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Japan faces down disaster
24 April 2018
Tim Hornyak
An institute’s work on warning and mitigation systems for catastrophic events is a national priority.
Osaka hastens industry partnerships
23 April 2018
Ichiko Fuyuno
Osaka University bets on commercial-academic collaborations to survive.
Pillars of a smart society: From blockchain to surgical robots
18 April 2018
Smriti Mallapaty
Across the scientific fields, Japanese researchers are bringing together the virtual and real worlds.
Japan bets on science diplomacy
16 April 2018
Daniel Hurst
International collaborations are rising, but not enough to put Japan on the global researcher circuit.
AI engineers, data scientists - Japan needs you
10 April 2018
Tim Hornyak
Japan's vision of a high-tech, 'super-smart' society relies on sustained investment to arrest scientific decline.
Japanese institutions resist reform
6 April 2018
Ichiko Fuyuno
Efforts to improve Japan's scientific status include top-down institutional change, but tradition is hard to break.
Stand aside UTokyo, Gakushuin shows size isn’t everything
22 March 2018
Tim Hornyak
Gakushuin University is the top-ranking institution when assessed on the quality of its research in the natural sciences.
Japan's woman problem
8 March 2018
Noriko Osumi
Less than 15% of researchers in Japan are female. Urgent culture change is needed, argues Noriko Osumi.
