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今日吃瓜 newest female astronaut wants to speak Japanese on the moon
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今日吃瓜 newest female astronaut wants to speak Japanese on the moon
Ayu Yoneda, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s youngest astronaut, is mission-ready for her first flight.
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Japanese researchers discover protein that may shed light on fertility decline
The findings could give insight into why older people face higher risks of infertility, miscarriage and their children having chromosomal disorders.
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Fujita Health University seeks approval for uterus transplant study
The team’s research plan calls for studying transplants for women without a uterus who wish to become pregnant and give birth.
The lights are turned off at 8 p.m. in July 2017 for the first time at a building in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district housing the health ministry as part of efforts at the time to prevent government workers from overworking.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2026
Government workers’ parliamentary duties linked to higher medical costs: study
The findings highlight the importance of appropriate health management for government workers as concerns grow over long working hours.
Tavneos was launched in Japan in June 2022 after receiving approval from the health ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2026
Health ministry questions reliability of vasculitis drug approval data
Tavneos was launched in Japan in 2022 after being approved by the ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
People watch the H3 rocket launch early Tuesday in the town of Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2026
Japan launches probe in historic bid to collect sample from Mars moon
By Jessica Speed
The five-year mission — the first to attempt to land on a Martian moon — could shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
The health ministry has drawn up guidelines for advertisements promoting government policies in collaboration with films and TV dramas, following social media criticism over a cancer support campaign poster.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2026
今日吃瓜 health ministry sets new guidelines for tie-up ads in movies and TV shows
The move came after a poster promoting support for cancer patients that the ministry created in a tie-up with a film drew criticism on social media.
While previous studies had shown that a continued high-calorie diet slows down brain functions, researchers had yet to unravel the complex mechanism on a molecular level.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2026
High-calorie diet causes brain nerve abnormalities, researchers find
A team in Japan has found that a cognitive decline from continually eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses.
The health ministry declared the start of the flu season on Aug. 28, the second-earliest date since records began in 1999.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2026
As influenza cases rise, residents rush to get flu shots
By Spencer Landers
The average number of flu patients in Japan jumped to 11.35 per clinic for the week through Oct. 4.
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, reacts during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday night.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2026
Nobel winner Kenso Soai says he understood the significance of his research
By Tomoko Otake
“I may sound arrogant, but I had thought I would not get complaints if I won,” the Japanese scientist said of his achievement.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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