The first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he went on to discover how memories are stored ...

Why do countries go to war? While economic, military and geopolitical factors are often part of the answer, researchers have ...

A group of nearly 150 Japanese academics said Thursday they had petitioned lawmakers over a bill that criminalizes the act of ...

A landmark clinical trial published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine found that tranexamic acid reduced transfusions across major surgeries without increasing the risk ...

There is a reason why doctors and nutritionists are talking about gut health more than ever before. The human gut is home to trillions of microorganisms that together form the gut microbiome. These ...

In a rare demonstration, Uechi Kanji—the grandson of the Uechi-ryû founder—showed how relentless body conditioning can turn pain into power. Viewers witnessed the extreme training methods that leave ...

Too little sleep can be harmful for health in the long run, but a sweeping study suggests that too much sleep also may not be ideal: It’s associated with accelerated aging in nearly every organ in the ...

I broke up with my very long-term girlfriend last December. Since then I've met a number of Chinese nationals who are very fun and sweet but know very little English, and I know virtually no Chinese.

Whether you have an old phone languishing in a desk drawer or a broken laptop gathering dust in the back of a closet, there will never be a better time to dispose of it. There’s a good chance your ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

Kanji is the biggest "barrier" for foreign staff working in Japanese workplaces. Are you feeling anxious, wondering, "I'm at the N3 level, but can I really do my job using these Kanji?" In this ...

Amongst key findings of the study is faster growth in non-work-related ChatGPT usage than in work-related usage. The demographic breakdown of ChatGPT users was also found to have shifted, with the ...