Science
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Environment Ministry Finds Fukushima Treated Water Discharge Has No Environmental Impact; Russia, S. Korea Also Declare No Cause for Concern
The Environment Ministry has confirmed there has been no impact on people or the environment foll...
September 9, 2024
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South American Lungfish Has Largest Genome of Any Animal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature — in some sense, ...
September 7, 2024
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New Species of Wasp Found in Amber in Fukushima
FUKUSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Fossils of insects found in amber excavated from a geological formation ...
September 5, 2024
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Like Humans, Marmosets Give Each Other Names
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in soci...
September 5, 2024
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Newborn Rattlesnakes Make Their Live Debut
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger...
September 4, 2024
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Kyoto Hospital to Test Using iPS Cells to Treat Diabetes; Seeks to Reduce Burden of Multiple Daily Insulin Injections
Kyoto University Hospital plans to carry out clinical trials, as early as next year, to transplan...
September 2, 2024
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Asteroid That Doomed Dinosaurs Originated in Outer Solar System
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. An asteroid an est...
August 30, 2024
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Meteorite Impacts Identified as Driver of Moon’s Tenuous Atmosphere
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surf...
August 29, 2024
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Human Bones in Spain Likely Those of Medieval Bishop behind Pilgrimage
MADRID (Reuters) — Remains found in a tomb in northwestern Spain are likely to belong to a ninth-...
August 29, 2024
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Scientists Obtain Deepest Rock Sample from Mantle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever i...
August 29, 2024
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JAXA Ends Operations of SLIM Lunar Lander
Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Monday that i...
August 27, 2024
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Ancient Egypt’s ‘Screaming’ Mummy May Have Died in Agony
It is a startling image from ancient Egypt — a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expe...
August 22, 2024
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NASA Images Unlock Complex History of 2 Near-Earth Asteroids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In the moments before NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dim...
August 21, 2024
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Newly Unearthed Pompeii Victims Found with Coins, Gems
ROME (Reuters) — Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered the remains ...
August 21, 2024
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New Finds in Treasure-laden Shipwreck Off Colombia
BOGOTA (AFP-Jiji) — New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colo...
August 21, 2024
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Japan Institute to Use Domestic Commercial Optical Lattice Clock to Set Japan Standard Time
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Japan to Face Shortfall of 3.39 Million Workers in AI, Robotics in 2040; Clerical Workers Seen to Be in Surplus
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Record 700 Startups to Gather at SusHi Tech Tokyo in April; Event Will Center on Themes Like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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iPS Treatments Pass Key Milestone, but Broader Applications Far from Guaranteed
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iPS Cell Products for Parkinson’s, Heart Disease OK’d for Commercialization by Japan Health Ministry Panel
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Tokyo Skytree’s Elevator Stops, Trapping 20 People, Police Says
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Japan, Pacific Island Nations to Work on Deepening Cooperation
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Milano Cortina 2026: Furuno Places 4th, Narrowly Missing out on Japan’s 1st Medal in Ski Cross After Intense Final Stretch
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Fiji Defense Minister: Strategic Competition Puts Pressure on Pacific States to Take Sides
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Ukrainian Ambassador Calls on Japan to Provide Air Defense System Support, Apply More Pressure on Russia
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