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Japan's global connectors boost scientific research collaboration
24 March 2019
Catherine Armitage, David McNeill & Smriti Mallapaty
Six scientists whose transformative work reaches across borders.
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.
In Japan, corporates make reluctant partners
20 December 2017
Ichiko Fuyuno
The Japanese government wants to lure more industry funding into universities, but companies need to be convinced they’ll get value.
Japan shakes up research funding system
1 August 2017
Tim Hornyak
An overhaul of Japan’s competitive grants programme could revive the country’s international science standing.
The rise and rise of a biology superstar
30 March 2017
Tim Hornyak
Nobel laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi’s persistent study of baker’s yeast spawned an exciting new field, and proves the value of supporting scientists in pursuit of their passion.
New data reveals universities in Tokyo are highly connected
17 November 2016
Tim Hornyak
The Japanese capital is a hub of local research collaborations.
Yoshinori Ohsumi's dogged attention to detail credited for Nobel win
4 October 2016
Tim Hornyak
The cell biologist's accolade is Japan's third consecutive Nobel Prize since 2014.
Lessons from rising stars
16 March 2016
