Japan's transport ministry has asked taxi drivers to use the fresh air mode of their vehicles' air conditioners to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection. It also requested that they wear masks and ask passengers to do the same.
The ministry sent the requests through a taxi industry group after studying simulations by the supercomputer Fugaku at the RIKEN research institute.
A group of Japanese researchers plans to develop a drug to treat coronavirus infections using antibodies from people who have recovered.
The team, led by Professor Takagi Motoki at Fukushima Medical University, explained the project at a news conference on Monday.
Honda has teamed up yet again with Ryan ‘The Brickman' McNaught, a LEGO Certified Professional, for another impressive build, after a successful second season of ‘LEGO Masters'.
Japan's health ministry has decided to begin clinical trials on patients infected by the new coronavirus with a drug used to treat HIV.
Thailand and other countries have reported that the symptoms of coronavirus patients improved after they were administered antiviral drugs that are used to prevent the onset of AIDS.
A Japanese group of researchers says it has conducted heart surgery using sheets of heart muscle cells made from iPS cells.
Induced pluripotent stem cells are created from reprogrammed human cells and can develop into various kinds of body tissue.