List of articles of the University of Tokyo
The main cause of colorectal cancer in Japanese people was "gut bacteria," according to a large-scale comprehensive analysis by the University of Tokyo and Osaka University.
A research group led by Professor Tatsuhiro Shibata of the University of Tokyo and Professor Shinichi Tanida of Osaka University Graduate School has found that approximately half of colorectal cancers in Japan are caused by "colibactin" […]
Climate change is causing a massive migration of butterflies worldwide; a global analysis is being conducted by an international collaborative research project including the University of Tokyo.
Katsuya Yago, a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, has worked at Monash University in Australia, the University of Florida in the United States, the Centre for Integrated Biodiversity Research in Germany, and the Picardy-Jeu in France. […]
The University of Tokyo's 5-year "College of Design" program will begin accepting applications in October 2026 – Changing the World Through Design.
In September 2027, the University of Tokyo is scheduled to establish the UTokyo College of Design. This new five-year program will offer a combined bachelor's and master's degree. […]
In the early stages of robot-assisted surgery, female surgeons tended to have fewer opportunities to perform surgeries.
Compared to open surgery and laparoscopic surgery, it has become clear that female surgeons have fewer opportunities to perform robot-assisted surgery than male surgeons. Osaka Medical Association […]
Approximately 4% of resident physicians utilize AI-generated data in clinical practice, according to a nationwide survey by Tokyo University of Science and others.
A research team at Tokyo University of Science, in collaboration with researchers from Juntendo University and the Gunsei Okinawa Clinical Training Center, surveyed clinical trainees nationwide who responded to the survey. […]
Bats prey on migratory birds during nocturnal flight; this has been the first successful direct visual observation.
A research group from the University of Tokyo and Doshisha University has, for the first time in the world, visually demonstrated bats preying on birds in mid-air. Bats are […]
The University of Tokyo will hold a campus tour for junior and senior high school students on August 13th (Thursday), led by faculty members supporting STEAM research.
On August 13, 2026 (Thursday), the Research and STEAM Support Team of the Hiroshi Kainuma Laboratory, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, conducted a project for junior and senior high school students […]
Five universities—Kobe University, Tohoku University, Niigata University, Kanazawa University, and the University of Tokyo—are planning to establish "Contract Departments," educational programs that also aim to recruit graduates.
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) has launched the "Deep Tech Startup Support Fund / Science and Business […]"
The University of Tokyo and others have developed a "stealth skin electrode," a biosignal measurement device that is invisible and imperceptible when attached to the face.
The University of Tokyo, Keio University, Seoul National University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland […]
The Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory at the University of Tokyo has released an open-source software (OSS) free of charge to automatically generate English subtitles for lecture videos, aiming to facilitate the English-language delivery of graduate-level courses.
The Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (hereinafter referred to as the Matsuo Lab) has developed a system to automatically generate English subtitles from lecture videos spoken in Japanese, […]