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Japanese cuisine (washoku) could be the key to solving the food problem!?

Zero hunger is one of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In other words, people around the world are working together to eliminate hu ...

Achieving a happy life for people and their pets using intestinal bacteria

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 ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University and the other received the Ig Nobel Prize in Nutrition

Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University, and Project Associate Professor NAKAMURA H ...

Can the economy grow in Japan where the population continues to decline?

Japan is currently experiencing rapid depopulation. The population decreased by about 560,000 between October 2021 and October 2022. This nu ...

Root of the Problem: Exploring Host-Parasite interactions in Plants

Root parasitic plants, such as Striga and Orobanche, parasitize the roots of other plants, including important crops, such as rice, sorghum, ...

Can people be happy if they pursue convenience and efficiency?

I think many people believe that outdoor education is meaningful. However, we notice that it is difficult to answer deeper questions such as ...

New power networks needed to increase renewable energy

In recent years, in the field of electric power engineering, next-generation power networks have been actively discussed. It was triggered b ...

Idea of service leading to sustainability

In recent years, service as a co-creation activity is receiving attention. As opposed to conventional marketing which only focuses on increa ...

What we can see from French parliamentary history

The way of democracy seems considerably different between France and Japan. For example in France demonstrations are staged almost every day ...