List of Articles
International
Japan has outstanding agricultural technologies to combat climate change; will it help the world!?
August 9, 2018
Climate change attributable to global warming has impacted various aspects of our lives. In particular, crop failure caused by abnormal weat ...
Career/Education
Do sports help you develop obedience, or independence?
August 6, 2018
There are never-ceasing scandals such as sexual harassment, power harassment and violence in the sports settings. They tend to be seen as pr ...
Society/Life
Democracy and Militarism: Can they coexist?
July 23, 2018
This April, a major of the Joint Staff Office in the Ministry of Defense used abusive language against a member of the Diet on the street. T ...
Press Releases
【Media Invitation】Meiji University: Prof. SUGIHARA Kokichi, Director of MIMS, will dedicate his optical illusion work to Isonokami Futsumitama Shrine
July 18, 2018
Isonokami Futsumitama Shrine (Akaiwa City, Okayama) will hold an Optical Illusion Work Dedication Reporting Ceremony from 13:00 to 14:00 on ...
IT/Science
You can easily imagine the image of your ideal face
July 18, 2018
The cabinet decided the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan in 2016, and Japan has started to promote the realization of a Super-Smart Soc ...
IT/Science
A robot that does not understand the human mind may become a threat to humans?!
July 11, 2018
In recent years, research and development of robots has been conducted in different fields of study and is advancing rapidly. Professor Take ...
Society/Life
Does insurance save small and medium-sized enterprises in the disaster-prone country of Japan?
June 28, 2018
Studies to verify the reconstruction have advanced as seven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 2011. Among ...
Society/Life
Almost half of the cancer risk factors can be prevented: Be aware of this fact!
June 26, 2018
Since 1981, cancer (malignant neoplasm) was the leading cause of death in Japan. Cancer tends to be considered an illness that leads to deat ...
Society/Life
“Kawaii” is the mainstream of Japanese aesthetics; encompassing a nuance of grotesque and infiltrating the surroundings
June 25, 2018
“Kawaii” has become an internationally accepted Japanese word. Because this adjective is frequently used by Japanese teenage girls, it is of ...