Manga creator Ken Akamatsu founded the service originally known as J-Comi's "Zeppan Manga Toshokan" in 2011 and launched a beta test of the site in 2010. The advertising revenue-based service ...

The Japan Committee for UNICEF announced the passing of its chair, Ryoko Akamatsu, on Feb. 7. She was 94. As the head of women’s bureau at the labor ministry, Akamatsu was instrumental in ...

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers for ...

Marie Saitou, Naoki Masuda, Omer Gokcumen. Similarity-based analysis of allele frequency distribution among multiple populations identifies adaptive genomic structural variants. Molecular Biology and ...

Kenji Yasukawa is stepping down as chief executive of Japanese pharma group Astellas, to be succeeded by Naoki Okamura – currently chief strategy officer – on 1st April. Yasukawa is coming to ...

The innate immune system is essential for controlling viral infection. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) persistently infects human hepatocytes and causes hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the innate immune ...

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