Kumamoto

We do have options beyond "taking a hit", as Dr Kumamoto puts it.

A new study from researchers at Kumamoto University sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children.

To test their approach, the researchers performed experiments during the annual health checks of two adult chimpanzees at Kumamoto Sanctuary, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University.

Private sector investment totals $20 billion for the plants in the Kumamoto region, southwestern Japan.

The young woman — a child, really — hasn’t seen him since the previous year, when she left their village on the southern Japanese island of Iojima for a mansion in the city of Kumamoto.