eating a Western diet? Could it mean that their famed long life span starts to decline?
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 23, 2008
Goose barnacle
Japanese name: Kamenote
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Apr 9, 2008
Life and left-handed meteorites
I wonder if Empress Gensho, who ruled Japan for nine years and died in 748, had something against left-handed people.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 9, 2008
Pike gudgeon
Japanese name: Kamatsuka
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Mar 26, 2008
Northern lapwing
Japanese name: Tageri
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 12, 2008
Food for thought in our ways of seeing
W hen the famed Michelin food guide belatedly reached Asia recently, it seemed to make up for lost time, awarding more of its coveted stars to restaurants in Tokyo than are held by restaurants in New York and Paris combined. About time, too.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Mar 12, 2008
Black-faced spoonbill
* Japanese name: Kurotsura-herasagi * Scientific name: Platalea minor * Description: A large, white, striking bird with a black face and bill, and black legs. The bill is the most distinctive feature, being wider at the tip than in the middle, with a flattened end like a paddle or a spoon. The long...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Feb 27, 2008
Snow crab
Japanese name: Benizuwaigani
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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