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Japan’s Nagoya University researchers have recently identified a completely new plant tissue, something that has eluded observation for 160 years. Interestingly, this novel rabbit-shaped tissue ...

A popular manga series featuring Japan's Prince Shotoku of ancient times will be adapted into a traditional Noh-Kyogen play. The production will be staged at a Noh theater in Ginza, central Tokyo ...

Implications for both zoonotic and reverse zoonotic disease risks are highly concerning The first-ever known UK instance of 'reverse zoonosis'—where' human flu has been detected in a pig from a ...

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Guardians of Azuma looks to be an evolution of the established RPG-meets-farming-sim formula of previous Rune Factory games. The game is set in Azuma--a fantasy world inspired by Japanese folklore ...

BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR UEDA: WE HAVE BEEN RAISING RATES UP TILL NOW ON THE VIEW KEEPING RATES LOW TOO LONG WHEN ECONOMY, PRICES RECOVERING RISKS CAUSING ECONOMIC EXCESSES, FORCE US TO HIKE RATES ...

The screens displayed graphic footage of cruelty on factory farms: Piglets, beaten against the cement; chicks, slowly pulverized alive. According to Josh Baldwin, one of the group's co-founders ...