Editorials Dec 24, 2020
Vogel’s passing leaves a great void and his death — like his life — should occasion reflection and action in Japan to honor and continue his efforts.
Business Dec 2, 2020
How wrong was Milton Friedman? Harvard team quantifies the ways.
by Saijel Kishan
"Without monetizing impacts, we’re left with the illusion that businesses have no impact,” says Professor George Serafeim of Harvard Business School.
World Nov 13, 2020
Harvard University can continue to consider race in its admissions decisions, after a federal appeals court ruled that it isn’t intentionally discriminating against Asian Americans and the policy doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston on Thursday ruled that race ...
Asia Pacific Jun 10, 2020
China and scientists dismiss study suggesting coronavirus spread in August 2019
Beijing dismissed as "ridiculous" a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the novel coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began. The research, ...
World Apr 15, 2020
Some social distancing may be needed until 2022, Harvard study finds
The simulation assumed that COVID-19 will become seasonal, like closely related coronaviruses that cause the common cold, with higher transmission rates in colder months.
World / Social Issues Nov 22, 2019
From love songs to dance tunes to lullabies, music made in disparate cultures worldwide displays certain universal patterns, according to a study by researchers who suggest a commonality in the way human minds create music. The study, published on Thursday, focused on musical recordings and ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jun 11, 2018
Rakuten reliever Frank Herrmann follows path from Harvard to Sendai
by Jason Coskrey
Frank Herrmann is still putting his Harvard University education to good use. Just not in the way, and certainly not in the place, he expected. Herrmann left the prestigious Ivy League college with a degree in economics, but it's the lessons he learned on the ...
National Feb 16, 2018
Longtime Harvard Japanese teacher Yori Oda dies at 82
by Daisuke Kikuchi
Yori Oda, a decorated teacher who taught Japanese at Harvard University for 35 years, died earlier this month after a recent illness. She was 82. In 2013, Oda was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, by Emperor Akihito in recognition ...
National Aug 26, 2016
Polyglot U.S.-born comic sheds cloak, dagger for shtick
by Ayako Mie
For Reina Saiki, 28, the world is her oyster. The Ivy leaguer who studied counterterrorism and Arabic at Brown and Harvard universities had been given chances to work for the CIA and FBI. With interning experience at the Clinton Foundation and Interpol, she could have ...
National Mar 16, 2016
TV news commentator steps down following exposure of fake academic background
Fuji Television Network Inc. scraps plans to use Sean McArdle Kawakami after he admitted “errors” in his credentials.
National / Science & Health Jun 5, 2014
Doubts emerge over a research proposal that embattled stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata submitted to the Riken institute to win her current position.