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Hear Here: How Loudness and Acoustic Cues Help Us Judge Where a Speaker is Facing

Researchers explored how humans use loudness and other sound-related cues to understand the speaker’s facing d...

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  • #Department of Information and Communication Sciences
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World-First Demonstration: Estimating Outdoor Pedestrian Flow from Fluctuations in Mobile Communication System’s Radio Signals Using Commercial Base Stations

Advancing toward practical sensing in the 6G era — anywhere covered by base station signals can become a sensi...

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  • #Electrical and Electronics Engineering Division
  • #Department of Information and Communication Sciences
  • #Graduate School of Science and Technology
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Understanding the Divide: A Deep Dive into Healthcare in Mongolia

Researchers outline the strengths and weaknesses of Mongolia’s healthcare system in rural and urban areas, not...

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  • #Faculty of Human Sciences
  • #Graduate School of Human Sciences
  • #Master’s Program in Nursing
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Delegation from Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace, and Security Visits Sophia University to Meet Women Scholars

On April 15, a delegation of 13 people, including Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Director of the Georgetown Insti...

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Meeting between Mr. Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and Japanese professors in Tokyo

On 9 May 2025, there was a meeting in Tokyo between Mr. Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of...

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  • #Faculty
  • #Department of Global Studies
  • #Department of International Legal Studies
  • #Center for Global Education and Discovery
  • #Faculty of Law
  • #Faculty of Global Studies

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Universal Japanese School Lunch Program Significantly Reduces Obesity Among Teenagers, Especially Those from Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds

A new study led by Professor Sayaka Nakamura from Sophia University in Japan and Professor Shiko Maruyama from...

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  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in Economics
  • #Department of Economics
  • #Faculty of Economics
  • #Graduate School of Economics

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The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Visits Sophia University to Establish a Partnership and Interact with Students

On February 20, Dr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), .........

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Social Media Posts and Transformer-Based Models for Early Detection of Heat Stroke

Researchers from Japan demonstrate the potential of combining social media posts and deep learning models for ...

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  • #Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
  • #Master’s Program in Applied Data Science
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Offline versus online promotional media: Which drives better consumer engagement and behavioral responses?

Offline marketing facilitates consumers’ behavioral responses even in the age of digital marketing Marketers t...

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  • #Department of Management
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From Gender Dysphoria to Special Skills: Decoding the Link

Researchers from Japan investigate the intersection of gender, sensory traits, and savant tendencies across Kl...

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  • #Department of Psychology
  • #Faculty of Human Sciences

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Research by Professor Kazuhiro Ema, Associate Professor Hideyuki Kunugita, and collaborators published online in the Journal of Chemical Physics and selected as an Editor’s Pick

A research group led by Professor Kazuhiro Ema and Associate Professor Hideyuki Kunugita from the Faculty of S...

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  • #Faculty
  • #Master’s & Doctoral Programs in Science and Technology
  • #Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • #Physics Division
  • #Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • #Faculty of Science and Technology

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Single-Stream Image-to-Image Translation (SSIT): A More Efficient Approach to Image Translation

The proposed model uses a single image to extract spatial features such as the shapes, object boundaries, and ...

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  • #Department of Information and Communication Sciences
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