3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (431+ words) July 27, 2026 at 07:20 JST An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy ‌rare earth elements accounted for about 54% ⁠of the total ⁠rare earth content, Japan's government…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) By TOMOYUKI SUZUKI/ Staff Writer January 25, 2026 at 07:00 JST Flashes of purple light are seen where plasma is being used to break down PFAS chemicals in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. (Tomoyuki Suzuki) SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--A pale purple light flashed repeatedly along…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (772+ words) By YOKO HIBINO/ Staff Writer December 31, 2025 at 07:00 JST Chu-hi-cha President Tsuyoshi Maruoka checks Oshima-zakura cherry blossom tree leaves in Matsuzaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 14. (Yoko Hibino) MATSUZAKI, Shizuoka Prefecture—Tsuyoshi Maruoka, a Ph.D. student specializing in chemical ecology, found…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1319+ words) October 9, 2025 at 19:22 JST Distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, right, accepts a bouquet of flowers at Kyoto University in Kyoto on Oct. 9, the day after his Nobel Prize in Chemistry win was announced. (Yoshiaki Arai) KYOTO—When the phone…...