Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University has been disseminating information on the Internet in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. He has been consecutively uploading summaries of scientific papers and news from overseas, as well as his own recommendations, on his own website. This is regarded...

The novel coronavirus pandemic is also having a serious impact on Gion, a prominent entertainment district of Kyoto. The district had been experiencing signs of "tourist pollution" as so many tourists from Japan and overseas visited it, but now the streets are empty and the area is enveloped in silence....

The release of Kyoto Animation Co.'s new film has been postponed amid the new coronavirus epidemic that led the Japanese government to declare a state of emergency in the country's major urban areas. "Violet Evergarden: the Movie" was to hit the screens on April 24. Kyoto Animation had originally eyed...

Papers by Professor Shinichi Mochizuki of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, which claim to have proved the "ABC conjecture," one of the most important and difficult unsolved problems in modern mathematics, will be published in "PRIMS," a specialized journal edited by the same institute. The decision was...

A shinkansen bullet train featuring Hello Kitty livery went on display at Kyoto Railway Museum on Feb. 22. Children and railway enthusiasts have been enjoying viewing the 500 series shinkansen car, whose white body is decorated with images of pink ribbons to mimic the look of the popular character of...

The number of tourists traveling to sightseeing spots, temples and shrines in Kyoto City has suffered a sharp drop since the Chinese government prohibited group travel abroad due to the spread of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus. Crowds are sparse around the Arashiyama area of Ukyo Ward, Kyoto. In...

On February 27, Brian May, the British rock band Queen's guitarist and an astrophysicist, visited the Kwasan Observatory of the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, located in Yamashina Ward, Kyoto. The 90-year-old observatory is at risk of closure due to financial difficulties. May promised his support, and signed his...