Media Coverages
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”
November 10, 2025
An electrified spoon can give a salty taste to foods, pleasing the palates of people on special diets. Miyashita Homei uses technology to re ...
IT/Science
Present and future of statistics: tackling issues and phenomena in the real world through data
November 5, 2025
Statistics is used to find regularities in data and provides clues to prediction and interpretation. It is used in all aspects of our lives, ...
International
How to make a culturally enriching leisure trip: Lessons from early modern England
October 30, 2025
From the 16th to the 17th century, English travelers began taking personal trips to Europe and the Mediterranean area. In the 18th century, ...
IT/Science
To what extent will industrial robots replace human labor?
October 27, 2025
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 ...
Media Coverages
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”
October 22, 2025
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 ...
Society/Life
Sexual minorities on screen: Who are these films for?
October 22, 2025
In today’s age of diversity, more and more films and TV dramas feature LGBTQ characters. Yet, how much do their portrayals genuinely reflect ...
Society/Life
Why the Eugenic Protection Act, which violated the human rights of persons with disabilities, existed until recently
October 17, 2025
From 1948 to 1996, the Eugenic Protection Act existed in Japan, stipulating that persons with disabilities could be forcibly sterilized to p ...
International
Reflecting on migration from Latin America and the role of art
October 14, 2025
Conflicts never cease around the world, and many people are forced from their homes. While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israeli–Pale ...
Business
What kind of leadership improves work engagement? From the perspective of inclusion and psychological safety
October 8, 2025
How can work engagement in Japan, which is at one of the lowest levels in the world, be improved? In this article, I will explain that inclu ...