Japan: Untold Stories

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Japan: Untold Stories
The ancient trees that tell the future
By Rachel Nuwer, in Kyoto, Japan
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Japan: Untold Stories
Japan’s eerily hyper-realistic masks
(Credit: Maika Elan)
Japan: Untold Stories
The plight of Japan’s modern hermits
By Edd Gent
Ken-Ichiro Kamei holding one of his "bodies on a chip" (Credit: Rachel Nuwer)
Japan: Untold Stories
The man building ‘animals on a chip’
By Rachel Nuwer
Since Japan first introduced the scheme, many countries across the world have started to install blue lights on station platforms (Credit: Getty Images)
Japan: Untold Stories
Why Japan's stations are bathed in blue
By Chris Baraniuk
A Japanese company plans to create artificial meteor showers as the ultimate firework display - but are its plans feasible? (Credit: Astro Live Experiences)
Japan: Untold Stories
The world’s most ambitious fireworks?
By Chris Baraniuk
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Japan: Untold Stories
Japan’s grand plans to mine ocean vents
By Martha Henriques
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Japan: Untold Stories
Watch a paralysed woman walk again
The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge and its floodwater cathedral cost $2 billion to build (Credit: Getty Images)
Japan: Untold Stories
Video: Tokyo's 'floodwater cathedral'
By Terushi Sho
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Japan: Untold Stories
The ‘cathedral’ that keeps Tokyo dry
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
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Japan: Untold Stories
Ikumen: the rise of Japan’s ‘hot dads’
By David Robson
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Japan: Untold Stories
The gold mine hidden in your pocket
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
Japan has been researching the potential of flammable ice for decades, but it is only within the last few years that extraction has come within reach (Credit: Getty Images)
Science & Environment
Why Japan wants to start ‘burning ice’
By Martha Henriques
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In Depth
The ingenious ‘samurai space sword’
By Chris Baraniuk
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The Human Planet
How East and West think differently
By David Robson
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