News
This page provides the laboratory activity log (archive since April 2025). Newer entries appear at the top. In principle, the log is maintained in an append-only manner and can be filtered by tag as needed.
- The Mainichi Shimbun featured Tsuyoshi Okamoto’s campfire research: “Campfires are entertainment for the five senses”: what a neuroscientist concluded after examining their healing effects (Web: 2026-01-31; print: 2026-02-02 morning edition, p. 8).
- “Kumanichi Spice” (Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun) featured Tsuyoshi Okamoto’s book The Neuroscience of Campfires in its wood-stove special issue: Warm winter outings: cafés, hot springs, and lodgings with wood stoves (Kumamoto).
- Asahi Shimbun’s Think Campus published an article featuring our fried-rice research: Can delicious food improve study concentration? Kyushu University’s findings on “motivation” and brain responses using fried rice.
- Tsuyoshi Okamoto’s Future Design activities were featured in the U.S. environmental & culture magazine Atmos: What Happens When a Town Governs From the Future?
- Tsuyoshi Okamoto and Hongjia Li (graduated in September) were interviewed by NHK Fukuoka and appeared on Rokuichi! Fukuoka.
- In MEXT Education Communication No. 612 (Sept. 22 issue), Ms. Masami Shiokawa’s series “Society and Universities through the Lens of Future Design” (Ryukoku University) featured Tsuyoshi Okamoto’s Future Design activities in depth.
- Our fried-rice research was featured in the Asahi Shimbun (print; Sept. 6, 2025; p. 27).
- Kyushu University published coverage of the award ceremony and an interview with the winner for the 3MT competition, featuring Chi T. Q. Tran, a graduate student in the laboratory.
- Our fried-rice research was featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun (print; July 10, 2025).
- Tsuyoshi Okamoto appeared on NHK Science ZERO: Approaching the essence of fire: the forefront of combustion science (broadcast: 2025-06-15 and 2025-06-21).
- Our fried-rice research was featured by multiple media outlets: TNC Television Nishinippon (2025-05-20), Fukuoka TNC News (2025-05-20), Fuji TV “It!” (2025-05-22), FNN Prime Online (2025-05-22), TBS “THE TIME,” (2025-05-27), and Asahi Shimbun (online 2025-06-04; print 2025-06-30 evening edition).
First published: April 1, 2025.
Last updated: April 16, 2026.
