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Rocket Launch Postponed by Tokyo-Based Space Startup After Vessel Entered Restricted Maritime Area (Update 1)
The first launch of the KAIROS rocket has been postponed, according to Space One Co., the Tokyo-b...
March 10, 2024
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Combination Method Proposed for Fukushima Debris Removal
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A combination of two methods should be used for the full-fledged removal of ...
March 9, 2024
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Japan Team Finds Mechanism behind Middle-Age Weight Gain
Nagoya (Jiji Press)—A Japanese research team has discovered a mechanism apparently behind why peo...
March 7, 2024
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Our Animal Ancestors Had Tails. Why Don’t We?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we?
Somewhere ar...
March 6, 2024
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‘Slow Slip’ Phenomenon Behind Intensifying Seismic Activities in Eastern Sea Off Chiba Pref. in Japan
The “slow slip” phenomenon was observed in the sea off the eastern coast of Chiba Prefecture for ...
March 2, 2024
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Pig Organ Transplant Experiments on Monkeys to Begin this Year; Clinical Application for Humans Eyed by Medical Institutions
Several Japanese medical institutions are making preparations for the clinical application of pig...
February 29, 2024
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Giant Salamanders Believed to Have Gone Extinct Are Actually Alive in Zoo, Aquarium in Japan, Genetic Analyses Find
Two giant salamanders that originated in China of a species thought to have gone extinct have bee...
February 29, 2024
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Fujitsu, NEC, Other Companies to Collaborate with Institute for Molecular Science on Developing New Type of Quantum Computer
The Institute for Molecular Science will establish a new company in fiscal 2024 to develop a next...
February 27, 2024
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People Seek Romantic Connection with AI Chatbots
NEW YORK (AP) — A few months ago, Derek Carrier started seeing someone and became infatuated. He ex...
February 22, 2024
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Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Has Hidden Secret: Its Subsurface Ocean
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Saturn’s moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death...
February 22, 2024
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Mongolia in Talks with SpaceX to Launch 1st National Satellite
The Mongolian government said earlier this month it was in talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch t...
February 22, 2024
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Japan Aims to Enter Global Market for Satellite Launches; JAXA Works to Boost Competitiveness By Slashing Costs
Japan’s mainstay H3 rocket has successfully lifted off, about a decade after its development began. ...
February 18, 2024
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Wakayama Town Pins Hopes of Upcoming Private Launch of Rocket from Newly Built Site
WAKAYAMA — KAIROS, a small rocket developed by Space One Co., is set to be launched from Kushimoto, ...
February 18, 2024
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Japan’s First Tyrannosaurid Bones Excavated; Lower Jaw Fragments Found in Kumamoto Pref.
AMAKUSA, Kumamoto — Fossilized lower jaw fragments from a tyrannosaurid, which belongs to the same f...
February 17, 2024
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Bones from German Cave Rewrite Early History of Homo Sapiens
Bone fragments unearthed in a cave in central Germany show that our species ventured into Europe’s c...
February 17, 2024
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