Japanese government indicted

In Court

Price war

Stop trashing computers

To conserve precious resources

Faecal detection of cancer

Exploring Japan ecologically

In just five years, the Centre for Ecological Research at Kyoto University in Japan has attained exemplary status and is doing pioneering work …

Ulcerative colitis explained, as Shinzo Abe retires

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced that he is retiring due to worsening health. The condition 65-year-old Abe suffers from …

Robots in the playground

A group of robots have taken to the football field in Japan for the second year in succession

Tokyo changes prescription to cut drug bill

The Japanese government is trying to keep the people from consuming too many medicines, in order to cut down its expenditure on health care.

Post-election squabbles widen rift at WHO

Hiroshi Nakajima's re-election as WHO's director general is being challenged on grounds of high-handedness.

Heated protests over nuclear waste

Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest …

Spectra of colour

A Japanese company has developed blue light-emitting diodes using gallium nitride, thus filling the gap in the spectrum of semiconductor light …

Dying very young

High mortality rate of cloned animals and unsuccessful attempts to clone monkeys worry researchers

Cold cold heart

If everything goes right, it would be possible to 'store' vital organs to be used for transplants much later

Message in a bottle

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Shortcut to better rice

Genomic approach saves time and effort

CLEAR WARNING

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Miracle amid ruins

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Fukushima to food

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Thar she blows

Yen for ecofriendly grain

Japan will import Indian rice only if it is free from harmful chemical residues

Toxic aid

The signs of increasing dissipating consumption

Plutonium protests