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09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Shanghai has achieved significant growth over the last twenty years and it is now the richest region in China. It is quite fitting that the Expo, an engine for further economic development, be held in Shanghai.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
The sight of the newborn state of East Timor, together with Indonesia leading the way for the democratization of Southeast Asia reflects a bizarre twist of fate.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
A supermarket is a veritable battleground, where consumers who have a strong desire to seek out quality food face a daunting array of products to choose from.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
With headlines such as "the shock of E-books", "the truth about electronic books", "Amazon's true character" and "The yin and yang of E-books," expectations and concerns about E-books have been a dominant theme in business magazines during 2010.
31 Aug 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC-supported Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative launched a new tool last month that provides new ways of understanding poverty around the world.
31 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: Looks like the brave new world has finally arrived. The website BeautifulPeople.com reportedly "booted out 5,000 people who gained weight and were deemed too ugly to remain members".
31 Aug 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Win-win solutions improve livelihoods and the land
11 Aug 2010
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Biology: Knockout rats
10 Aug 2010
RIKEN
Neural processing in the brains of parents talking to their babies may reveal secrets about early stages of language acquisition in infants.
04 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
THE FIFA World Cup 2010 final that saw Spain becoming the champion for the first time fires the imagination of the public as to what is possible when the playing field is level.
04 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
PULAU PINANG, 31 July: Malaysia can only achieve developed nation status in 2020 if the society succeeds in terms of intellectual development.
28 Jul 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Acting on the belief that institutions of learning must collaborate in developing higher eduation in the country, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) have co-organised the ‘Creativity, Innovation, Technology and Research in the Arts’ Exhibition or eCITRA 2010.
19 Jul 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abd Razak
The writer is the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia. He can be contacted at [email protected]
This article was published in the 'New Sunday Times' on 4th July 2010
19 Jul 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abd Razak
The writer is the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia. He can be contacted at [email protected]
This article was published in 'The Edge Malaysia on 21st June 2010
14 Jul 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The third Biennial Conference of the China-Europa Forum kicked off yesterday (12 July) at the Jockey Club Auditorium of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
28 Jun 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Indigenous people in western Kenya have relied on the mystical abilities of the Nganyi rainmakers to predict the weather for generations.
26 Jun 2010
Waseda University
On May 28, 2010, a symposium and panel discussion commemorating the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was hosted by the US-Japan Research Institute, a US-registered NPO (The Chair: Katsuhiko Shirai, President, Waseda University) co-founded in Washington, D.C. by Waseda University and so on.
26 Jun 2010
Waseda University
The family change that Japanese aimed for was a change from the traditional family system before the war to a democratic, modern family after the war, modeled on the American family—called a nuclear family.
26 Jun 2010
Waseda University
OPINION - It was last autumn that I got interested in that vehicle. One day, I suddenly developed a symptom that was beyond my receptive threshold, just like hay fever.
04 Jun 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: The Facebook-based competition, Everyone Draw Mohammed (sic) Day!, on May 20 is said to promote "freedom of expression".
14 May 2010
Waseda University
The Meyerhold Exhibition has opened.
A mountain of collected photographs, objects from the 1920s that have been sleeping in storage at the Theatre Museum, and, seeming to proclaim itself as projecting those materials, a model that replicates the New Meyerhold Theatre.
14 May 2010
Waseda University
I would like to discuss the history of our theater group and to introduce the work “Hamure: Hamlet of Northern Japan during the final days of the shogunate” which will be performed at the event.
14 May 2010
Waseda University
"Research organizations", independently introduced by Waseda University, are the organizational framework meant to fulfill a general role, as well as to promote strategic research activity on the part of the university.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
Recently whaling has received renewed attention, as has tuna fishing—attention which stems from the relative sensitivity of nations to these global environmental issues.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
There is a difference between sumo and student baseball—the former is professional and the latter amateur. It would be safe to say, then, that these sports are completely different.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
In his policy speech in October, a month after the inauguration of the new government, Prime Minister Hatoyama announced a shift from post-war politics to a politics which “protects human life and the welfare of the people”.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
It is often said that the value shared in the age of globalization is competitiveness, which is the value of the strong. In order for Japan to be a winner in a cutthroat capitalist world, Japanese society must be made truly competitive, eliminating such inefficient factors as life-time employment.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
Bob Dylan is coming to Japan. This will be the fourth time I have seen him perform in Japan, following his performances in 1994, 1997, and 2001.
26 Apr 2010
Waseda University
A series of affairs related to Ichiro Ozawa, the secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, and his secretaries has highlighted again how difficult it is to establish rules about politics and money.
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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.