‘Easy on the fries!’, Japan scientists tell hopeful bald people

Japanese scientists have warned that eating french fries will not cure baldness, after research was published suggesting that chemicals used in cooking fried potatoes could help fight hair loss. A research team at Yokohama National University succeeded in producing clusters of 5,000 hair follicle germs (HFGs), the base organs that produce hair, with the aid

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Self-parking Slippers Entertain Guests in Japan

Visitors to Japan can now experience semi-autonomous parking technology within the realms of their accommodation; in the furniture, the floor cushions, and even the slippers. While otherwise similar in appearance to any other traditional inn, known in Japan as a ryokan, the ProPILOT Ryokan in Yokohama is putting Nissan’s technology to some more unusual uses.

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Why Japanese Girls Want To Be Bread Makers Rather Than Breadwinners

  In Japan, most little boys want to become professors when they grow up and little girls want to become bakers and bread makers, but not necessarily breadwinners. The results of this year’s annual nationwide survey of Japanese children on the topic, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” are a fascinating

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