Media Coverages

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Professor MORINAGA Yuki was introduced on NHK WORLD-Japan, Science View, “Special Episode: Lessons from Minamata Disease”

From the 1950s to the 1960s, Minamata Bay in Kumamoto Prefecture, located in the western part of Japan, was contaminated with organic mercur ...

Professor NOZAWA Chie was introduced on Discuss Japan — Japan Foreign Policy Forum, “Land and Homes and the Japanese: The issue of vacant houses and land with unknown owners today—What progress with preparations for closing houses?”

For many years, the dream of owning a plot of land and a home has characterized the Japanese. Nonetheless, we are now faced with a strange s ...

Professor MIYASHITA Homei was introduced on REUTERS, “Tasty TV: Japanese professor creates flavourful screen”

A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multi-sens ...

Professor IDA Masamichi, School of Political Science and Economics, commented on KYODO NEWS on Sep. 29, 2021, “FOCUS: Kishida’s longevity as PM hinges on Nov. general election”

Fumio Kishida will not have much time to bask in his victory in the race for leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and, hence, t ...

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Professor NAKAYAMA Koji commented on Newsroom Tokyo of NHK WORLD-Japan, “Japan’s Strategy in the Self-Driving Race.”

[The page has been expired.] Companies around the world are pouring billions of dollars into self-driving technology. But the first to relea ...

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Professor MORINAGA Yuki was introduced on NHK WORLD-Japan, Science View, “The Mongolian Nomads’ Art of Airag Making: A Researcher’s Challenge”

Airag, a dairy product made by fermenting horse milk, has been an integral part of life for Mongolia's nomadic people. In 2019, the traditio ...

“Innovations Incorporating Traditional Japanese Crafts Into Modern Life” – Associate Prof. ISHIDA Sachiko has been introduced as a “Japanese Visionary Women” on Forbes.com

Japanese Visionary Women finding new value in the traditions of the past. Should traditions be preserved intact, or radically updated for pr ...

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Distinguished Professor Emeritus, SUGIHARA Kokichi was introduced on NHK WORLD- Japan, DESIGN TALKS plus

[The page has been expired.] Designs have long used optical illusions and tricks, but new creators are putting them front and center to educ ...

“Japan’s move toward a diverse and inclusive nation?” by YAMAWAKI Keizo, Professor of School of Global Japanese Studies – The Japan Times

2019 must be remembered in Japan as the year when the Heisei Era ended and the era of Reiwa started, but the buzzword of the year was defini ...