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A rendering of the dodo, extinct flightless bird, in this handout image released on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2026
U.S. company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
Colossal Biosciences plans to perform gene-editing to bring dodo traits into the cells of its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon.
Jonathan, a giant tortoise believed to be the world's oldest known living land animal, stands in front of Plantation House, in St. Paul on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2026
A 194-year-old tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life
Jonathan the giant tortoise may owe his longevity to genetic traits and an ability to keep key cellular systems functioning in a more youthful way.
Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, has died. He was 86.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2026
Susumu Tonegawa, first Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine, dies at 86
Tonegawa received the Nobel Prize in 1987 for clarifying how limited sets of genes produce various antibodies that play an important role in immunity.
National Police Agency Commissioner-General Yoshinobu Kusunoki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 4, 2026
Japan confirms more cases of Saga police DNA misconduct
A report from the National Police Agency said the agency can’t rule out the possibility that investigations were negatively affected in 37 cases.
Four cloned female mice sit on the gloved hand of researcher Teruhiko Wakayama inside a laboratory at the University of Yamanashi in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2026
Mammals cannot be cloned infinitely, Japanese mouse study shows
Researchers in Japan made the discovery after making 1,200 clones over two decades that started off with a single mouse.
Rapaza viridis taking in green algae
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2026
Japanese researchers find a clue to the evolution of chloroplasts
Their research on a single-celled eukaryote called Rapaza viridis provides a clue to unraveling the evolution of chloroplasts, according to the group.
An Australian man’s monthslong quest to fight his rescue mutt Rosie’s cancer using artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT has grabbed the attention of OpenAI boss Sam Altman.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 30, 2026
One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia’s AI vaccine saga
Australian Paul Conyngham used artificial intelligence to design a personalized experimental treatment for his sick dog and find top scientists to administer it.
The remains of atomic bomb victim Hatsue Kajiyama are returned to bereaved family members in the city of Hiroshima on Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2026
Remains of Hiroshima atomic bombing victim returned to family
The city, which suffered a U.S. atomic bombing in the closing days of World War II, identified the victim as Hatsue Kajiyama, who died at the age of 13.
Yuya Kyono (right), who heads the Miyagi Prefectural Police division that investigates unidentified remains and searches for missing people, in Sendai on Feb. 20
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2026
Miyagi police resolved to return remains of 3/11 victims to families
The discovery of a 6-year-old girl’s bone fragments renewed the prefecture’s officers’ commitment to returning as many remains as possible to their families.
A small group of people carry rare genes that slow aging itself, protecting them from major diseases even when their lifestyles are far from ideal. Scientists hope to replicate these protective effects.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2026
Why some people live to 100 despite doing everything wrong
A recent study showed that longevity is roughly 50% genetic and 50% environmental — a substantially higher genetic contribution than earlier research indicated.
Ronda Payne (center), the mother of Christopher Payne, an American man convicted of sexual assault in Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2026
American man found guilty of sexual assault fights ruling over DNA evidence
A Tokyo High Court ruling in December said his conviction was based on insufficient evidence and sent his case back to the district court.
A new study estimates the contribution of genes to determining human lifespan at about 50%, or roughly double ?what prior research concluded.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2026
Study finds greater role for genetics in driving human lifespan
The conclusions may have implications for research into aging as “our work validates the search for genetic factors of longevity,” said the lead author of the new study.
Last month, U.S. regulators laid out a pathway for approving gene-editing treatments for individual patients, removing requirements for repetitive studies that turned off drugmakers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2025
Gene editing superstars team up to make cheaper rare disease cures
For a technology that costs millions, a collaborative approach may improve efficiency and allow the science to live up to its potential.
With concerns rising over babies whose genetic makeup has been altered to accommodate the parents' preferences, the government aims to submit related legislation during next year's ordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2025
Japan eyes ban on gene-edited babies
The government aims to submit related legislation during next year’s ordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima seen from a nearby observation point in April
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2025
Remains of Hiroshima atomic bomb victim to get DNA test
Unclaimed remains will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual.
The skull of a Pleistocene wolf from Alaska, used for photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in a study on the emergence and diversification of dog morphology, pictured at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2025
Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago
New research contradicts the notion that such diversity was mainly a relatively new phenomenon driven by selective breeding in recent centuries.
James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure — has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2025
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
Watson was co-credited for the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, but his reputation was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks.
Yoko Inoue (third from right), co-head of a civic group working to recover the remains of victims of a fatal 1942 accident at the Chosei coal mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, calls on the government to conduct DNA examinations on human bones recovered recently from the mine, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2025
DNA analysis sought for bones recovered from western Japan undersea mine
The Chosei coal mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture experienced a fatal flooding in 1942, which caused the deaths of 47 Japanese workers and 136 from the Korean Peninsula.
The Saga Prefectural Police sent papers on a worker at its crime laboratory to prosecutors for allegedly falsifying DNA analyses to make his job performances look better.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2025
Crime lab worker accused of 130 improper DNA analyses
The employee allegedly sought to make his job performance look better so as to get a good reputation and avoid criticism from his boss.
Japan previously only allowed preimplantation genetic testing for those who could not get pregnant even after multiple embryo transfers following in vitro fertilization or those who experienced repeated miscarriages and stillbirths.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2025
Japan expands preimplantation genetic testing eligibility
Eligibility was limited to those who could not get pregnant after embryo transfers following in vitro fertilization or those who experienced repeated miscarriages and stillbirths.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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