Takashi Yokota

Aug 13, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Tomoko Otake |Takashi Yokota

When Upper House lawmaker Keizo Takemi was named health minister in the reshuffled Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last September, the appointment was met with excitement from some corners of the medical community as well as concern from others. That’s because the name Takemi carries a special significance for Japan’s medical establishment.

Aug 13, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Takashi Yokota |Gabriele Ninivaggi

In an age of geopolitical tumult— with great-power competition between the United States and China and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East — statesmen and diplomats in the West are increasingly talking about “economic security.”This nascent concept is broadly defined as building resilience in infrastructure and supply chains — especially in areas such as semiconductors, batteries, and rare earth minerals — as well as protecting advanced technology and fighting against economic coercion.

Apr 16, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Takashi Yokota

In this issue of Acta Physiologica, Kleis-Olsen et al.1 investigated the association of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with skeletal muscle mitochondrial function measured using biopsy samples from human vastus lateralis muscle. They reported that postmenopausal women who received a combination of estradiol and progestin had higher mitochondrial respiratory capacity in the skeletal muscle compared with non-treated postmenopausal women.

Mar 28, 2024 | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Masaya Watanabe |Takashi Yokota |Satonori Tsuneta |Hiroyuki Natsui

1 INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and its incidence is increasing worldwide (Chugh et al., 2014; Schnabel et al., 2015). Postoperative AF (POAF) may prolong hospital stay after open-heart surgery, with an increased risk of stroke (Greenberg et al., 2017).

Mar 21, 2024 | nature.com | Takashi Yokota

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32549-w, published online 30 March 2023The original version of this Article contained errors in Figure 1 and its accompanying legend, where the complex II and its surroundings were incorrect. The original Figure 1 and accompanying legend appear below.