Japanese corporate directors could be held personally liable if they fail to address climate risks, according to a report by the U.K.-based Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/science-health/climate-change-responsibility-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #climatechange #environment

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency — and in patients and places doctors never used to worry about. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/world/science-health/fungi-infection-frequency-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #medicine #health #environment #fungi

Exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of placental abruption, according to a study by a team from Tohoku University. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/science-health/research-secondhand-smoke-pregnancy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #smoking #passivesmoking #health #pregnancy #tohokuuniversity #surveys

A German test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/30/world/science-health/german-test-rocket-failure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #isaraerospace #germany #norway #space #nasa #rockets #space

The World Health Organization has proposed slashing a fifth of its budget following the U.S. decision to withdraw, and must now reduce its reach and workforce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/30/world/science-health/who-budget-cut-us-pullout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #who #health #medicine #us #donaldtrump #tedrosadhanomghebreyesus

Cities throughout Japan were enveloped in yellow sand on Wednesday, with the weather agency predicting the phenomenon to last through Thursday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/science-health/yellow-sand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #meteorologicalagency

A series of wildfires that have broken out in Japan and South Korea in recent days were fueled by human-caused climate change, according to a European study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/science-health/wildfire-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #wildfires #climatechange #mountains #france #southkorea

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of 2 out of 4 patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/22/japan/science-health/ips-spinal-cord-injuries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ips #stemcells #health #medicine #biotechnology #keiouniversity

U.S. President Donald Trump's slashing of foreign aid funding is putting South Africa's young HIV patients at risk, with 13% of its population living with the virus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/world/science-health/us-cuts-hiv-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #africa #southafrica #medicine #hiv #donaldtrump #poverty

Global warming contributed to record snowfall in northern and eastern Japan in February, increasing the amount of snow by up to 10%, the Meteorological Agency said in a report released Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/japan/science-health/cold-snaps-february/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #climatechange #snow #meteorologicalagency

U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned home after nine months aboard the International Space Station, with some of the health risks they faced well-documented and managed, while others remain a mystery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/world/science-health/human-body-deep-space/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nasa #space #astronauts #iss

The results of the decoding of a domestic cat's genome by a group of Japanese researchers have been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most accurate reference genome for cats, according to a pet insurer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/science-health/cat-genome-guinness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #animals #cats #endangered #pets #insurance #ips #genetics

U.K. water companies discharged sewage for 3.6 million hours in 2023, polluting rivers and coastlines while damaging ecosystems and scaring away tourists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/world/science-health/britain-sewage-waterways-seas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #water #pollution #uk #thameswater

A pair of U.S. astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/world/science-health/stranded-us-astronauts-nasa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nasa #spacex #rockets #space #astronauts

NASA and Space X successfully launched a rocket carrying a multinational crew, including Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, following a postponement earlier in the week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/15/world/science-health/iss-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #space #spacex #nasa #jaxa #iss

A new study released for World Sleep Day on Friday finds that, on average, people in Japan get the least sleep among surveyed nations but may have the most regular sleep cycles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/science-health/sleep-day-japan-least/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #sleep #surveys #mentalhealth

Japan’s notorious pollen season is peaking in Tokyo and other cities this week, leaving millions battling itchy eyes, runny noses, and relentless sneezing fits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/science-health/hay-fever-peak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #allergies #pollenallergy

As Japan braces for another summer of record-breaking heat, the health ministry has decided to make businesses that fail to take heatstroke countermeasures criminally liable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/japan/science-health/health-ministry-heatstrokes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #heat #heatstroke #heatwaves

The toxic smog that settles over Ulaanbaatar — Mongolia's capital — every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/asia-pacific/science-health/mongolia-children-toxic-pollution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #mongolia #pollution #environment #children #health

Tens of millions of Pakistanis spent at least four months breathing toxic air pollution 20 times above safe levels, in the worst winter smog season for several years, according to data analyzed by AFP. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/asia-pacific/science-health/pakistan-record-smog-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #pakistan #pollution #smog