JST Topics

06/07/2017
The Gender Summit 10 – Asia Pacific 2017 “Better Science and Innovation through Gender, Diversity and Inclusive Engagement”
06/02/2017
2017 AAAS Annual Meeting JST held Display and co-organized Symposium titled “Global Conference Start-Ups: Inclusive Science and Society Engagement” with DST
05/25/2017
JST Ranked 4th on the World's Most Innovative Research Institutions – Government
04/11/2017
JST hosts sessions in Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) —Joint booth “Japan Knowledge-Research and Higher Education Opportunity” wins Exhibition Award—
03/24/2017
2017AAAS Annual Meeting JST workshop on “How Can the Global Science Enterprise Effectively Respond to Sustainable Development Goals?”
03/21/2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) understands the meaning of words Classification of words using statistical methods
03/10/2017
SIP —Infrastructure Maintenance, Renovation and Management— “The 7th Exit Strategies Conference; Promoting Practical Application and Commercialization of Infra-Management Technologies for Society”
03/06/2017
Fuel cell power generation by direct supply of biogas produced from local biomass in Mekong Delta! —Expecting the dissemination of fuel cell technology in developing countries by system simplification—
03/03/2017
Laboratory for New Media, 17th Exhibition “Visual Illusion Lab in the Land of Mathematics” Welcome to the Land of Mathematics! They make you feeling dizzy and confused?!

Press Release

06/15/2017
Surface proton hopping is the key to synthesizing NH3 at low temperature External Link
06/15/2017
Development of compound that captures specific alkane gas molecule with its color change External Link
06/12/2017
A new method for heat guidance and focusing in solid External Link
06/12/2017
Understanding thermal metamorphosis in oxide glass External Link
05/31/2017
Electric field imaging of single atoms External Link
05/30/2017
Printable Elastic Conductors by in situ Formation of Silver Nanoparticles from Silver Flakes External Link
05/26/2017
The last impregnable fortress, amide fell —Hydrogenation of inactivated amides using a single ruthenium complex giving both C–N and C=O bond cleavage— Summary
05/23/2017
Mechanism that Coordinates Growth Spurts in Filamentous Fungi Revealed External Link
05/18/2017
Elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying the elimination of aberrant proteins in cells —Toward overcoming neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes— Summary
05/16/2017
Development of Ultra-High Capacity Lithium-Air Batteries Using CNT Sheet Air Electrodes —15 Times Greater Capacity Than Lithium-Ion Batteries, the New Battery May Enable Electric Vehicles to Drive as Far as Conventional Vehicles— External Link
05/16/2017
At Last: Beautiful, consistent carbon belts —Synthesis of a carbon nanobelt with potential applications in nanotechnology— Summary
05/15/2017
Development of sponge-type artificial scaffolds attracting new blood vessels in the ischemic brain —The first step for injured brain regeneration— Summary
05/11/2017
JST announces 8 new SATREPS projects for FY2017:Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development program combines international joint research with Official Development Assistance (ODA)
05/11/2017
Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient External Link
05/10/2017
New organic lasers one step closer to reality External Link
05/09/2017
Solid material showing switchable ion transport by light irradiation—Toward ionics-based memory and transistor devices— Summary
05/02/2017
First Luminescent Molecular System with a Lower Critical Solution Temperature External Link
Contents News
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet External Link
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) External Link
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) External Link
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) External Link
The Great East Japan Earthquake Info (PDF:2.6MB)