World / Science & Health Apr 10, 2021
A video by entrepreneur Elon Musk's Neuralink startup showed a macaque monkey playing Pong by essentially using thought to move paddles that bounce digital balls back and forth on screen.
National Aug 20, 2020
‘Monkey dogs’ and tech keep crop-eating simians at bay in Nagano
At present, 21 such dogs are used to control the around 900 monkeys estimated to live in the city.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Feb 14, 2020
Gilead drug prevents type of coronavirus in monkeys, raising hope for China trials
An experimental Gilead Sciences antiviral drug prevented disease and reduced the severity of symptoms in monkeys infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), an infection closely related to the fast-spreading coronavirus that originated in China, a study published on Thursday found. The results, reported in ...
National / Science & Health | NATURAL SELECTIONS Feb 24, 2019
There's so much that bonobos and chimps can teach humans
by Rowan Hooper
About 6 million years ago in Africa there was an ape species that would change the world. We don't know much about that animal, but we do know that one population separated from the rest and would eventually evolve into our species, Homo sapiens.
National Jan 16, 2019
Johnny, Japan's oldest chimpanzee, has died at the estimated age of 69, a zoo in Kobe said Tuesday. The African-born male chimp had seen his appetite diminish since around September and he had been staying inside his sleeping chamber since 2017 due to age-related health ...
National Jan 10, 2019
Footage of snow monkey 'acrobats' in Japan's far north goes viral
The clip, played nearly 900,000 times, shows the snow monkeys walking on the wires in a line as if they were performing as circus acrobats.
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jun 30, 2018
Japan Times 1918: Captain Yoshita Masaki saved after insisting on going down with his ship
Capt. Yoshita Masaki is said to have remained aboard his ship until the last moment, apparently determined to share her fate, and paying no heed to the officers and men who besought him to leave while there was yet time.
Language | NEWS IN NIHONGO May 21, 2018
For the second consecutive year, the island of Koshima is connected to the mainland thanks to a lack of major typhoons, raising fears of trouble between visiting humans and resident monkeys
National / Science & Health May 14, 2018
Japanese team succeeds in impregnating monkey via uterus transplant
A Japanese research team has succeeded in impregnating a monkey that was given the extracted uterus of another primate in a transplant operation last year. The researchers said Sunday that they hope the method can be used to enable pregnancies in women who are sick, ...
Environment | OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK Feb 11, 2018
There's no business like snow business
by C.W. Nicol
A few weeks ago I had things to do in Tokyo and Yokohama, so I had a ticket booked for a late-afternoon train from Nagano on Jan. 22. Then that morning my manager in Tokyo phoned to tell me I should come early ...
National / Science & Health Jan 5, 2018
Japanese team's antibody treatment returns 80% of finger function to paralyzed monkeys
A joint research team formed by Kyoto University and Osaka University has succeeded in repairing finger function in monkeys with spinal cord injuries by using an antibody to thwart a protein that blocks neural regeneration. Details of the findings made by the team, which includes ...
National Dec 12, 2017
A series of monkey sightings around Tokyo continued on Tuesday, as what appears to be a solo wild animal traversed eastern parts of the metropolis. Katsushika Ward used its Twitter account to keep the public updated Tuesday morning, noting the latest sighting locations and warning ...