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Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast

Japan’s governing party is choosing a new leader in a race analysts say is more unpredictable than usual.

A volcanic eruption off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Oct. 30 led to the formation of a new 330-foot-wide island just north of the explosion site.

Masato Tsuji, a professor at the University of Tokyo, studies fear in flies by showing them horror movies. His research may provide clues to treat psychiatric diseases stemming from exaggerated fear, like phobias and anxiety disorders. By manipulating and recording the activity of neurons of fruit flies, they found that…

The Alibaba cofounder has largely disappeared from public view since criticizing Chinese regulators in 2020.

The University of Chicago has formed a partnership with Google, IBM and the University of Tokyo to develop a supercomputer powered by quantum technology.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the university said on Monday.

‘Tullimonstrum gregarium’ first discovered by amateur fossil hunter Francis Tully in 1958

A team of researchers from Niigata University and the University of Tokyo will begin clinical tests this year of medicines to treat people with familial Alzheimer's disease.