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Picture: Max Kivuori Vendla Fagerudd I work as a domestic reporter on the Swedish Yle community editorial and make content for radio, TV and web. (translated from sv) [1]

TOKYO -- Japan's JR East looks to roll out an autonomous train-operating system by 2035 on its Yamanote line, which loops around the heart of Tokyo, with plans to bring similar systems to shinkansen bullet trains around the same time. [2]

TOKYO -- Shinya Yamanaka couldn't sit still as he considered the possibility of a major coronavirus outbreak in Japan. [3]

OSAKA -- Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, who earned a Nobel Prize for discovering induced pluripotent stem cells, has offered to lend his full support to the Japanese team that has found a simpler way to develop stem cells. [4]

The situation started at 10.30 p.m. when the shooter arrived at the pizzeria in the district of Kaukovainio and started shooting almost immediately. At the end of the act, he shot himself and was wounded. (translated from fi) [5]

TOKYO -- Yaskawa Electric is improving the user-friendliness of robots used in such medical applications as dispensing pharmaceuticals and processing samples. [6]

OSAKA -- Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka will resign as head of the stem cell research institute at Kyoto University after 12 years as he seeks to focus on his own research. [7]

Few have acquired antibodies, with most still susceptible to infection Cultural traits have helped but are no substitute for 'test, trace and isolate' Patient's ordeal reveals imbalance between tests for recovery vs new cases Kyoto University stem ce... [8]

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[1] FI yle.fi · 2026-03-16 · 35% match translated from sv

Profil: Vendla Fagerudd

Picture: Max Kivuori Vendla Fagerudd I work as a domestic reporter on the Swedish Yle community editorial and make content for radio, TV and web.

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[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-10 · 31% match

Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line to go driverless by 2035

TOKYO -- Japan's JR East looks to roll out an autonomous train-operating system by 2035 on its Yamanote line, which loops around the heart of Tokyo, with plans to bring similar systems to shinkansen bullet trains around the same time.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-04-19 · 44% match

Nobel laureate Yamanaka frets over Japan's lax coronavirus fight

TOKYO -- Shinya Yamanaka couldn't sit still as he considered the possibility of a major coronavirus outbreak in Japan.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-02-11 · 41% match

Stem cell pioneer Yamanaka looking to support STAP research

OSAKA -- Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, who earned a Nobel Prize for discovering induced pluripotent stem cells, has offered to lend his full support to the Japanese team that has found a simpler way to develop stem cells.

[5] FI yle.fi · 2012-02-18 · 37% match translated from fi

Yksi kuoli ja kaksi loukkaantui ampumavälikohtauksessa Oulussa

The situation started at 10.30 p.m. when the shooter arrived at the pizzeria in the district of Kaukovainio and started shooting almost immediately. At the end of the act, he shot himself and was wounded.

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[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-03-18 · 37% match

Yaskawa Electric making medical robots easier to use

TOKYO -- Yaskawa Electric is improving the user-friendliness of robots used in such medical applications as dispensing pharmaceuticals and processing samples.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-12-09 · 35% match

Nobel laureate Yamanaka to step down as head of iPS cell lab

OSAKA -- Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka will resign as head of the stem cell research institute at Kyoto University after 12 years as he seeks to focus on his own research.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-24 · 34% match

Yamanaka on COVID-19

Few have acquired antibodies, with most still susceptible to infection Cultural traits have helped but are no substitute for 'test, trace and isolate' Patient's ordeal reveals imbalance between tests for recovery vs new cases Kyoto University stem ce

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-03-21 · 34% match

Naypyitaw’s First Mayor Thein Nyunt Dies

Former Naypyitaw mayor Thein Nyunt, who oversaw construction of the new capital, died in the city’s military-run hospital on Sunday aged 77. His funeral was held at the military cemetery on Tuesday.

[10] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 34% match

Brighton College Bangkok Vibhavadi Welcomes Founding Head Master: Mr. Crispian Waterman

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Crispian Waterman as the Founding Head Master of Brighton College Bangkok Vibhavadi, opening in August 2025.

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