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August 14, 2026
 

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO

Jun Tsuyama, a lecturer at the Institute of Science Tokyo, speaking Wednesday during a news conferenceat the university in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. During the event, Tsuyama explained that a candidate drug capable of sustaining the period for potential recovery after a stroke has been developed in mice.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 14, 2026
Japan team identifies drug candidate that may extend recovery after stroke
The period during which motor functions lost due to a stroke can be recovered is currently limited to about two months.
Education minister Yohei Matsumoto speaks during a news conference at the parliamentary building on Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2026
Ministry approves Institute of Science Tokyo¡¯s plans to boost research
The institution was selected last month to receive aid from the government¡¯s ?10 trillion fund designed to foster universities with world-class research capabilities.
The Institute of Science Tokyo's Ookayama campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward
JAPAN / Society
Jan 23, 2026
Institute of Science Tokyo second university to gain aid from ?10 trillion fund
The institute is expected to receive over ?10 billion in subsidies in the first year after the approval of a plan to strengthen its research capabilities.
Older adults with no remaining teeth had a mortality risk about 1.7 times higher than those with 21 or more teeth, according to Japanese researchers.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2026
Dental hygiene key to predicting mortality, Japanese researchers find
Studies concluded that poor oral health among older adults is closely linked with higher mortality rates and a higher risk of requiring long-term care.
Education minister Yohei Matsumoto speaks about the results of a review for the University for International Research Excellence program, at a news conference following a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 19, 2025
Institute of Science Tokyo to be second recipient of aid from ?10 trillion fund
The expert panel that screens applications praised the Institute of Science Tokyo¡¯s plan and vision for reforms across research field boundaries.
Scientists say a recently published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions. The research may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 15, 2025
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say their findings could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies.
Institute of Science Tokyo's Chief Executive Officer Naoto Otake (right) and Chief Academic Officer Yujiro Tanaka at the university's campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Tuesday
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2024
Institute of Science Tokyo launched after merger of two universities
The new university has 6,242 undergraduates and 7,116 postgraduates. Of them, 2,145 are foreign students.
Naoto Ohtake, president-elect of the Institute of Science Tokyo, said it aims to have international students make up 30% of all undergraduate science and engineering majors by 2050.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2024
Institute of Science Tokyo will reapply for grant from ?10 trillion fund
Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University, which will merge to form the new university, had jointly applied before but failed.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2023
Merger of two universities to create ¡®Institute of Science Tokyo¡¯
The name will become official after necessary procedures, such as registering with the education ministry and revising the national university corporation act.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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