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Western Japan experienced torrential rains in the summer of 2018. After three days of continuous rainfall, the rain intensified. The Oda River, which runs through western Okayama Prefecture, rose to an unprecedented level, its muddy waters raging wildly.

"Where did the ancestors of the Japanese come from"? The answer to this romantic question has been the "dual structure model," which assumes that Japanese ancestors consisted of a mixture of the Jomon people and the Yayoi people, who were immigrants from the continent.

I have loved radio-controlled cars since I was a child, and I have been fascinated by the way things are controlled by radio waves. When I took a class on electromagnetic waves in university, I was inspired for the first time to become a researcher.

In the segment 'A Look Around Innovation,' we introduce research and development (R&D) sites that have led to social implementation.