First published in NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW, Nov. 13, 2020 A Lancet article about a mysterious virus in Wuhan in January inspired the couple Ugur Sahin, left, and his wife Ozlem Tureci, the co-founders of German biotech firm BioNTech that developed a coronavirus vaccine for Pfizer. (Source photos by Reuters and courtesy of BioNTech) TOKYO — …
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Nagorno-Karabagh Conflict After 30 Years and 600,000 Refugees
Joint press conference at #FCCJ by the ambassadors to Japan of #Azerbaijan and #Turkey. It’s heartbreaking to see civilians on both sides getting caught in fire so many kilometers away from the #Nagorno-Karabakh frontline, as well as knowing 600,000 internally displaced people created for the past 30 years of this conflict.
Climate Change: A Personal Account Across 3 Continents And 3 Decades
HuffPost, October 13, 2019 Growing up in the dangerously politicized environment of Turkey in the 1980s, I was far from an activist for any cause. In fact, like so many others of my generation who had seen the worst of political violence in those turbulent years of my home country’s history, I tried to avoid …
How to Raise the Best Beef in Japan? Start with Love
Associated Press Content, June 5, 2019 KOGA — At the crack of dawn on a cold February morning, Katsuo Nagashima woke up in his farmhouse in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo. He put on his black turtleneck sweater, his old, dark blue sweatpants and white rubber boots. After breakfast, he left home to …
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