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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2016
Age-linked hair loss caused by disappearing collagen, researchers say
A team of researchers, including Japanese scientists, has discovered the mechanism behind hair loss associated with aging, a finding that could pave the way for new ways to treat baldness.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2015
Riken institute spent ¥145 million on discredited STAP stem cells study
The money, spent from fiscal 2011 to 2014, also included a subsequent investigation into research misconduct.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015
Waseda University strips Obokata of Ph.D.
Tokyo's Waseda University will revoke the doctorate of cell scientist Haruko Obokata, because she failed to correct inaccuracies in her thesis as requested.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2015
Seven labs worldwide confirm 'STAP' cells cannot be reproduced
Seven laboratories have confirmed that a type of stem cell said to have been discovered by a Japanese scientist in now-retracted papers could not be reproduced, despite over 100 attempts, according to research published Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 7, 2015
Obokata returns STAP cell paper publication fees to Riken
Former Riken researcher Haruko Obokata has returned about ¥600,000 that went toward publishing her papers — since retracted — on STAP stem cells in the journal Nature, the research institute said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2015
Researchers create stem cell-derived retina tissue
A Japanese team of researchers has developed a method of creating three-dimensional retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells, according to a study published on Thursday in an electronic edition of British science journal Nature Communications.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2015
Hospital pioneers Magneto-style stem cell surgery
In a world first, a team at Hiroshima University Hospital on Friday conducted regenerative knee surgery using a technique that employs magnets to concentrate iron-laced stem cells around damaged cartilage, it said.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2014
'STAP cells' claimed by Obokata were likely embryonic stem cells
An investigative panel at Riken says the debunked “STAP” cells generated by one of its scientists were likely created instead from embryonic stem cells.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 18, 2014
Eye expert Takahashi lauded for iPS cell advances by Nature
Ophthalmologist Masayo Takahashi, who led the world's first transplant of tissue generated from iPS stem cells, makes this year's top 10 list at the science journal Nature.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 18, 2014
Obokata fails to reproduce 'STAP cell' discovery
Embattled scientist Haruko Obokata has failed to reproduce her so-called STAP cell discovery at the Riken research institute, it is learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2014
Obokata to wrap up STAP cell reproduction bid
Discredited stem-cell biologist Haruko Obokata will end her attempts to reproduce so-called STAP cells this weekend as scheduled, officials at the Riken research institute say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2014
IPS study offers hope to those with rare bone, cartilage diseases
Kyoto University and Hyogo College of Medicine scientists find a potential treatment for people suffering from currently incurable diseases.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2014
Watch women win more mathematics prizes
Stereotyped notions of what men and women should study at university may be about to change. A U.S. education report shows that — between 2003 and 2009 — men had a higher rate of dropping or changing their majors than women in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jul 5, 2014
Figuring out the science behind research whaling
Japan has a unique concept of science that doesn't seem to be accepted in the Western world. Both the esteemed academic journal Nature and the International Court of Justice have essentially handed down rulings over the past year that question the standards of research in Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2014
Adviser to Riken unit to quit over 'STAP' controversy
A special adviser to the biological research center at the state-backed Riken institute said Saturday that he will resign, two days after an outside panel recommended disbanding the entity after two high-profile studies led by staff member Haruko Obokata had to be withdrawn from a British science journal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2014
Severe penalties sought for Riken, Obokata over STAP scandal
A third-party reform panel set up by the government-backed Riken institute has called for severe penalties for stem cell researcher Haruko Obokata and her supervisors, and for the biology center where she works to be disbanded.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 29, 2014
Cells cloned from diabetic make insulin
And now there are three: In the wake of announcements from laboratories in Oregon and California that they had created human embryos by cloning cells of living people, a lab in New York announced on Monday that it had done that and more.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2014
Obokata beefs up defense with new papers
Embattled stem cell researcher Haruko Obokata submitted additional documents to the state-backed Riken Institute on Sunday to back up her denials of alleged misconduct in her research methods, and called for more time to prepare evidence, her lawyer said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2014
Obokata mentor, co-author: STAP cells just a ‘hypothesis’
Though evidence points to the existence of STAP cells, they are still only a hypothesis worthy of study, a co-author of the papers on the revolutionary but unproved method to create pluripotent stem cells says.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2014
STAP replication 'not conclusive'
A dispute over whether the work of a third party supports Riken biologist Haruko Obokata's discredited discovery enters the STAP cell spotlight.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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