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Professor YAMAWAKI Keizo commented in The Mainichi article titled, “Japan expert stresses need for foreign resident integration legislation based on national consensus”

TOKYO -- Policies regarding foreigners, such as accepting refugees and workers from abroad as well as inbound tourists, have become major po ...

Meiji University × Nature: “How our brains merge during collective triumph”

Our advertisement feature, "How our brains merge during collective triumph" by Prof. SHIMADA Sotaro (School of Science and Technology, Meiji ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei was featured on NHK WORLD-Japan, in the Science and Nature program “Laugh Then Think: Japan’s Offbeat Science — Stun Your Tastebuds”

An electrified spoon can give a salty taste to foods, pleasing the palates of people on special diets. Miyashita Homei uses technology to re ...

Present and future of statistics: tackling issues and phenomena in the real world through data

Statistics is used to find regularities in data and provides clues to prediction and interpretation. It is used in all aspects of our lives, ...

How to make a culturally enriching leisure trip: Lessons from early modern England

From the 16th to the 17th century, English travelers began taking personal trips to Europe and the Mediterranean area. In the 18th century, ...

To what extent will industrial robots replace human labor?

As the workforce shrinks owing to an aging society with a low birthrate, there is a growing demand for industrial robots to replace human la ...

Professor KIDERA  Hajime commented in a CNN article titled, “Japan’s aspiring leader drums to relieve stress. She has many reasons to reach for her sticks”

Tokyo — For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. Since drumming in a college band, the 64-year-old politician has remaine ...

Sexual minorities on screen: Who are these films for?

In today’s age of diversity, more and more films and TV dramas feature LGBTQ characters. Yet, how much do their portrayals genuinely reflect ...

Why the Eugenic Protection Act, which violated the human rights of persons with disabilities, existed until recently

From 1948 to 1996, the Eugenic Protection Act existed in Japan, stipulating that persons with disabilities could be forcibly sterilized to p ...