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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Osaka Expo Venue to Showcase Japan’s Recycling Society; CO2-Absorbing Bacteria to Be Introduced
A clear liquid in a flask turned opaque after carbon dioxide was injected into it. Bacteria in th...
December 25, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Provides Opportunities, Challenges for Talented Young Japanese; Expo Keeps Eye on Future
OSAKA — The scenes in the venue of the Osaka Expo 1970 inspired images of the near future.
...December 24, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Venue to Share Solutions to Medical, Environmental Challenges Threatening Future of Humanity
This is the second installment of a series on the significance of the World Expo.
World E...
December 23, 2024
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Explore the World Expo: Significance of the Event / Desire to Unite Divided World Through Human Interactions
On Yumeshima, an artificial island in Konohana Ward, Osaka, where the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is s...
December 22, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Previous Peace Prize Winner Says Desire to Eliminate N-Weapons Understood Worldwide; Young People are ‘Last Generation’ to Hear from Hibakusha, Kawasaki Says
This will be the second time for me to attend a Nobel Prize ceremony. The International Campaign ...
December 10, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Young Delegation Member Urges Everyone to Promote Peace; Hayashida Hopes Attending Ceremony Will Become Reference for Young People Worldwide
My grandfather was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. As a Youth Communica...
December 9, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Hidankyo Consultant Faces A-Bomb Survivors’ Hardships for 50 Years; She Will Carry Thoughts of Many to Oslo Award Ceremony
Interviewed with Reiko Hara
Nihon Hidankyo consultant
Half a century has passed s...
December 8, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Youngest A-Bomb Victims Were Unborn Babies In 1945; One Of Them To Share Story At Nobel Ceremony In Oslo
This is the second installment in a series of interviews with members of the delegation of Nihon ...
December 7, 2024
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Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Prize: Voices for Peace / Sueichi Kido Calls A-Bombs ‘Absolute Evil’; Sees Message In Award: ‘Don’t Run Away’
A delegation of 30 people from Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Org...
December 7, 2024
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Social Media and Elections: Lessons from Hyogo / Recent Japan Elections Illustrate Power of Social Media; Sympathy Widely Spreads for ‘Victim’ Candidates
“I saw myself in Saito,” said a 53-year-old female volunteer handling crowd control for a street ...
November 29, 2024
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Social Media and Elections: Lessons from Hyogo / Echo Chambers, Confirmation Bias Led to Threats Against Hyogo Politicians
Kenichi Okutani, a Hyogo prefectural assembly member, received malicious phone calls at his home ...
November 28, 2024
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Social Media and Elections: Lessons from Hyogo / Competition to Rack Up Views Distorts Election Campaigns in Japan; Attracting Attention for Profit Often Higher Priority Than Accuracy
Motohiko Saito, 47, was reelected as the governor of Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 17 after having bee...
November 27, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Cutting Through the Chaos / World-Renowned Japanese Architect’s Office Utilizes AI in Design Process; Kengo Kuma says Humans Must Always Make Final Decisions, Not Machines
At the office of world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma, a staff member drew a rough sketch on a com...
November 26, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Cutting Through the Chaos / Competition Accelerates AI Development, Overrides Caution; Warning Voices Left Behind In Latest Tech Gold Rush
“AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity …...
November 25, 2024
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Examining Generative AI: Cutting Through the Chaos / Can Generative AI Be Good Partner for Human Race? Intelligence Without Ethics May Seek to Harm People
Kento Kawaharazuka, a project assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, had a pleased look ...
November 24, 2024
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