[Breaking News]Paris Paralympics: Swimming

NANTERRE, France, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Japan's Ayano Tsujiuchi poses with her women's 100-meter freestyle S12 bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris. (Kyodo)

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Japan's Ayano Tsujiuchi competes in the women's 100-meter freestyle S12 final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris. She won bronze.

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Japan's Ayano Tsujiuchi competes in the women's 100-meter freestyle S12 final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris. She won bronze.

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Japan's Ayano Tsujiuchi poses with her women's 100-meter freestyle S12 bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Japan's Ayano Tsujiuchi poses with her women's 100-meter freestyle S12 bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 4, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

(2)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

(2)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

KYOTO, Japan - An artificial hand using a human-like material that is capable of holding objects like real fingers holds a plastic bottle. Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, a professor of mechanical dynamics at Doshisha University, and the Kyoto-based software development company Squse developed the artificial muscle, probably the world's smallest.

(1)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

(1)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

KYOTO, Japan - An artificial finger using a human-like material moves like a real finger. The artificial muscle, probably the world's smallest, was developed by Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, a professor of mechanical dynamics at Doshisha University, and the Kyoto-based software development company Squse.

(2)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

(2)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

KYOTO, Japan - An artificial hand using a human-like material that is capable of holding objects like real fingers holds a plastic bottle. Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, a professor of mechanical dynamics at Doshisha University, and the Kyoto-based software development company Squse developed the artificial muscle, probably the world's smallest. (Kyodo)

(1)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

(1)Group unveils artificial muscle that works like fingers

KYOTO, Japan - An artificial finger using a human-like material moves like a real finger. The artificial muscle, probably the world's smallest, was developed by Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, a professor of mechanical dynamics at Doshisha University, and the Kyoto-based software development company Squse. (Kyodo)

Japan's 1st female bullet train driver makes debut

Japan's 1st female bullet train driver makes debut

TOKYO, Feb. 25 Kyodo - Rieko Tsujiuchi, the first woman in Japan to drive a bullet train, waits for a starting signal on Feb. 16 before pulling out of Tokyo Station at 10:31 a.m. at the controls of the Kodama No. 453 bullet train bound for Nagoya. Tsujiuchi is one of two women recently licensed by the Transport Ministry to operate bullet trains.