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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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