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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours 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 2 days 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 2 days 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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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

A trio of scientists won the Nobel physics prize "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit,” the Nobel jury said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/science-health/nobel-prize-physics-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards

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

Shimon Sakaguchi, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday, bucked convention to discover immune-regulating cells — an emerging tool against cancer and other diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/science-health/sakaguchi-nobel-medicine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #health #nobelprize #shimonsakaguchi #osaka

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

E-cigarettes are fueling an "alarming" new wave of nicotine addiction, with millions of children now hooked on vaping, the World Health Organization warned Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/science-health/children-ecigarettes-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ecigarettes #smoking #health #children

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Surging numbers of children using e-cigarettes, WHO says

In countries that have the data, children are on average nine times more likely than adults to vape, the organization said.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/science-health/nobel-prize-medicine-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #health #nobelprize #shimonsakaguchi

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Finally, something to unite President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponents and the Canadians he's threatening to annex: a ferociously hungry carp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/science-health/us-canada-carp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #canada #us #donaldtrump #trade #fish #animals

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Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp

If the battle against invasive carp were to fail, the consequences could be both dire and unpredictable.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Flu season has kicked off in Japan, the health ministry said, marking the second-earliest start in the past 20 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/science-health/influenza-season-start-early/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #flu #health #mhlw

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Japan enters its second-earliest flu season in 20 years

Okinawa had the most cases on average by prefecture, at 8.98 patients per medical institution, followed by 1.96 for Tokyo, 1.68 for Kagoshima, and Fukuoka with 1.55.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

There has been a spike this year in malaria fatalities in Cameroon that local health officials attribute to foreign aid cuts by the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/science-health/babies-deaths-us-malaria-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #aid #cameroon #health #malaria #children #africa

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heatstroke in Japan between May 1 and Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/science-health/japan-record-heat-stroke-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatstroke #heatwaves #health #surveys

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Japan saw record number treated for heatstroke in hottest-ever summer

Patients with suspected heatstroke over the period rose almost 3% to 100,143 from a year earlier as Japan saw its temperature record broken twice in a matter of days.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Public hospitals across Japan ran a combined deficit of ¥395.2 billion in fiscal 2024, with 83.3% operating in the red, the internal affairs ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/science-health/japan-hospitals-deficit-2024/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hospitals #doctors #internalaffairsministry

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83% of public hospitals in Japan in red in fiscal 2024

Both the deficit and the proportion of loss-making hospitals, 703 out of 844, marked record highs.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Japan witnessed a 40% rise in cases of the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in just eight years, according to a government-backed study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/science-health/japan-bowel-diseases-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #ulcerativecolitis #crohnsdisease #tohouniversity #kyorinuniversity #osakametropolitanuniversity #health #medicine

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

The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced Monday as he urged governments to reverse global cuts to health funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/science-health/bill-gates-global-disease-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #aids #tuberculosis #malaria #billgates

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Bill Gates pledges $912 million to health aid, urging countries to reverse cuts

Speaking at an event in New York, Gates said the world was at a crossroads, with millions of children at risk of dying if funding drops too steeply.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

In fast-aging Japan, struggles with dementia are a common story. But researchers hope that future breakthroughs will help them rewrite the ending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/science-health/dementia-research/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #aging #elderly #mentalhealth #alzheimer039s #medicine #pharmaceuticals #dementia #lecanemab #donanemab

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Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment

Four scientists at the forefront of dementia research speak about what kind of future they envision for people with the condition.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The Japanese government is pushing for the development of a new plastic material that naturally decomposes in the sea as marine environmental pollution becomes ever more serious. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/science-health/developing-biodegradable-plastics-to-reduce-marine-plastic-waste/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #oceans #environment #plastic #waste #meti #pollution

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Japan’s young people are rethinking their relationship with alcohol — swapping late-night izakaya rounds for mocktails and zero-proof options. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/science-health/nonalcoholic-drinks-youth-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #drinking #beer #alcohol

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The parent body of asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for over a billion years, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery that could reshape ideas on how the Earth got its oceans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/science-health/ryugu-asteroids-water-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hayabusa2 #space #astronomy #asteroids #planets #ryugu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Researchers have gotten their best look yet of two black holes merging based on the detection of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, lending support to hypotheses from Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/science-health/black-hole-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #space #astronomy

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A report released to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day found a sharp rise since 2019 of people in Japan taken to hospital for self-harm and attempted suicide, especially among young people and women. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/science-health/self-harm-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #suicide #mentalhealth #psychology #hospitals

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