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Abstract: Letter to the Editor

Abstract: The Global Campaign against Headache, as a collaborative activity with the World Health Organization (WHO), was formally launched in Copenhagen in March 2004. In the month it turns 18, we review its activities and achievements, from initial determination of its strategic objectives, through partnerships and project management, knowledge acquisition and awareness generation, to evidence-based proposals for change justified by cost-effectiveness analysis.

Abstract: After 13 years successful operation of Japanese first data relay satellite “KODAMA” (DRTS), JAXA launched a new data relay satellite which adopts optical inter-satellite communication technology in 2020 successfully. The first user satellite, named as ALOS-3 is planned to be launch in 2022 Japanese fiscal year. First demonstrations of optical data-relay satellite system are planned between these two satellites In this paper, the authors outline the plan of the program and its technology.

Abstract: CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated proteins 9) technology was awarded the Nobel Prize 8 years after its initial publication, which represents unprecedented speed. Genome editing (GE) is featured as a technology for rapid plant breeding, and CRISPR/Cas9 technology is attracting attention due to its convenience and editing efficiency. On 11 December 2020, notification was given to the Japanese government of the first GE tomato containing a high level of GABA (ɣ-aminobutyric acid), which is well known for its human health-promoting benefits, and developed using this technology (Waltz 2022). By 12 May 2021, a venture company launched from the University of Tsukuba, Sanatech Seed Co. Ltd., had begun providing seedlings to 4,200 home gardeners free of charge to monitor cultivation. Subsequently, on 15 September 2021, online sales of GE tomato fruits began. This was the first agricultural product in the world to be launched using CRISPR/Cas9 technology....