Japan’s research vessel Shirase has berthed near the country’s Antarctic Showa Station and begun transfering fuel, observation equipment and other supplies to the research base. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/science-health/antarctic-research-vessel-showa-station/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #antarctica #shirase #showastation

Gene editing, with the potential to cure thousands suffering from rare diseases, face problem: It’s not profitable to spend millions making a drug that may only treat one person. But some have a solution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/world/science-health/gene-editing-superstars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #biotechnology #genetics

Having a dog at home likely helps alter adolescent children's microbiome to make them happier and have better social skills, a study by a Japanese research team showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/science-health/japan-research-dog-children-social-skills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #dogs #pets #azabuuniversity #gunmauniversity

A research group from Kyoto University has developed a Protestant catechism bot, which recites passages from the Bible. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/science-health/japan-researchers-christian-ai-bot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ai #chatbots #kyotouniversity #christianity #religion

Japan’s third attempt at putting its Michibiki No. 5 satellite into orbit ended in failure after the second-stage engine of the H3 rocket carrying it stopped burning earlier than scheduled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/science-health/h3-rocket-launch-fails/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #jaxa #rockets #michibiki #satellites #space

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

A health ministry panel has agreed to raise copayment limits for high-cost medical care, with income threshold categories refined to ensure that those who earn more pay more for treatment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/science-health/expensive-treatment-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #hospitals #health

A clinical trial by a Tokyo-based venture company confirmed that transplanting cardiac muscle cell clusters created from iPS cells into patients with severe heart failure led to improvements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/science-health/tokyo-startup-ips-heart-muscle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ips #stemcells #biotechnology

Alzheimer's trials testing Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide, despite their failure, underscore a shift to approaching the brain-wasting disease as a system of complex pathways. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/science-health/alzheimers-trials-shift-approach/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #aging #dementia #alzheimer039s #pharmaceuticals #medicine #eisai #novonordisk

Almost half of Japanese nationals have experienced loneliness and isolation, a government survey found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/science-health/loneliness-isolation-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #depression #mentalhealth

Canada has launched a billion dollar program to recruit leading global researchers, part of the effort to poach intellectual talent looking to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump's policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/world/science-health/canada-researchers-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #canada #us #donaldtrump

Many parts of eastern Japan experienced unusually long and slow shakes after Aomori Prefecture was hit by a strong earthquake. Here's what you need to know about “long-period ground motion.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/science-health/japan-quake-long-period-ground-motion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #geology #ishikawa

What you need to know about the government's "subsequent quake advisory" following Monday night's earthquake off the coast of Aomori Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/science-health/japan-aomori-hokkaido-quake-alert-mechanism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #geology #aomori #hokkaido #meteorologicalagency

Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, one of the three co-winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, has called for long-term financial support for basic research, which takes time to product results. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/science-health/japan-nobel-winners-speech-in-sweden/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #nobelprize #susumukitagawa #shimonsakaguchi

U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus, doctors and disease experts have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/science-health/us-vaccine-policy-experts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #vaccines

Shimon Sakaguchi, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, underscored the significance of medical science at a news conference in Sweden on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/science-health/nobel-winner-shimon-sakaguchi-presser/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #nobelprize #medicine

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trump's vaccine-skeptic health secretary voted Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/vaccine-policy-us-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #vaccinations #us #donaldtrump #robertfkennedyjr #health #children #hepatitisb