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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Japan’s newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle, which replaces a spacecraft used between 2009 and 2020, has successfully docked at the International Space Station. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/science-health/japan-space-ship-arrival-iss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #space #jaxa #iss #kimiyayui #htvx

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Japan's new resupply spacecraft docks at International Space Station

The HTV-X is the successor to the Kounotori cargo spacecraft, nine of which successfully reached the ISS between 2009 and 2020.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

A Japanese research team that includes 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress excessive immune activity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/science-health/nobel-team-cells/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #medicine #nobelprize

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

A Japanese research team that includes 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress excessive immune activity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/science-health/nobel-team-cells/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #medicine #nobelprize

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Chinese scientists are increasingly taking the helm in scientific collaborations with U.S. counterparts, a trend that could see China reach parity with the U.S. in 2027 or 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/science-health/china-us-leader-global-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #science #us #china

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China closing in on U.S. as leader in global science, study shows

An analysis of almost 6 million research papers shows that Chinese scientists are taking the helm in almost half of all collaborations with U.S. counterparts.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

A new study that combines results from two major neutrino experiments in Japan and the United States is now offering some of the best information to date about these ghostly particles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/science-health/us-japan-researchers-neutrinos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #gifu #space

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

China is looking at deploying robot dogs and drone swarms, among other artificial intelligence advancements, for military advantage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/science-health/robot-ai-drone-china-deepseek-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ai #deepseek #defense #robots #china #semiconductors #pla #huawei

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Robot dogs and AI drone swarms: How China could use DeepSeek for war

A review of research papers, patents and procurement records gives a snapshot of Beijing's systematic effort to harness artificial intelligence for military advantage.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

The health ministry has started considering ways to promote the use of follow-on products of very expensive original biological drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/science-health/follow-on-biologics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #mhlw #pharmaceuticals

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Japan to promote use of follow-on biologics

The ministry aims to introduce new measures in fiscal 2026 as a way to curb the country's ballooning medical costs.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japanese researchers have found that people who experience COVID-19 “brain fog” have a higher-than-usual density of a certain neural receptor, a discovery that could pave the way for treatment options. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/science-health/covid-brain-fog-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #covid19 #brain #health

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan reported its first bird flu outbreak of the season at a poultry farm earlier this week, raising concerns that egg prices could rise further. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/science-health/egg-price-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hokkaido #food

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A research team led by Kumamoto University has discovered a new species of sea anemone collected from the deep seabed off the coast of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/science-health/sea-anemone-species-discovery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kumamotouniversity #oceans #water

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Study discovers new species of sea anemone off coast of Japan

The sea anemone attaches itself to a shell inhabited by a certain species of hermit crab, according to the team of researchers.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan has detected its first case of bird flu this season at a farm in Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/science-health/hokkaido-bird-flu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hokkaido #birdflu

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Bird flu season begins in Japan with infection confirmed at Hokkaido farm

The Hokkaido government has started to cull some 459,000 laying hens at the farm and imposed a ban on the transportation of hens within a 10-kilometer radius.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In a first, Japan has approved the over-the-counter sale of emergency contraceptive pill Norlevo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/science-health/japan-morning-after-pill-otc-sale-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #pregnancy #birthcontrol #drugs #health

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Japan approves emergency contraceptive pill for over-the-counter sales

Aska Pharmaceutical's Norlevo is the first emergency contraceptive pill to be approved for sale without a prescription in the country.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Sunday it has postponed the launch of the seventh unit of its H3 liquid fuel rocket, which was scheduled for Tuesday, due to a bad weather forecast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/japan/science-health/jaxa-postponement-h3-rocket/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kagoshima #jaxa #space #rockets

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter as they study a diffuse glow of gamma rays near the center of our galaxy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/world/science-health/scientists-dark-matter-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #space

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Scientists move closer to confirming existence of dark matter

Scientists are confident dark matter exists because of its gravitational effects in the universe, but because of its very nature, its existence has been hard to prove.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A band of unusually hard rock, formed from magma about 15 million years ago, near the epicenter of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake likely worsened the disaster, researchers have said in a newly published paper. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/science-health/noto-quake-underground-magma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #earthquakes #tohokuuniversity

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Ancient magma may have supercharged Noto quake, Japan researchers say

The findings help explain why a series of small earthquakes over a period of about three years suddenly culminated in the magnitude 7.6 Noto Peninsula quake in January 2024.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/world/science-health/drug-resistant-superbugs-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #covid19 #who #vaccinations #health

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Women in their 30s and 40s are too busy working and/or raising children to do physical exercise, resulting in a decline in their fitness levels compared to 1998, according to a Japanese government survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/science-health/japan-women-fitness-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #sportsagency #sports #women039sissues #health

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

All three scientific Nobels this year honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago, which some experts see as representing the importance of slow, basic science. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/science-health/nobel-prizes-slow-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa became the country's second Nobel winner this year, joining two other scientists to win the chemistry prize Wednesday for their role developing metal-organic frameworks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/science-health/nobel-prize-chemistry-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize

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@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist who won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, is calling for a diverse investment in basic scientific research with the knowledge that some projects won’t yield results. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/science-health/nobel-laureate-sakaguchi-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #medicine #nobelprize #universityofosaka

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