In Japan, University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen "android" that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited meals.

在日本，东京大学的研究人员最近推出了一款厨房“机器人”，它可以洗盘子、倒茶和做一些指定的餐品。

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Researchers in Japan and Spain led by Eiriki Sunamura of the University of Tokyo found that Argentine ants living in Europe, Japan and California shared a strikingly similar chemical profile of hydrocarbons on their cuticles.

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Koichi Nakano of Sophia University in Tokyo points out that Japan's distorted electoral map exaggerates the size of the defeat: the DPJ lost heavily against LDP candidates in depopulated rural areas that are considered to be the opposition's heartland, but which produce a disproportionate number of seats.

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The executive ranks are dominated by graduates of the prestigious University of Tokyo, which normally churns out Japan's top government bureaucrats.

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