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INTERVIEW | How one innovative startup is selling true bionic legs
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Soup Stock Tokyo’s free baby weaning food service draws mixed reactions and highlights barrier-free dining
J-STORIES - Japan is having a baby crisis. Its population is declining as the number of births...
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INTERVIEW | World famous architect Kengo Kuma calls Japanese culture “a kind of environmental technology”
J-STORIES 1st anniversary interview series J-STORIES is a solutions-focused international news service that provides information to...
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Recycling disused fishing nets
J-STORIES - An alliance of Japanese companies is looking to land a big catch and help...
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Greening the desert with trash
J-STORIES - The sight of local Niger women throwing kitchen waste out into the African desert...
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City-Tech Tokyo aims to promote startups and city sustainability
J-STORIES - Today’s cities are facing monumental problems such as climate change, energy crises, natural disasters,...
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Round-Up #47
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Saving the northern white rhino
J-STORIES - Scientists at a Japanese university have successfully used stem cells to generate the precursors...
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A leisurely approach to ordering food
J-STORIES - Arisa Okumura’s dream was to work in a cafe, but her speech disfluency disorder...
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Taking action for peace
https://youtu.be/M8lwel-ScZI J-STORIES - When Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai launched her TAP Instagram project in June, she saw an opportunity...
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