Particles from Fukushima meltdown contained plutonium
Almost ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, researchers report that the particles from power plants contained plutonium.
Tags: japan natural-disasters tsunamis health-and-medicine radioactivity nuclear-energy plutonium
Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from the sea
The organisms had been in a dormant state in the seabed in the South Pacific since the age of dinosaurs.
Tags: bacteria japan pacific-ocean
The UAE's Mars mission seeks to bring Hope to more places than the red planet
A new country launches a mission to Mars. A space expert explains what this means for the Middle East and the African continent.
July 13, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: space mars india russia united-states space-exploration japan international-space-station united-arab-emirates mars-exploration space-race
What are Asian giant hornets, and are they really dangerous? 5 questions answered
Are 'murder hornets' from Asia invading North America? A Japanese entomologist who's been stung by one and lived to tell the tale explains what's true about these predatory insects.
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: insects agriculture wildlife japan entomology pollinators asia invasive-species honeybees wild-bees
Biggest cosmic mystery 'step closer' to solution
New experimental findings could help us solve one of the biggest mysteries about the Universe.
Tags: physics astrophysics particle-physics japan
Lack of testing doesn't explain why Japan has so far escaped the worst of the coronavirus
You don't have to believe the official figures to realise that the rate of spread of the virus in Japan has been slower than in other countries.
March 26, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: mathematics covid-19 new-coronavirus japan
Japan’s experience with earthquakes can help teach us to learn to live with floods
Japan took a fresh approach to ensuring their society was more resilient to the frequent earthquakes they experience. We could learn from its experience.
March 11, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: resilience flooding earthquakes japan civil-engineering flood-protection
Hayabusa-2: Japan spacecraft leaves asteroid to head home
Hayabusa-2 will return with samples of the asteroid after its yearlong journey back to Earth.
Tags: space japan asteroids hayabusa-2
A look at Japan’s evolving intelligence efforts
New book examines the past and future of Japanese intelligence services in a rapidly shifting world.
Tags: politics japan research asia school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science books-and-authors international-studies
How Japan’s royal family changes with the times
As Japan's royal family deals with a new emperor taking the throne, an expert looks at how the times have shaped the family—and vice versa.
Tags: history art japan society-and-culture royalty
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