Japan team wants regulations on gene editing of human eggs
April 15, 2019
Tokyo–A team of a Japanese government panel Monday broadly agreed on the need to consider regulations to ban the genome editing of fertilized human eggs for childbirth. After a meeting of the specialist panel on bioethics on April 22, the
Road to Tokyo 2020: Bus, railway firms aiming to attract foreign tourists to local areas
April 15, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese bus and railway operators are gearing up to attract foreign travelers to local areas in the country by improving services connecting major airports and railway stations to less accessible tourist destinations. The move comes as the Japanese government aims
10-year cancer survival rate at 56.3 percent in Japan
April 9, 2019
Tokyo–The 10-year cancer survival rate in Japan stood at 56.3 pct, up 0.8 percentage point from the previous year, the National Cancer Center said in a survey report Tuesday. The survey covered some 70,000 patients who were diagnosed with cancer
Japanese Prince Hisahito enters Junior High School
April 8, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Prince Hisahito, 12, was enrolled in Ochanomizu University Junior High School in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward on Monday. The prince, the third and youngest child of Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and Princess Kiko,
Ten percent of Japanese in their 30s remain virgins: study
April 8, 2019
Tokyo–One in 10 Japanese people in their 30s had no heterosexual experience as of 2015, according to a study published in a British journal by a Japanese team on Monday. The team, led by Kenji Shibuya, visiting professor at the
Emperor, empress surprisingly stroll outside palace
April 8, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko unexpectedly appeared outside the Imperial Palace, to take a walk, on Sunday morning, surprising people who happened to be at the scene, including joggers. The Imperial couple routinely takes a walk inside the premises
Evacuees enjoy cherry blossoms in Tomioka for first time in 9 years
April 7, 2019
Tomioka, Fukushima Pref.–Evacuees viewed cherry blossoms Saturday in their hometown of Tomioka, part of which remains under an evacuation order since the 2011 nuclear accident, in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time in nine years. Evacuees and others rode buses
Japanese study finds cats recognize their Names
April 7, 2019
London–Domestic cats recognize their names even though they may not act like they do, a new Japanese study has shown. A team including Atsuko Saito, associate professor at Sophia University, studied how cats kept at homes and a so-called cat
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