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COMMENTARY / Japan Sep 8, 2026 Jita funi : The hidden power of cooperation Look around you. Whatever living things you see are there because of symbiosis: flowers, mushrooms, fish, birds, trees, pets and other people. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jul 26, 2019 The happiness of the otaku : Daydreaming to well-being Using the imagination to daydream may be more useful than we thought. But who would have guessed that a key to unlocking its benefits would be pursuing manga, anime and games — otherwise known as ‘otaku’ culture. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jun 20, 2019 Revealed: What happened, physically, to the city of Hiroshima after the A-bomb Everyone in Japan knows that on Aug. 6, 1945, a nuclear bomb destroyed Hiroshima. But what happened to the mass of building debris that was swept up to disappear in the giant mushroom cloud? JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS May 28, 2019 Japanese scientist puts forward theory to solve 50-year moon rock mystery (it’s not cheese) The moon was formed when it was washed out of the right eye of the god of the land while he was bathing. Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, the moon god of Japanese folklore, then lived forever in the heavens after climbing a giant celestial ladder from his father’s bathroom. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Mar 22, 2019 How many times do we have to die before we are dead? Thanatometabolomics, a new field of science that looks at how biomarkers can help determine time of death, brings up new questions on the definition of ‘dead’ JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Feb 24, 2019 There’s so much that bonobos and chimps can teach humans About 6 million years ago in Africa there was an ape species that would change the world. We don’t know much about that animal, but we do know that one population separated from the rest and would eventually evolve into our species, Homo sapiens. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jan 25, 2019 Japan’s commercial whaling may have two silver linings: freeing up the IWC and sparing the Southern Ocean The condemnation of Japan became louder with the announcement that Tokyo would leave the International Whaling Commission, but is there a benefit to this? JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Dec 24, 2018 2018 in science in Japan: Climate change, space exploration and water bears In casting an eye back over memorable science and environment stories from Japan in 2018, it is impossible to ignore the extreme weather that hit the country. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Nov 23, 2018 The little blind fish that can mend a broken heart The Mexican tetra is a small and boring-looking animal, but appearances are deceptive. This fish is famous among evolutionary biologists, physiologists and sleep scientists for its hidden talents. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Oct 27, 2018 Salivary glands and other organs grown in laboratory Organoids, blobs of tissue grown in the lab, could change the face of organ transplants and even pave the way for brain augmentation. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Sep 21, 2018 University of Tokyo student goes the extra trillions of miles to study exoplanets A Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo, has recently helped discover 44 planets outside of our solar system. Such planets — known as exoplanets — were until recently only theoretical, and they inspire great excitement among astronomers. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Aug 28, 2018 Get ready for the robot invasion — of our classrooms We may be wary of trusting robots enough to let them educate our children, but what if children were to help teach them a thing or two? JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jul 28, 2018 Can dolphins teach humans how to come up for air? A look at new dolphin research may help Japanese pearl and seafood divers and other free divers learn more about countering decompression sickness. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jun 22, 2018 Baobabs a wake-up call for action on climate change The decline of the baobab, a tree whose longevity has astounded many, is an indication that more needs to be done to prevent climate change. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jun 2, 2018 Memory athletes could be on the right track to a longer life To memory athlete Akira Haraguchi reciting pi is like chanting the Buddhist mantra and meditating: ‘Everything that circles around carries the spirit of the Buddha. I think pi is the ultimate example of that.’ JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Apr 26, 2018 Scientists discover hormone that helps plants sense drought Plants deserve more credit. They can’t move to find food or water, or to escape a predator. But that doesn’t mean they are helpless — far from it. They don’t have eyes, ears, a nose or mouth, but they can sense the world remarkably well — in some cases better than we can. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Mar 23, 2018 Tiny tardigrades might hold the key to the origin of life The city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture is famous for the three sacred mountains that are central to the practice of Shugendo. In this fascinating fusion of Buddhism and Shinto, disciples climb and descend the thousands of stone steps that lead to the summit of Mount Haguro. The ascetic practice... JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Feb 23, 2018 ‘Dreamless’ mice in Japan help unravel the mystery of sleep A dream can sometimes stay with us all day, perhaps even longer. Other times we wake up and don’t really remember much of what we’ve dreamed about. But what about other animals? Do they dream? It’s a question we’ll perhaps never be able to answer — but let’s give it a shot. JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Jan 27, 2018 ‘Living’ robot implants are nothing to be squeamish about I think it’s safe to assume that Shogo Shimada, a thoracic and cardiac surgeon at the University of Tokyo Hospital, did not start his career thinking he might one day be implanting robots into living animals. Yet that is just what Shimada and a team of surgeons and roboticists from around the world have... JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS Dec 23, 2017 A year of discoveries gives scientists something to aim for in 2018 In my round up of this year’s science stories I’m going to choose some big ones as well as some stories that made less of an impact but still resonated with me.