Tomoko Otake

Climate change is intensifying storms and turbulence, posing growing risks to aviation safety and efficiency in mid-latitude countries including Japan, new research led by French scientists has found. The researchers at the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dyn... See more

More than three years after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the trial of the man who is accused of killing one of Japan’s most consequential but divisive leaders with a homemade gun is about to begin. On Tuesday, the Nara District C... See more

The first episode of “Future Kid Takara,” a new series of anime shorts, opens with the thrilling scene of a boy named Takara and a scientist named Dr. Amory running away from a tornado in 2100. “Doctor, it’s hail!” the boy shouts as he tries to dodge hail... See more

As the Osaka Expo nears its conclusion on Monday after a six-month run, debate over the fate of the Grand Ring, an iconic wooden structure surrounding all the country pavilions, is deepening. While the prefectural and municipal governments of Osaka have a... See more

Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa, who shared this year’s chemistry Nobel prize with two other researchers abroad, would not have come up with an idea for a new kind of material with numerous applications had it not been for hours of downtime at his alma... See more