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Explores reproductive evolution in plants. Relates how in Japan in 1896, Hirase Sakugoro discovered flagellated sperm in a seed of the ‘Ginkgo biloba’, and later Ikeno Seiichiro found the same type of...
Illustrates the construction of Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest underwater tunnel, linking the Japanse islands of Hokkaido and Honshu under the Tsungaru Strait and completed in 1988. The tunnel runs for...
An interactive essay on scale of space and time, inspired by the short film POWERS OF TEN (Ray and Charles Eames, 1968). Six interwoven journeys explore each power of ten in a different way: time - powers of...
Sponges, previously classified as Parazoa, which demonstrate characteristics of unicellular organisms, are now shown to have some features of true metazoans. Uses time-lapse photography to show sponges’...
Series exploring the structure and values of contemporary Japanese society through the eyes of people experiencing each aspect of life. 1: Looks at the education systems and discusses examination pressures...
Introductory programme to the TDK Video Letter Project, based on video programmes exploring the structure and values of contemporary Japanese society as seen through the eyes of Japanese people. The series...
Training package introducing total productive maintenance (TPM) using the words of its developer, Seiichi Nakajima. Looks at TPM as a company-wide improvement programme, focusing on the five major TPM...
Shows the life cycle of the sea squirt ‘Halocynthia roretzi’. ‘Halocynthia’ adults from Mutzu Bay in Northern Japan are shown to spawn at a certain time of the day and differences in spawning time...
Uses research film footage shot in laboratories by eminent specialists involved in cell motility studies. Opens with a brief summary of muscle movement and the roles of proteins actin and myosin. Creatures...
Discusses what life must have been like for people of the prehistoric Jomon period. Concentrates on the artifacts with a section explaining radio-carbon and uranium dating. A chronology follows, supported by...
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