National Sep 12, 2019
Japan failing to cultivate elite universities, global survey suggests
Only the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University made it to the top 200 — fewer than China, Italy, Denmark and Belgium, the report said.
National / Science & Health Aug 8, 2019
International team of astronomers discover massive ancient galaxies
An international team of astronomers, including those from the University of Tokyo and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, have discovered 39 massive galaxies thought to have been actively forming stars over 11 billion years ago. The galaxies are believed to be the ancestors of ...
National / Social Issues Jul 2, 2019
Japan's gender problem is a 'human disaster,' says award-winning scholar Chizuko Ueno
by Yuka Nakao
After several high-profile incidents in recent years shone the spotlight on Japan's problems with sexism, a Japanese women's studies pioneer has been granted special recognition from Finland, a leading country in promoting gender equality. Chizuko Ueno, a sociologist and prominent feminist figure in Japan, last ...
National Jun 12, 2019
Male managers in Japan have higher mortality rate than in Europe, study finds
The findings of the study said the mortality rate of “upper nonmanual workers” increased in Japan in the second half of the 1990s following the collapse of the asset-inflated bubble economy.
National / Science & Health Jun 6, 2019
Japanese researchers win second prize in global competition for unmanned ocean exploration
A team of Japanese researchers said Wednesday that it has won second place in a global competition for unmanned ocean floor exploration. "We were able to show the excellence of Japanese ocean research technology," Takeshi Nakanishi of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology ...
National / Science & Health May 31, 2019
Japan-led team discovers cheap, stable way of producing blood stem cells
In a world first, an international research team led by a Japanese scientist has developed an effective, inexpensive method for the stable, long-term expansion of mouse hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs. Although some modifications will be necessary for use with human HSC cultures, "once the ...
National May 21, 2019
by Kazuaki Nagata
The system predicts floods based on detailed urban infrastructure data and the test comes amid growing risks of heavy rain on an unprecedented scale due to climate change.
National / Science & Health Apr 28, 2019
University of Tokyo plans experiment to grow human organs in pigs within about a year
The University of Tokyo plans to start an experiment to grow human pancreases in pigs for transplantation using induced pluripotent stem cells, better known as iPS cells, a professor leading the project said recently. Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi said he hopes to launch the first project ...
National Apr 8, 2019
Quarter of Japan's adults under 40 are virgins, at least when it comes to the opposite sex
About a quarter of people aged 18 to 39 in Japan were estimated to have had no experience of heterosexual intercourse as of 2015, higher than the 20 percent seen more than two decades ago, a team of Japanese and Swedish researchers said Monday. Researchers ...
Commentary / Japan Mar 11, 2019
At the University of Tokyo, there is power in a union
by Shaun O'dwyer
Japan still has the right to organize, and unions are good both for members and management.
National / Science & Health Feb 25, 2019
Japan scientists win backing for work on potential Nipah virus vaccine at Todai
A global coalition set up to fight emerging epidemics has struck a $31 million deal with scientists at the University of Tokyo to speed up work on a vaccine against a brain-damaging disease caused by the Nipah virus. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) ...
National / History Jan 19, 2019
The University of Tokyo riots of 1968-69: A photographer remembers the final days of resistance
by Alex Martin
Riot police at the University of Tokyo haul off a man wearing a white helmet, cuffed hands clasped above his bowed head. His expression is a mixture of resignation and defiance, but the fine details are hard to discern, obscured by the dark shades ...