Yutaka Matsuo, professor of the University of Tokyo’s graduate school of engineering, is among the 40 experts who have been recommended sit on the U.N.’s new panel on AI. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/university-of-tokyo-un-ai-panel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yutakamatsuo #universityoftokyo #un #ai
The president of the University of Tokyo has pledged to strengthen governance at the institution following the discovery of a second bribery case involving its staff in three months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-university-governance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo #corruption #medicine #cosmetics #japancosmeticassociation #hospitals #tokyo
The head of the University of Tokyo Hospital has stepped down to take responsibility following a series of bribery scandals involving staff at the institution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/crime-legal/university-of-tokyo-hospital-head-resign-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo #corruption #medicine #marijuana #drugs #cosmetics #japancosmeticassociation
Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors Monday on a former specially appointed associate professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school for allegedly receiving bribes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/26/japan/crime-legal/ex-tokyo-university-professor-bribe-allegation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo
Tokyo police arrested a 62-year-old professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Medicine on suspicion of accepting bribes related to a joint research project. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/25/japan/crime-legal/university-of-tokyo-professor-arrest-for-bribery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo #japanesepolice
A research team at the University of Tokyo began testing a Level 4 autonomous driving bus on public roads for the first time on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/japan/society/autonomous-driving-bus-kashiwa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #selfdriving #tech #universityoftokyo #chiba #kashiwa
A doctor at the University of Tokyo Hospital has been arrested for allegedly taking about ¥700,000 in bribes from a medical equipment company official, who has also been arrested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/crime-legal/university-of-tokyo-doctor-bribery-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo #hospitals #doctors
More and more of Japan’s universities are moving toward teaching in English for all students in a bid to bring an international environment onto their campuses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/more-japanese-universities-pushing-english-classes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #universityoftokyo #wasedauniversity #sophiauniversity #english #education
The University of Tokyo has reached its highest place yet in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings at 26th, the only Japanese university to crack the top 50. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/university-of-tokyo-top-50-global-universities-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #universities #education #surveys
A Japanese research team has developed AI models that can help deliver personalized infertility treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/science-health/ai-fertility-research/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #universityoftokyo #women039sissues #pregnancy #ai
Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/japan-ultra-thin-solar-panels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #renewables #solar #environment #energy #universityoftokyo #panasonic
A team of researchers in Japan found a key biological component that may help explain why women tend to burn more calories from fat than men, which could help lead to new treatments for obesity and related diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/science-health/japan-research-women-metabolism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #instituteofsciencetokyo #universityoftokyo #obesity
A Japanese team has concluded that it was possible to travel from Taiwan to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in a dugout canoe 30,000 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/japan-study-log-boat-voyage-from-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #okinawa #yonaguni #nationalmuseumofnatureandscience #universityoftokyo