Media Coverages & Press Releases
Media Coverages
Associate Professor NAITO Asao commented on Vice world news, “Half-Black Student in Japan Segregated During Graduation For Wearing Cornrows”
March 30, 2023
The 18-year-old wanted to celebrate his high school graduation by wearing cornrows, but was made to sit alone and away from his classmates.
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Senior Assistant Professor Yasuka Toda was introduced on Nature Index, “Japan’s rising research stars: Yasuka Toda”
March 13, 2023
Toda’s research shows that a love for umami allowed our evolutionary ancestors to start eating plants.
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Senior Assistant Professor TODA Yasuka was introduced on The Japan Times, “Japan government JST agency announces winners of female researcher awards”
March 1, 2023
The government-affiliated Japan Science and Technology Agency announced the winners of this year’s awards for excellence in science by femal ...
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(photo: JST) TODA Yasuka, Senior Assistant Professor of School of Agriculture, received The Award for Brilliant Female Researchers (The Jun Ashida Award)
December 23, 2022
At the awards ceremony JST presented a trophy and certificate to each winner, and the Ashida Fund* offered one million yen as a supplementar ...
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New video “Why Don’t You Have Any Robot Friends?” is released at “Incredible Senseis at Meiji University,” a video series showcasing Meiji’s world-class research
November 28, 2022
Meiji University creates a series of promotional videos, “Incredible Senseis at Meiji University,” and a landing page to tell the world abou ...
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Professor NAKAJIMA Harushi commented on NHK-WORLD-Japan, Science View “Editing Genomes to Improve Food Production”
August 30, 2022
A new genome editing biotechnology can alter genes, known as the "blueprints" of life. Some foods produced with this technology are already ...
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Associate Professor ISHIDA Sachiko was introduced on Made in Japan, “The Future is Folding”
July 1, 2022
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 ...
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Unraveling Sex Determination in Bursaphelenchus Nematodes: A Path Towards Pest-control
June 24, 2022
The mechanisms underlying sex determination in nematodes, commonly known as roundworms, have not been fully understood. Now, an internationa ...
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus HAGIWARA Ichiro was introduced on Futurities, the Simulation Based Engineering & Science Magazine by EnginSoft, “Origami Engineering: inspired by Japanese folding culture”
May 10, 2022
Origami, the Japanese art of transforming a single sheet of paper into various shapes, is a traditional cultural activity and form of play t ...