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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 9, 2016

Recruiting foreign students to study locally

A perfect storm of demographics and economics has caused universities in both Japan and the U.S. to aggressively woo students from abroad.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2016

South America's prehistoric people spread like 'invasive species': study

When the first prehistoric people trekked into South America toward the end of the Ice Age, they found a wondrous, lush continent inhabited by all manner of strange creatures like giant ground sloths and car-sized armadillos.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 29, 2016

Study finds ancient Babylonians employed complex geometry

Ancient Babylonian astronomers were way ahead of their time, using sophisticated geometric techniques that until now had been considered an achievement of medieval European scholars.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 25, 2016

Dozens of nations discriminate against women in citizenship laws, study finds

More than a quarter of the world's nations have sexist laws on nationality, such as stripping women of citizenship if they marry a foreigner, that can deprive women of access to jobs, education and other benefits available to men, a new study says.
WORLD
Nov 20, 2015

Study says quarter of more than 500,000 homeless in U.S. are kids

More than 500,000 people — a quarter of them children — were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015

Polar bears' numbers to fall as Arctic ice shrinks, detailed study predicts

Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around midcentury as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on Thursday in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2015

Transportation Department funds $27 million maglev study in Maryland

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $27.8 million to a study of magnetic levitation railway in Maryland, Northeast Maglev LLC said in a statement Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 27, 2015

Sharing a husband may lead to greater wealth and health, study says

Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Oct 19, 2015

Japanese doctor wins Ig Nobel medicine prize for kissing study

A Japanese doctor won this year's Ig Nobel medicine prize for a study that revealed kissing could reduce allergic reactions in humans.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 19, 2015

Study faults rich nations for failing to pull weight on climate action

The United States and other rich nations are doing less than their fair share to fight climate change under a U.N. accord due in December, while China is outperforming, a report by 18 civil society groups said on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2015

Density of wildlife in Chernobyl area increasing, study finds

Some 30 years after the world's worst nuclear accident blasted radiation across Chernobyl, the site has evolved from a disaster zone into a nature reserve, teeming with elk, deer and wolves, scientists said Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2015

Study finds young people on antidepressants more prone to violence

Young people taking antidepressants such as Prozac and Seroxat are significantly more likely to commit violent crimes when they are on the medication, but taking higher doses of the drugs appears to reduce that risk, scientists said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2015

Smoking may be a factor in schizophrenia: study

In research that turns on its head previous thinking about links between schizophrenia and smoking, scientists say they have found that cigarettes may be a causal factor in the development of psychosis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2015

Genome study reveals how the woolly mammoth thrived in the cold

Woolly mammoths spent their lives enduring extreme Arctic conditions including frigid temperatures, an arid environment and the relentless cycle of dark winters and bright summers.
WORLD / Society
Jun 11, 2015

Despite ban, U.N. peacekeepers commonly engage in transactional sex: study

United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewelry, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft U.N. report concluded.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 11, 2014

Fragile ozone layer shows first sign of recovery, U.N. study finds

The ozone layer that shields life from cancer-causing solar rays is showing its first sign of recovery after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, in a rare piece of good news on the environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2014

New academy targets future sports leaders, offering unique touch of Japan

With six years to go before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympics, the government has fired the starting pistol on efforts to boost global cooperation in sports.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 6, 2014

Daily aspirin could dramatically cut cancer risk, study shows

Taking a small daily dose of aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of developing — or dying from — bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancer, according to a large review of scientific studies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 8, 2014

Study paves way for Alzheimer's early detection

British scientists have identified a set of 10 proteins in the blood that can predict the onset of Alzheimer's and call this an important step toward developing a test for the incurable brain-wasting disease.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2014

Britain's richest wealthier than ever, study finds

Britain's wealthiest people are richer than they have ever been, with a combined fortune of £518.9 billion ($874 billion) — equivalent to a third of the nation's gross domestic product, according to an annual study.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 5, 2014

Pulmonary pest ravages; study of racial hygienics urged; Japan mourns Gen. MacArthur; Takeshita resigns over Recruit scandal

The dreadful pulmonary pest (pneumonic plague) has plunged districts of Omikawa and Moriyama-mura, Chiba, into consternation.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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