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NHK ONE’s news segment “AI Revolution: Will Efficiency Gains in Agriculture Protect Our Food Supply?” featured Professor Toshihisa Sugino of Hiroshima University’s smart dairy farming research. This advanced dairy technology uses AI to analyze cow behavior and environmental data to predict milk production two weeks in advance. Read the article here (this link will take you to an external website). Additionally, this research is scheduled to be broadcast on NHK WORLD. ・Program Title: “Bizstream” 　March 7 (Sat) 11:10 PM (JST) 　March 8 (Sun) 5:10 AM 　March 9 (Mon) 12:30 PM, 6:30 PM 　March 12 (Thu) 4:00 AM ・Program Title: “NEWSLINE” 　March 10 (Tue)

A project aimed at developing a semen preservation method for artificial insemination in dairy cattle—drawing on insights into mammalian sperm motility mechanisms from the research group led by Professor Masayuki Shimada at the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University—has secured a three-year grant of approximately 1.8 million US dollars (approximately 260 million yen as of October 2025) from the Gates Foundation. In connection with this achievement, a press briefing was held on Thursday, November 27, 2025, at the TKP Shimbashi Conference Center. A video recording of the briefing has been released as part of this press release report. We invite you to view it.

The National Federation of Dairy Cooperative Associations (Main Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson: Hiroshi Kumabe), Hiroshima University (Main Campus: Higashihiroshima city, Hiroshima; President: Mitsuo Ochi) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Manabu Chikumoto) showed that Heyndrickxia coagulans SANK70258 (H. coagulans), a spore-forming lactic acid bacterium known as a probiotic, reduce diarrhea due to an increased intake of starter feed after weaning and improve growth performance. For more information on this matter, please refer to the Hiroshima University press release (in Japanese).