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HOKKAIDO, Japan’s northernmost prefecture, an island of some five million people,…
African elephants are endangered
AFRICAN elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. The…
Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Irezumi, Japanese tattoo
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Deepfake technology
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Extreme rainfalls
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Japanese ‘bento’ culture
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Could eSports make it to the Olympic games?
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Heat waves over the world’s oceans (Part I)
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Transportation of the future, hyperloop system
HYPERLOOP is a new form of ground transport currently in development by…
Evolving coin laundries in Japan
ACCORDING to recent data, almost every Japanese household has a washing machine,…
A new wasp species with an enormous stinger
PARASITOIDS are insects that lay their eggs in the bodies of other…
An impressive memory
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Surprising carnivorous plants
By Floro Mercene A GROUP of 600 or more species of plants…
If a supertyphoon strikes Tokyo
TYPHOONS are a part of life in Japan, with several storms lashing…
Worst weather disaster in Japan
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