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30 Mar 2012
Conserving electricity is an absolute necessity due to the power shortage associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.
30 Mar 2012
About 30 years ago, I drove northward from Sotobo in Chiba along the coastline in Fukushima and Miyagi as far as accessible by road, passing through inland areas in Iwate to Miyako again, and went up north to the Shimokita Peninsula.
30 Mar 2012
It will be hot this summer. This is not a prediction that this summer will be as hot as last summer, but it does mean that the temperature will be higher in offices and homes to conserve energy.
30 Mar 2012
Buildings have service lives. This seems obvious to Japanese, but might be seen as strange by Westerners.
30 Mar 2012
Although the people in the coastal areas there had the highest awareness of tsunamis in the nation, many of them could not run in time from the tsunami that far exceeded their expectations, reaching more than ten meters in height, claiming the lives of many victims, and leaving nothing but piles of rubble.
30 Mar 2012
On May 1st—some 50 days after the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster—we visited Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, which was severely affected by tsunamis, to conduct surveys and collect information on the earthquake disaster and the media.
29 Mar 2012
This year marks the 75th anniversary of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). To commemorate this joyous occasion, the 10-year-old Staff Choir of PolyU Staff Club staged the PolyU Family Concert on 26 March, supported by of the university's Culture Promotion Committee and Human Resources Office.
27 Mar 2012
Organized by the Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Fifth International Symposium of Intimate Apparel was held on 26 March to promote the exchange of the latest knowledge and development of intimate apparel among academics and industrialists.
22 Mar 2012
KUCHING: Sonar Tribal, a team of students from UNIMAS, was established on October 16 last year during the Sarawak DiGi Startup Weekend Challenge for Change 2011 competition.
16 Mar 2012
The fate of the languages spoken in Malaysia, especially minorities, are more likely to become endangered, as has happened in a number of other countries. Unless efforts are made to maintain them, they will continue to disappear.
15 Mar 2012
The Oblation, University of the Philippines' most iconic symbol, is the focus of the current photo exhibit at the Office of the Chancellor Foyer, University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD).
13 Mar 2012
By Yoshihiro Kanno, Composer and Professor at Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Intermedia Art and Science
12 Mar 2012
Travelling exhibition Malaysia-Australia Art Exchange and Mohd Yusof Ahmad's Solo Exhibition were launched simultaneously by the Director General, National Visual Art, Dato 'Mohd Yusof Ahmad Nu Art Gallery Tuanku Zahirah, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, on March 8 2012.
01 Mar 2012
Prime Minister Dato 'Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak sent his congratulations to the organizing secretariat of the Chinese New Year Festival 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for its success in organizing the program consistently every year.
28 Feb 2012
Takashi Hamano from Waseda University explores the issues surrounding humans and animals.
23 Feb 2012
Albukhary International University is a wholly charitable university located in Alor Setar, Malaysia dedicated to providing students from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds a high quality education. ResearchSEA visited their campus to find out more.
23 Feb 2012
Late last month, the 'TUT CALL' advisor, Associate Professor Takahiko Hayashi along with Toyohashi Tech's international students from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Korea in addition to five Japanese students visited Toyohashi City Hosoya Elementary School to have an exchange party.
17 Feb 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to have received a set of five special sculptures titled "Vision" from renowned sculptor Professor Norman Ko Wah-man as a gift for its 75th anniversary.
17 Feb 2012
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) will have its own museum within this year not only to be a great university but also to complement other museums in the state.
16 Feb 2012
An exhibit on new and recent works of renowned Filipino painter and printmaker, Ofelia Gelvezon-Téqui, formally opened on February 13 at the Atelyer, Bulwagan ng Dangal’s small gallery in the University of the Philippines Diliman.
14 Feb 2012
Norizan Mat Diah, Marina Ismail, Putri Mazliana Abdul Hami and Suzana Ahmad of UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia developed a software to teach children Jawi calligraphy.
07 Feb 2012
MEA College has recognized the Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Artistic Technology (PUZZLE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Assoc Prof A. Hj Abdul Razak Mohaideen through Film Award at the Convocation MEATECH 2011 on 24 December last, which was held at Dewan Sri SIANTAN 1, Complex, Precinct 3 in Putrajaya.
06 Feb 2012
The University of the Philippines Vargas Museum celebrates its 25th year through a series of exhibition and education programs in 2012.
17 Jan 2012
Backed by strong support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has brought together multi-disciplinary expertise for the establishment of Hong Kong's first Design Institute for Social Innovation.
12 Jan 2012
For me, in the flood of news a headline bears special importance for Northeast Asia security. The guideline reiterated by President Hu Jintao about boosting the "cultural soft power" of China recognizes that "culture has increasingly become a major element bringing together the people and the creative power of Chinese nationality".
29 Nov 2011
An exhibition titled "Supporting Ageing with Design: Process and Results of the i•do workshops 2009-2011" is being held on the campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from now until 9 December 2011.
25 Oct 2011
Despite the existence of Shariah advisory councils, Islamic banks and financial institutions in Malaysia may be failing to carry out their duties.
20 Oct 2011
Human migration in response to environmental change can be beneficial and, in some circumstances, should be enabled, rather than constrained, say Richard Black, Stephen R. G. Bennett, Sandy M. Thomas and John R. Beddington in a Comment in Nature. The article is linked to the authors’ report on migration and environmental change.
28 Sep 2011
Many industry leaders, internationally-renowned designers, staff, alumni and friends of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) gathered at Hotel ICON – a unique teaching and research hotel wholly-owned by the university – to celebrate its official opening.
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Giants in history
Through her iconic stories featuring fictional scenes from the history of the Philippines, language teacher and academic Genoveva Matute (3 January 1915 – 21 March 2009) helped strengthen the Filipino identity.
Hwang Hye-seong (5 July 1920 – 14 December 2006) was an expert on Korean royal court cuisine, the knowledge of which she dedicated her career to keeping alive. Formerly an assistant professor of nutritional science, Hwang met the last kitchen court lady in the Joseon Dynasty Han Hui-sun and, from her, learned about the culinary traditions of the royal court.