Nobel Prize winner Osumi warns against policy of seeking short-term results

“We don’t know at first where our research is going, but it may become useful in 100 years or so.” This year’s Nobel laureate Osumi Yoshinori criticized the government science policies for seeking short-term results.

Joint opposition candidate wins Niigata gubernatorial election

In the Niigata gubernatorial election, the joint opposition candidate opposing the planned restart of a nuclear power plant defeated his rival supported by the ruling parties.

8,000 people rally in Tokyo to block forcible TPP ratification

Seeking to block the Abe government’s move to rush forward with the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, a rally took place in Tokyo with 8,000 people participating.