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Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction. The photo shows, from left, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Representative Director and Chairman of Taisei Corporation; Banjo Yamauchi, Representative of Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office; and Shinya Yoshida, Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Toyo Construction.=August 8,2025,Tokyo

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Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction. The photo shows, from left, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Representative Director and Chairman of Taisei Corporation; Banjo Yamauchi, Representative of Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office; and Shinya Yoshida, Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Toyo Construction.=August 8,2025,Tokyo

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Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction. The photo shows, from left, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Representative Director and Chairman of Taisei Corporation; Banjo Yamauchi, Representative of Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office; and Shinya Yoshida, Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Toyo Construction.=August 8,2025,Tokyo

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Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction Co., Ltd.

Taisei Corporation acquires Toyo Construction. The photo shows, from left, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Representative Director and Chairman of Taisei Corporation; Banjo Yamauchi, Representative of Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office; and Shinya Yoshida, Representative Director, Chairman, and CEO of Toyo Construction.=August 8,2025,Tokyo

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"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

Japanese director Shinya Tamada (R), and actors Akari Takaishi (C) and Joe Odagiri pose after their film "On Summer Sand" won the Jury Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 21, 2025.

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"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

Japanese director Shinya Tamada (R), and actors Akari Takaishi (C) and Joe Odagiri pose after their film "On Summer Sand" won the Jury Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 21, 2025.

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"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

"On Summer Sand" wins award at Shanghai film festival

Japanese director Shinya Tamada (C), and actors Akari Takaishi (L) and Joe Odagiri pose after their film "On Summer Sand" won the Jury Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 21, 2025.

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Sweden's day at Osaka expo

Sweden's day at Osaka expo

Kyoto University's Shinya Yamanaka, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2012 for developing iPS cells, makes a speech at a ceremony in Osaka on May 14, 2025, marking the event's Sweden day.

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka At 2025 Longevity Summit - Milan

Kyoto University's Professor of Biology and Nobel Prize, Shinya Yamanaka attends Milan Longevity Summit 2025 an event based on Science and practices to live longer and healthier at Milan State University in Milan, Italy on March 21, 2025. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CEATEC 2023 Opening reception

CEATEC 2023 Opening reception

CEATEC 2023 Opening reception. Shinya Shimizu, President and CEO of Elephantech, and Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry=Date:October 16, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Japan film director Hamaguchi wins FIPRESCI Prize

Japan film director Hamaguchi wins FIPRESCI Prize

Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (R) poses for a photo in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2023, as his new movie "Hokage" (Shadow of Fire) won a Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema award at the Venice International Film Festival.

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Hakone tram conductor popular for his witty comments

Hakone tram conductor popular for his witty comments

HAKONE, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 26, 2013 at the Hakone-Yumoto Station shows Shinya Ochiai, a conductor on the Hakone Tozan Railway Co.'s mountain tram in Kanagawa Prefecture who is popular for his witty explanations.

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New public safety chief Izumi hopped political parties with Nikai

New public safety chief Izumi hopped political parties with Nikai

TOKYO, Japan - Shinya Izumi, new National Public Safety Commission chairman, speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Izumi is known to have drifted among a number of political parties with his Liberal Democratic Party faction leader Toshihiro Nikai, the new chairman of the LDP's General Council.

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Nobel laureate researcher Shinya Yamanaka

Nobel laureate researcher Shinya Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Nobel laureate researcher Shinya Yamanaka, who heads Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, speaks at a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 18, 2018.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida, the new president and chairman of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun, apologize during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue. They assumed their posts at the Japanese national newspaper earlier in the day.

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Celebrities attend event marking 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

Celebrities attend event marking 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

OSAKA, Japan - Celebrities in traditional armor suits pose in front of Osaka Castle in western Japan during an event on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of the "Winter Siege of Osaka" in feudal Japan. From R: Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui, kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka, singer Akiko Wada, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and event executive committee head Shinya Hashizume.

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Celebrities start event for 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

Celebrities start event for 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

OSAKA, Japan - Celebrities in traditional armor suits cut the ribbon to open an event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the "Winter Siege of Osaka" in feudal Japan. From L: Kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka, singer Akiko Wada, Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and event executive committee head Shinya Hashizume.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s earlier in the day, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery. Yamanaka developed iPS cells, a type of stem cells that can grow into various human body tissue.

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Indian leader Modi meets Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Kyoto

Indian leader Modi meets Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Nobel Prize laureate Shinya Yamanaka, professor and head of Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, at the center in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 31, 2014. Modi is said to be keen in promoting stem cell research in India as it may lead to finding an effective treatment for people suffering from blood diseases.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka speaks at LDP headquarters

Nobel laureate Yamanaka speaks at LDP headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (C), co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent," delivers a speech at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on June 4, 204.

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Professor Yamanaka

Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Professor Yamanaka

Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Professor Yamanaka

Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Computer program beats professional shogi player

Computer program beats professional shogi player

TOKYO, Japan - Shinya Sato, a professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, plays against the computer program "Yaneurao" at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 22, 2014. The computer's robot arm moves shogi pieces based on instructions from the program. Sato was beaten in the second of five matches in this year's human versus computer series.

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Kyoto Univ.'s Yamanaka

Kyoto Univ.'s Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shinya Yamanaka (R), who heads Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, apologizes during a press conference at the university in Kyoto on March 1, 2014, following revelations that the university's laboratory conducting experiments on induced pluripotent stem cells has been warned by the science ministry about its careless control of genetically engineered mice.

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