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.
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National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jun 30, 2018
Japan Times 1918: Captain Yoshita Masaki saved after insisting on going down with his ship
by Elliott Samuels
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, ...
Asia Pacific Apr 5, 2018
A pig-tailed macaque yanked at a coconut on a piece of string until it fell to the floor, a small victory for the simian student at a Malaysian school that trains monkeys to harvest fruit for farmers. Thousands of monkeys have been taught the trade ...
National / Science & Health Apr 4, 2018
Nagano's snow monkeys bathe in hot springs to relieve stress, study says
Japanese monkeys in Nagano Prefecture's Jigokudani valley appear to have lower levels of a stress hormone than usual when they bath in natural hot springs during winter to warm up, a study has said. A team including Rafaela Sayuri Takeshita, a researcher at Kyoto University's ...
Business Jan 30, 2018
German carmakers draw flak over pollutant tests on monkeys and humans
Public criticism of the German auto industry has escalated after a report that an industry-sponsored entity commissioned a study of the effects of diesel exhaust using monkeys, while another study exposed humans to low levels of one type of air pollutant. The German government on ...
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 ...
National | CHUBU CONNECTION Sep 4, 2017
Seto man and his snow monkey entertain audiences for 23 years and counting
Jubei, a Japanese macaque, works hard to entertain the public together with his trainer, Yasutaka Kawabe, 44, from Kamamachi in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. The duo attracts audiences with well-coordinated moves. Jubei is 26 years old, equivalent to about 80 in human years, making him the ...
National / Science & Health Aug 31, 2017
Kyoto University reprograms stem cells to fight Parkinson's in monkeys, a breakthrough for therapy
Japanese researchers successfully engineered cells to relieve Parkinson’s symptoms in clinical trials, taking a step closer to a potential cure.
National Aug 19, 2017
Oita deploys drone disguised as hawk to scare off farm-raiding monkeys
The Oita Municipal Government is trying to scare off wild, farm-raiding monkeys by using a drone made to look like a hawk. The Tanoura district on the east side of Mount Takasaki, home to a popular monkey park, is known as a producer of loquats, ...