POLYMERS Vol.72 No.10
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COVER STORY
Polymers Connecting Humans and the Earth
Many of the polymer products that exist in our daily lives are made from fossil resources. Recently, the impact of polymers on the global environment, such as microplastics, is being discussed worldwide. Thus, polymers have been and will continue to be closely related to the “Earth” on which we “Humans” live. This special issue focuses on the establishment of a new polymer chemistry that will enable a higher level of prosperity for humankind through a more active connection and harmony between people and the earth, and not only on environmentally friendly polymers.
Editors: SASAKI, ITO, KOHSAKA, and YUSA

Digest for English Readers
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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
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Commentary
There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom of the Ocean for Polymers Shigeru DEGUCHI
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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Lignin as Future Circulative Aromatic Carbon Resources Hikaru TAKAYA
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Precision Polymerization of Plant-Derived Compounds Kotaro SATOH, Tomohiro KUBO
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CO2 Capture by Polymeric Membranes Ikuo TANIGUCHI
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Stimuli-Mediated Biodegradation Tadahisa IWATA
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PolyMANGA
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COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Marine Biodegradable Plastics Triggered by a Switch Function in Response to Reductive Stimuli Yuya TACHIBANA, Toyokazu TSUTSUBA, Ken-ichi KASUYA
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Screening for Environmental Pollutants Using Moleculaly Imprinted Polymers Takuya KUBO
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Contribution of Polyglycolic Acid to the Energy Business Takuma KOBAYASHI
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Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
My Eyes Opened by Polymer and Synchrotron X-Ray Yohei NAKANISHI
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Messages: “Work and Life”
Everything is Going Well Yayoi OZAWA
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Front-Line Polymer Science
End-Functionalized Polymerization via C-H Bond Activation Mediated by Early Transition Metal Complexes Haruki NAGAE, Kazushi MASHIMA
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Welcome to Our Laboratory
With Colleagues Who Share The Same Passion Nobuhiro YANAI
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Messages from SPSJ
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