Academics protest over government's 'dual use' research programme — which received a big funding boost.

A career in research has surged in popularity among Japanese school boys – even if their female counterparts have not yet been attracted to the vocation is similar numbers

Anonymous individual or group claims that 22 papers from the University of Tokyo contain fabricated or falsified data.

7 universities are to close liberal arts and social science courses.

Ryoji Noyori, long-time president of Japan's RIKEN network of basic-research laboratories, has resigned after a year in which the organization was embroiled in controversy over fraudulent stem-cell papers.

One of Japan's top stem cell researchers, died in an apparent suicide. He was famous for his ability to coax embryonic stem cells to differentiate into other cell types.