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16 Jan 2013
Waseda University
The Implications of the LDP’s Landslide Victory and the Proliferation of Small Parties - Opinion article by Prof. Masanobu Ido, Professor, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
16 Jan 2013
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Writers, publishers, teachers and parents need to closely scrutinise gender construction in children’s literature so that young children are presented with stories that promote equality and respect for both sexes according to Ramesh Nair from University Teknologi MARA
03 Jan 2013
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) announces the launch of a global competition, which will be held next month, to shape tomorrow’s guestrooms, and by doing so – helping to set new standards for hotel rooms for the future.
02 Jan 2013
The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) announces the last call for nominations to the 2nd batch of PMDP Senior Executives Class 2013
21 Dec 2012
Waseda University
"Regularly trained athletes often do too much exercise, and they catch a cold more easily than general people." An interview with Takao Akama, Professor at Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University in Japan about how athletes' health and immunity.
Daighter-in law
10 Dec 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
"Using similar research methods as in 1979, we found a marked shift away from son preference. Most women we interviewed wanted fewer children and no longer cared much if they were boys or girls. Indeed, some expressed a preference for daughters."
Islamic school children
04 Dec 2012
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Rashila Ramli and colleagues from Universiti Kebangsaan in Malaysia have developed a model to improve human security in Southeast Asia. The so-called “Bangi approach to Human Security (BAGHUS)” is outlined in the latest edition of the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
29 Nov 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Photonics Research Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently achieved breakthrough in the research of high-speed optical communications by increasing the speed of optical communication networks by 40 times.
26 Nov 2012
Asia Research News
Professor Ramona Flores and Roberto Verzola turned over to Chancellor Caesar A. Saloma today 10 copies of the book "Not On Our Watch: Martial Law Really Happened. We Were There" at the Office of the Chancellor.
22 Nov 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
With their innovative design for the "Energy-relay cars", The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) student team won the third place in an International Engineering Design Contest, which is the second best record since PolyU entered the final round of the international contest ten years ago
Growth
20 Nov 2012
Asia Research News
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – While advanced economies gradually rebuild their balance sheets, Asia’s emerging markets need to diversify sources of growth to boost GDP, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda said today during an address at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Global Dialogue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Group photo
15 Nov 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The world's great minds in economics shared their insight with a full house of 400 audience including senior industry personnel, community leaders, government officials and academics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s 75th Anniversary Conference on 14 November.
Group photo
15 Nov 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
About 1,000 members and friends of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) gathered at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 13 November to join the Institution's 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The Chief Executive Mr CY Leung, was the Guest of Honour.
Opening ceremony
15 Nov 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Jointly organized by The China Institute of Education Policy and PolyU, the "First Summit on University Social Responsibility" has brought together more than 200 participants including higher education leaders and scholars at home and abroad. This event is also one of the major celebration activities of PolyU 75th Anniversary.
30 Oct 2012
Nomination is extended until November 9, 2012 while the deadline of submission of application requirements is on November 20, 2012. For more information, please contact the PMDP Secretariat at telephone numbers – (02) 631-2121/ 631-2133 or email – [email protected]. Application forms can be downloaded from www.dap.edu.ph/pmdp.
30 Oct 2012
Waseda University
Opinion piece from Prof. Yukari Kawahara or Waseda University - Have you ever heard the expression, family values? This term, while unfamiliar to people in Japan, has become one of the major issues in the U.S. presidential election.
24 Oct 2012
Nominations will be accepted until October 30, 2012 and the deadline of submission of application requirements is on November 10, 2012. For more information, please contact the PMDP Secretariat at telephone numbers – (02) 631-2121/ 631-2133 or email – [email protected]. Application forms are downloadable from www.dap.edu.ph/pmdp.
Lim
18 Oct 2012
Hanyang University
Professor JieHyun Lim, the director of the Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture at Hanyang University believes that nationalism is an act of treason and it only limits the capacity of imagination.
Activation maps
05 Oct 2012
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers use fMRI datasets to train a computer to predict the semantic category of an image originally viewed by five different people.
