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Reference | EXPLAINER Oct 24, 2017

Is Abe's free day care and kindergarten worth the cost?

by Reiji Yoshida

Sunday's general election is over and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's gamble seems to have paid off. But politics never stops and Abe is now obliged to carry out what he promised during the campaign. One of Abe's most notable — and probably most costly — ...

Reference | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Oct 8, 2017

Biologist harnesses power of tiny worms in project that could reshape way cancer is screened and treated

by Tomoko Otake

Call it worm power. Takaaki Hirotsu is trying to harness the power of the nematode worm — a tiny, transparent roundworm that lives in soil or water — to detect all forms of cancer at their earliest stages. The use of nematodes for superearly cancer detection ...