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A research team led by Okayama University professor Sakae Takeuchi has identified the detailed mechanism behind crows¡¯ black coloration, finding that a receptor in the species' pigment cell for producing black pigment is constantly active.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 14, 2026
Japanese researchers identify scientific mechanism behind crows¡¯ black color
The research team created the pigment cell receptor for large-billed crows in culture and conducted a detailed analysis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
May 8, 2023
Crows¡¯ nests on utility poles in Fukushima raise risk of power outages
Data shows that the number of crow-nest removals in Fukushima Prefecture totaled 1,903 in 2022, roughly tripling from 662 in 2013.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / Longform
Apr 11, 2022
As the crow flies: A bird¡¯s eye view of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ urban ecology
Tokyo¡¯s once booming crow population has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. What does that mean for the world¡¯s largest city?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 22, 2017
Chubu Electric uses artificial nests so crows don¡¯t build their own on power towers
Chubu Electric Power Co. has adopted a unique method to deter crows from nesting on transmission towers and causing blackouts by building artificial bird nests far from the power lines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 5, 2016
Huge gold shipment arrives from U.S.; few Americans living in Tokyo; stowaways return; town eats crow to solve bird woes
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, NOV. 22 1916
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 25, 2016
Bird brain
If crows are so smart, why don¡¯t they know that humans have little interest in climbing a tree they are nesting in to steal their eggs?
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2014
Crows offer clues to cognition
A species of crow native to islands east of Australia has long wowed scientists with its intelligence, and now it has shown it can solve at least one puzzle as well as the average 7-year-old child, scientists reported recently.

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Âé¶¹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness

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