International
The Olympics and its transformation of cities – from the planning in London, Tokyo, and Paris
October 31, 2023
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were full of excitement from the medal rush by Japanese athletes. However, we do not reflect so ...
Society/Life
Potential of EVs to align SDGs with business
October 26, 2023
Now, the world is advancing towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. In pursuit of this goal, Japan is swiftly advancing the adoption of ...
Society/Life
Decentralization and local governments/regions in the post-corona era
October 25, 2023
Decentralization has been promoted in Japan since the late 1990s. On the other hand, the move toward centralization of power as a countermea ...
IT/Science
Tasting is believing! FUJIMORI Shingo experiences something Surprising at the forefront of taste media
October 23, 2023
The ability to record and play back your own voice began with the phonograph, which was invented by Thomas Edison, and is now taken for gran ...
International
What Japan’s immigration policy left out
October 13, 2023
The Japanese government is taking steps to accept human resources from abroad and relax their residency status. A continued increase in the ...
International
Japanese cuisine (washoku) could be the key to solving the food problem!?
September 26, 2023
Zero hunger is one of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In other words, people around the world are working together to eliminate hu ...
Society/Life
Achieving a happy life for people and their pets using intestinal bacteria
September 21, 2023
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of time people spend at home has increased over the past few years, which has led to an increasin ...
Press Releases
Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University and the other received the Ig Nobel Prize in Nutrition
September 15, 2023
Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University, and Project Associate Professor NAKAMURA H ...
Society/Life
Can the economy grow in Japan where the population continues to decline?
September 13, 2023
Japan is currently experiencing rapid depopulation. The population decreased by about 560,000 between October 2021 and October 2022. This nu ...