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Compared with other countries, Japan ranked seventh in male life expectancy, following Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and others, while taking the top spot in female life expectancy.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 25, 2026

Japan’s average life expectancy rises in 2025

For men, average life expectancy was 81.35 years, up 0.25 years from the previous year. For women, the figure was 87.33 years, up by 0.2 years.

A cardiac muscle cell sheet that uses induced pluripotent stem cells

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 22, 2026

Another iPS product approved for public insurance coverage in Japan

It is the second case of insurance coverage approval in the nation for an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived regenerative medicine product.

A large brown cicada. A Japanese research team has found that the species, known as <i>aburazemi,</i> called after dark at urban sites.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 22, 2026

City lights and searing summer heat keep some cicadas singing after dark

By Jessica Speed

New findings from Japanese researchers show how urbanization has affected the routines of some wildlife.

Long-term safety has been confirmed after neural progenitor cells derived from iPS cells were transplanted into patients with spinal cord injuries, a team of researchers at Keio University has said.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 21, 2026

Long-term safety of iPS spinal cord therapy confirmed in Japan

The team plans to launch an investigator-initiated clinical trial as early as next year to bring it into practical use.

A team of researchers said they found a “seed” that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it “Peak 1 amyloid beta,” as seen in a mouse's brain.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 21, 2026

Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer’s disease

By Tomoko Otake

The discovery of a new seed of the amyloid beta protein could lead to early-stage therapy for neurodegenerative disease, according to researchers.

A Japanese research team plans to conduct clinical research to temporarily transplant a pig's kidney into a human fetus with severe kidney disease, a procedure expected to be the world's first fetal xenotransplantation.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 21, 2026

Japan team eyes world’s first pig-kidney transplant to human fetus

The therapeutic method is supposed to be temporary treatment until dialysis becomes possible for the baby.

The ceilings on monthly out-of-pocket medical expenses will be raised next month and again in August 2027.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Jul 19, 2026

Japan to raise caps on out-of-pocket medical expenses

The changes are intended to curb ballooning national medical costs.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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