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A team headed by Takashi Tsuji, a visiting senior researcher at Riken and chairperson of OrganTech, has identified a previously unknown ¡°third cell¡± essential for fully regenerating hair follicles, on Feb. 10 in Tokyo¡¯s Chuo Ward.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 26, 2026
Japan-led cell discovery hints at potential new treatments for hair loss
Researchers identified a ¡°third cell¡± essential for fully regenerating hair follicles, and successfully re-created the complete hair-growth cycle in mice.
Takuzo Aida, group director at the Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science, shows a sample of ocean-degradable plastic at its lab in Wako, Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2025
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that quickly dissolves in seawater
The new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt.
A quantum computer developed by Fujitsu and Riken shown on Tuesday in Wako, Saitama Prefecture
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2025
Fujitsu and Riken develop world-leading quantum computer
Competition is intensifying in Japan and abroad for making quantum computers smaller and improving error detection methods.
A research team that includes government-backed research institute Riken and the University of Tokyo has developed a plastic material that can be dissolved in seawater in just a few hours.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2024
Riken and others develop plastic material that dissolves in seawater
Unlike earlier biodegradable plastics, the material is strong and easy to process and takes only hours to decompose.
Haruko Obokata speaks to reporters in the city of Osaka in 2014. Ten years after the STAP scandal, structural problems that led to the scandal persist, leaving ample room for researchers to tamper with research data, experts say.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 9, 2024
Little change in Â鶹´«Ã½ research sector 10 years after stem cell fraud
A decade after the STAP scandal, there is still a lot of leeway for researchers to tamper with data.
Fujitsu and Riken say they have developed Japan's second quantum computer.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2023
Fujitsu and Riken develop Â鶹´«Ã½ second quantum computer
The 64 qubit quantum computer from Fujitsu and state-backed Riken will be integrated with a 40 qubit quantum computer simulator.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2022
Japan study shows how to put a crying baby to bed
According to a new study, there may be a science-based technique to prevent the never-ending sleep routine: walking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 7, 2021
Â鶹´«Ã½ Fugaku supercomputer is tackling some of the world¡¯s biggest problems
The world¡¯s fastest supercomputer, Fugaku is tasked with challenges such as modeling climate change and helping to manage carbon emissions.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2020
Japan supercomputer finds ways to nix airborne virus at work and on trains
Operating commuter trains with windows open and limiting the number of passengers may help reduce the risk of infection.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2020
Riken institute develops test to detect coronavirus within 30 minutes
The Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health and the government-affiliated research institute Riken said Thursday that they have developed a technology that can detect the COVID-19 coronavirus in only 10 to 30 minutes.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2019
Japan pulls plug on K, once the world¡¯s fastest supercomputer, after seven-year run
Engineers were set to pull the plug on Â鶹´«Ã½ K supercomputer on Friday after seven years of service, during which time it made contributions to research in many fields, including typhoon and torrential rain forecasts and drug development.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2019
Eye-opener: Japanese doctor¡¯s work with iPS cells puts macular degeneration on notice
Science has Dr. Masayo Takahashi¡¯s mother to thank, in a way, for some of the most notable developments in regenerative medicine using stem cells.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2019
Fujitsu finishes designing Â鶹´«Ã½ Post-K supercomputer
Fujitsu Ltd., working with national research institute Riken, has finished designing the successor to the K supercomputer.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 19, 2018
Disgraced scientist Haruko Obokata back in public eye with photo spread in weekly magazine
¡®Hello, Bunshun-san. Yesterday I wrote in my diary that, ¡®Well, it¡¯s come to this, that I am working with you.¡¯¡±
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2017
Riken-backed group targets hair changes as new way to gauge human health
A group including state-affiliated research institute Riken has started a joint study to develop technology to analyze human health based on changes in people¡¯s hair shape and components.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 4, 2016
Riken mind bender stays one step ahead of virtual reality
Imagine you are standing on the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped bridge suspended 1,200 meters above the Colorado River. You are likely to get dizzy and freeze up at the thought of venturing out onto the 10-cm thick glass.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 24, 2016
In first interview since ¡®14, scandal-hit Obokata says she has received job offers from U.S., Germany
Disgraced scientist Haruko Obokata says she has received offers from American and German scientists to continue her research.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Feb 7, 2016
As technology improves, future of organic solar cells looks bright
The stereotypical image of solar cells may be of panels placed on the roofs of homes or of vast rivers of panels lined up on large swaths of land, often called mega-solar projects.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2016
Obokata breaks silence, suggests colleague bears blame for STAP debacle
A former star scientist with the Riken research institute who was accused of fraud in 2014 tells her side of the story.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015
Waseda University strips Obokata of Ph.D.
Tokyo¡¯s Waseda University will revoke the doctorate of cell scientist Haruko Obokata, because she failed to correct inaccuracies in her thesis as requested.
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
¡®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.
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.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

Podcast

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

Longform

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 Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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