For Kanae Ayukawa's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the 2015 recipients of Canada's most prestigious medical research awards, has attributed the achievement to his endless commitment to fighting disease. "When conducting experiments, I always remember that my task is to discover ways to contain diseases," said the 64-year-old ...
A centenarian says life became "absolutely absurd" in Japan during World War II, especially as authorities cracked down on political crimes under the Public Order and Police Law. Former social activist Jiro Nishikawa, 106, was born in a fishing village in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in ...
An American researcher studying the centuries-old whaling culture of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, is using the Internet to give people overseas a more nuanced picture of the coastal town, which gained international notoriety through a documentary about its dolphin hunting practices. Jay Alabaster, 39, visited Taiji ...
