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Nikon to launch more efficient microscope for infertility treatment

Photo taken in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, shows an inverted microscope developed by Nikon Corp. for use in micro-insemination to treat infertility. The microscope, to be launched by a Nikon subsidiary on July 5, utilizes simple buttons and a touch screen close to the embryologist's hands, reducing the steps required for operation by about 75 percent.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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People conceived via artificial insemination reveal their plight

TOKYO, Japan - A man conceived via artificial insemination using an anonymous sperm donor checks mug shots he has collected from the Internet and newspapers to find clues about the donor.

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Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms.

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Guide dogs born through artificial insemination

SAPPORO, Japan - Tsukushi, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever bred by Akiko Toki of Sapporo's Teine Ward, feeds her six puppies which she gave birth to through artificial insemination. The Hokkaido Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said May 8 it conducted the artificial insemination, using sperm of another guide dog, for the first time in Japan. The puppies, six males, were born in March and are in good health.

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Japanese firm succeeds in breeding 'golden' goldfish

NARA, Japan - Photo shows ''golden'' goldfish, bred for the first time ever by a carp-raising firm in Yamato-Koriyama, Nara Prefecture, after 15 years of cross-fertilization through artificial insemination. The company president, Shigeharu Nakano, said he crossed a breed of goldfish with more than 30 kinds of carp to create a goldfish several years ago which has similar coloring to the gold color of carp.

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Panda from China gives birth to baby

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Giant panda Mei Mei, on loan from China to a recreation facility in Wakayama Prefecture, licks her baby, Japan's fourth home-grown specimen produced by artificial insemination, on September 7. The baby, likely female, was born at 9:46 p.m. on Sept. 6, measuring about 20 centimeters in length and weighing 195 grams, said officials with Adventure World in the town of Shirahama.

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Female panda 'Tong Tong' dies at Ueno Zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Tong Tong, a 14-year-old female giant panda, died at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on July 8. Tong Tong was the first panda to be born in Japan through artificial insemination. This photo was taken at the zoo in February in 1999.

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.

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Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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Calf born using sperm of cloned bull

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 4 by the Cattle Breeding Institute in Osumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows a calf born from a surrogate mother impregnated through artificial insemination with the sperm of a bull cloned from somatic cells. Researchers at the institute said the birth, a first for Japan and probably the world, proves that cloned bulls are capable of breeding and is a step toward using cloning technology in stock breeding.

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Seed Of Chucky (2004)

Tiffany Film: Seed Of Chucky (2004) Director: Don Mancini 12 November 2004 Date: 12 November 2004

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician. (Kyodo)

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Dolphin conceived by artificial insemination in Japan

A bottlenose dolphin calf swims alongside its mother (top) in a pool at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2018. The dolphin calf was born in May after being conceived through artificial insemination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolphin conceived by artificial insemination in Japan

A bottlenose dolphin calf swims alongside its mother (bottom) in a pool at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2018. The dolphin calf was born in May after being conceived through artificial insemination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolphin conceived by artificial insemination in Japan

Photo shows a bottlenose dolphin calf swimming in a pool at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2018. The dolphin calf was born in May after being conceived through artificial insemination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baby dolphin swims with mother

KAMOGAWA, Japan - A baby dolphin, born July 17, swims with its mother on July 18 at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture. It is the first dolphin to be born via artificial insemination in Japan. Photo provided by Kamogawa Seaworld. (Kyodo)

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Japanese firm succeeds in breeding 'golden' goldfish

NARA, Japan - Photo shows ''golden'' goldfish, bred for the first time ever by a carp-raising firm in Yamato-Koriyama, Nara Prefecture, after 15 years of cross-fertilization through artificial insemination. The company president, Shigeharu Nakano, said he crossed a breed of goldfish with more than 30 kinds of carp to create a goldfish several years ago which has similar coloring to the gold color of carp.

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Panda from China gives birth to baby

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Giant panda Mei Mei, on loan from China to a recreation facility in Wakayama Prefecture, licks her baby, Japan's fourth home-grown specimen produced by artificial insemination, on September 7. The baby, likely female, was born at 9:46 p.m. on Sept. 6, measuring about 20 centimeters in length and weighing 195 grams, said officials with Adventure World in the town of Shirahama.

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Female panda 'Tong Tong' dies at Ueno Zoo+

TOKYO, Japan - Tong Tong, a 14-year-old female giant panda, died at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on July 8. Tong Tong was the first panda to be born in Japan through artificial insemination. This photo was taken at the zoo in February in 1999.

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.