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The latest news and top stories on the University of Tokyo. A prominent Tokyo based public research university, the University of Tokyo is dedicated to expanding human knowledge and nurturing global leaders. Established in 1877 as Japan's first modern university, it offers academic programs and conducts extensive research across diverse fields including engineering, medicine and social sciences. Recognised as Japan's most prestigious institution, its notable alumni include Nobel laureates and prime ministers, underscoring its significant contributions to academia, industry and public service.

A diplomatic source says November and December are the season for youth exchanges between China and Japan. Photo: Reuters

China-Japan relations

Exclusive | Beijing freezes Japan youth exchange programmes over Takaichi Taiwan row

All youth programmes have been called off, diplomatic source says, as ties between the two countries fray.

28 Nov 2025 - 9:12PMvideocam

Viral stories

Japan man defies family, rejects traditional career path, wears women’s clothing

26 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM

China-Japan relations

How a Beijing-Tokyo chill over Taiwan could solidify Takaichi’s power

26 Nov 2025 - 4:37PMvideocam

Japan

Want to avoid meeting a bear in Japan? There’s an AI tool for that

The scientists are developing an app to colour 1km blocks across Akita according to the likelihood of meeting a bear.

16 Oct 2025 - 2:06PMvideocam

A brown bear walks in the Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido. Photo: Shutterstock

Science

Leading Japanese chemist Eiichi Nakamura joins China’s Nankai University

The electron microscopy pioneer has received one of his country’s highest awards as well as scientific plaudits during a 50-year career.

13 Oct 2025 - 5:58PM

Japan

How Japan’s twin Nobel Prize wins cast spotlight on its growing brain drain

Poor funding and job insecurity are pushing researchers abroad, where countries with deeper pockets actively seek top talent.

10 Oct 2025 - 10:12AMvideocam

Japan

Will Japan’s new PM reopen old war wounds with South Korea?

A staunch conservative with ties to a powerful right-wing lobby group, Sanae Takaichi has repeatedly downplayed Japan’s wartime atrocities.

9 Oct 2025 - 3:17PMvideocam

Sanae Takaichi arrives at a press conference in Tokyo last month. Photo: AFP

Education in Hong Kong

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

9 Oct 2025 - 7:00AM

Japan

Japan revises Nankai Trough megaquake risk to 60-90% in next 30 years

The revision reflects a new calculation method and does not mean that the risk of an earthquake has increased, authorities say.

27 Sep 2025 - 8:33AMvideocam

Science

Ancients in southern China mummified their dead long before Egyptians: study

International research team finds evidence of preserved humans from 12,000 years ago across Southeast Asia.

17 Sep 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Archaeologists believe ancient remains found at sites across southern China and neighbouring countries provide evidence of mummification. Photo: Handout

Japan

Tokyo maps out new disaster plan for an ‘inevitable’ Mount Fuji eruption

The revised plan details everything from clearing key roads to stockpiling masks and goggles, as Tokyo prepares for a worst-case scenario.

8 Sep 2025 - 2:07PMvideocam

People walk around Gotemba, a city 100km southwest of Tokyo, with Mount Fuji in the background. Photo: AFP

Japan

‘Inappropriate’: Japan urges China to curb AI videos on wartime emperor

The images include Emperor Hirohito being transformed into a uniformed schoolgirl and depicted as a dog, sparking fierce online criticism.

28 Aug 2025 - 6:14PM

China-Russia relations

China hosts exhibition emphasising ‘Russianness’ of realist painter Ilya Repin

The celebrated 19th-century artist is at the centre of a culture war between Russia and Ukraine.

17 Aug 2025 - 2:00PM

Fashion

How AI could help keep ancient Japanese kimono weaving art Nishijin-ori alive

AI is being tested in the design of patterns for kimonos in Kyoto, as the latest technology is combined with the ancient weaving art.

2 Aug 2025 - 12:15PM

Hironori Fukuoka, the fourth-generation successor to his Nishijinori business, looks at the fabric that is a collaboration with AI in Kyoto, western Japan on July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Russia

Massive 8.8 quake in Russia sparks Pacific tsunami alert, evacuation warnings

Russia said the earthquake off the Kamchatka peninsula was ‘the strongest in decades’.

30 Jul 2025 - 7:04PMvideocam

Tsunami waves flood an area in the Sakhalin region of Russia on Wednesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Kamchatka peninsula. Photo: Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Reuters

University of Tokyo (Japan)

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | Beijing freezes Japan youth exchange programmes over Takaichi Taiwan row

All youth programmes have been called off, diplomatic source says, as ties between the two countries fray.

Japan man defies family, rejects traditional career path, wears women’s clothing

How a Beijing-Tokyo chill over Taiwan could solidify Takaichi’s power

Want to avoid meeting a bear in Japan? There’s an AI tool for that

The scientists are developing an app to colour 1km blocks across Akita according to the likelihood of meeting a bear.

Leading Japanese chemist Eiichi Nakamura joins China’s Nankai University

The electron microscopy pioneer has received one of his country’s highest awards as well as scientific plaudits during a 50-year career.

How Japan’s twin Nobel Prize wins cast spotlight on its growing brain drain

Poor funding and job insecurity are pushing researchers abroad, where countries with deeper pockets actively seek top talent.

Will Japan’s new PM reopen old war wounds with South Korea?

A staunch conservative with ties to a powerful right-wing lobby group, Sanae Takaichi has repeatedly downplayed Japan’s wartime atrocities.

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

Japan revises Nankai Trough megaquake risk to 60-90% in next 30 years

The revision reflects a new calculation method and does not mean that the risk of an earthquake has increased, authorities say.

Ancients in southern China mummified their dead long before Egyptians: study

International research team finds evidence of preserved humans from 12,000 years ago across Southeast Asia.

Tokyo maps out new disaster plan for an ‘inevitable’ Mount Fuji eruption

The revised plan details everything from clearing key roads to stockpiling masks and goggles, as Tokyo prepares for a worst-case scenario.

‘Inappropriate’: Japan urges China to curb AI videos on wartime emperor

The images include Emperor Hirohito being transformed into a uniformed schoolgirl and depicted as a dog, sparking fierce online criticism.

China hosts exhibition emphasising ‘Russianness’ of realist painter Ilya Repin

The celebrated 19th-century artist is at the centre of a culture war between Russia and Ukraine.

How AI could help keep ancient Japanese kimono weaving art Nishijin-ori alive

AI is being tested in the design of patterns for kimonos in Kyoto, as the latest technology is combined with the ancient weaving art.

Massive 8.8 quake in Russia sparks Pacific tsunami alert, evacuation warnings

Russia said the earthquake off the Kamchatka peninsula was ‘the strongest in decades’.

Exclusive | Beijing freezes Japan youth exchange programmes over Takaichi Taiwan row