04 Oct 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(Ottawa, October 3, 2012) – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) today signed an agreement to invest up to $12.5 million in the International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS).
25 Sep 2012
Asia Research News
A Visayan word synonymous with keepsake, memory, and remembrance, Handumanan evokes images, sites and places, people, and stories of the Visayan region through a diverse gathering of works by contemporary artists from the Visayas, ranging from drawings and paintings, to photographs and video works.
25 Sep 2012
National University of Singapore
This workshop will address issues of masculinity and men’s experiences in contexts of heterosexuality, migration, and transnationalism.
25 Sep 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Council of PolyU is pleased to announce today the re-appointment of Professor Timothy W. Tong as President of the University for five years. Professor Tong’s second term will commence on 1 January 2014.
Children
24 Sep 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
(Toyohashi, Japan, 24 September 2012) Toyohashi Tech researchers use ‘robotic social trash boxes’ to investigate interactions between humans and robots for improving robot-to-human communications.
Baiji
11 Sep 2012
Asia Research News
Will the tiger go the way of the passenger pigeon or be saved from extinction like the American bison? Extinction or Survival? List Released at the World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. Species can be saved if Asian Governments take "Three Rs" approach
parenting
05 Sep 2012
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A study on the emotional and behavioural adjustments of children from inter-ethnic and mono-ethnic families in Malaysia challenges traditional assumptions about inter-ethnic families.
Safe water
04 Sep 2012
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A report on productive aquifers in hard rock on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia suggests greater water supply than has previously been recognised.
04 Sep 2012
Asia Research News
The August issue of the monthly newsletter from the Science & Innovation Section of the British Embassy has been released. This month's article is "The Japan Revitalisation Plan". The newsletter also includes news headlines from Japanese S&I press and details of forthcoming events.
31 Aug 2012
Asia Research News
Held once every four years, IUCN’s World Conservation Congress is the world’s largest and most important conservation event, as well as the birthplace of ground-breaking environmental conventions, scientific discoveries and global initiatives.
Award
17 Aug 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) was this year's recipient of the McCool Breakthrough Award from the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE), the world's largest organisation of hospitality and tourism educators.

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Giants in history

Vietnamese surgeon Tôn Thất Tùng (10 May 1912 – 7 May 1982) developed a pioneering technique that reduced the risks and mortality rate of liver operations.
Michiaki Takahashi (17 February 1928 – 16 December 2013) was a Japanese virologist who developed the first chickenpox vaccine.
Maggie Lim (5 January 1913 – November 1995) was a Singaporean physician who promoted family planning and expanded the access to clinics to improve the quality of life for mothers and children in Singapore’s early days.
The founder of the Adyar Cancer Institute in India, Muthulakshmi Reddy (30 July 1886 – 22 July 1968), fought to uplift women and girls from impoverished situations.
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.
Rajeshwari Chatterjee (24 January 1922 – 3 September 2010) was the first female engineer from Karnataka in India.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).
Ali
Little is known about Ali, a teenager from Sarawak, Malaysia, who was chief assistant to the famous naturalist Alfred Wallace. Most of what is known comes from Wallace’s writings. Ali accompanied Wallace on expeditions throughout the Malay Archipelago from December 1855 to February 1862.
Indian scientist and physician Upendranath Brahmachari (19 December 1873–6 February 1946) is best known for creating a drug called Urea Stibamine, used to safely and reliably treat visceral leishmaniasis (or Kala-azar), a severe infection caused by the Leishmania parasite.
Sir Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry Vishveshwarayya (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962) is widely regarded as India’s most outstanding engineer. In a career that spanned almost his entire life, Vishveshwarayya played a pivotal role in several engineering projects, including designing the Krishnarajasagara dam that is still the source of irrigation and drinking water for parts of Karnataka today.
Tsuneko (7 June 1933) and Reiji Okazaki (8 October 1930 – 1 August 1975) were a Japanese couple who discovered Okazaki fragments – short sequences of DNA that are synthesized during DNA replication and linked together to form a continuous strand.