Media Coverages

Associate Professor ISHIDA Sachiko was introduced on Made in Japan, “The Future is Folding”

Flip through a book of origami patterns and it's hard not to notice the math staring back at you. The same is true when unfolding a finished ...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus HAGIWARA Ichiro was introduced on Futurities, the Simulation Based Engineering & Science Magazine by EnginSoft, “Origami Engineering: inspired by Japanese folding culture”

Origami, the Japanese art of transforming a single sheet of paper into various shapes, is a traditional cultural activity and form of play t ...

Dr. Homei Miyashita Laboratory was introduced on REUTERS, “Japan researchers develop electric chopsticks to enhance salty taste”

Japanese researchers have developed computerised chopsticks that enhance salty tastes, potentially helping those who need to reduce sodium i ...

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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 ...