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18 Sep 2009
RIKEN
Peiyan Wong Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
18 Sep 2009
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Director General (DG), Dato’ Dr Abd. Latif Mohmod, led a delegation of 11 management staff to Sungai Buloh Hospital on 11 September 2009 to bring cheers to the young patients.
11 Sep 2009
RIKEN
The 12th summer program at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI)
09 Sep 2009
Nature Publishing Group
Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines.
Prof. Edwin Cheng
08 Sep 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
According to an independent survey on the worldwide research productivity in production and operations management over half a century, Prof. Edwin Cheng of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has emerged as the most productive author in the field...
08 Sep 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will confer Honorary Doctorates upon Dr Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Dr Stefano Marzano, Professor Robert A. Mundell, Professor Poon Chung-kwong and Dr Samuel Yin Yen-liang in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions at its 15th Congregation...
Ryoji Noyori
04 Sep 2009
RIKEN
INTERVIEW - Conversation between Ryoji Noyori and Susumu Tonegawa. At the inauguration of the new director of the Brain Science Institute
04 Sep 2009
Waseda University
The COOLBIZ campaign has had a very positive effect on Japanese people, as psychological resistance and social barriers to informal dress have been removed, and as each individual has been encouraged to consider saving energy.
02 Sep 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Drawing from the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) experience in Africa and Asia, the authors present recommendations for policymakers, donor agencies, and researchers. They also present guidelines for developing and implementing poverty monitoring systems in other regions of the world.
02 Sep 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Edited by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb Zed/IDRC 2009 ISBN 978-1-84813-192-7 e-ISBN 978-1-55250-399-7 320 pp.
31 Aug 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Book Review - Drawing from the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) experience in Africa and Asia, the authors present recommendations for policymakers, donor agencies, and researchers. They also present guidelines for developing and implementing poverty monitoring systems in other regions of the world.
28 Aug 2009
Nature Publishing Group
How people process the social stigma of having visible skin lesions is reported this week in the 'Journal of Investigative Dermatology'. These findings may lead to future strategies for managing other stigmatizing diseases and conditions.
28 Aug 2009
RIKEN
The fifth RCAI–JSI International Symposium on Immunology, hosted by the RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI) in conjunction with the Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI), was held in Yokohama on July 9–10 of this year.
21 Aug 2009
RIKEN
An International Phenome Integration Meeting, sponsored by RIKEN and co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Mammalian Genetics, was held in Kyoto, Japan, on July 12–13 of this year.
20 Aug 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Book Review - Does research influence public policy and decision-making and, if so, how? This book is the most recent to address this question, investigating the effects of research in the field of international development.
17 Aug 2009
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
A total of 30 researchers benefited from an in-house training workshop on “Understanding the Media” held at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) on 30 July 2009.
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14 Aug 2009
RIKEN
A Joint ISIS and RIKEN Muon Facility Developments Symposium was held on May 18 of this year in response to recommendations of RIKEN’s International Advisory Committee.
12 Aug 2009
Nature Publishing Group
Groundwater in northwestern India is being depleted at an unsustainable rate, which could lead to severe water shortages and reduced agricultural productivity.
11 Aug 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Professor Cathy Hsu, Associate Director of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has recently been honoured by the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education with the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award.
10 Aug 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Think Tank Initiative invites eligible institutions to apply for financial and technical support
04 Aug 2009
Asia Research News
WMO Secretary General, ICTP Director to sign agreement on Thursday 6 August, 9 am, ICTP Adriatico Guesthouse, Trieste*
30 Jul 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
IDRC's The Think Tank Initiative invites applications from eligible organizations in Latin America and South Asia that are committed to using research to inform and influence social and economic policy.
30 Jul 2009
IPS Asia Pacific
BANGKOK, Jul 30 - Reflecting the fact that ethnic diversity is a central characteristic of all the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, ethnographic collections are relatively common, with the exception of Cambodia where museums mainly focus on archaeological artifacts and on experiences of war.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
This year, a change of administration may possibly occur. Once the change of administration occurs, this project is expected to show us detailed mechanisms, such as the reasons for the change of government, based on accumulated data over the years.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
On June 13th, 1948, Osamu Dazai, who had quickly gained popularity after World War II with such works as “The Setting Sun [Shayo]” (1947), committed double suicide, jumping into the Tamagawa Josui River together with a war-widow.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Looking back on Japanese history, we notice the extreme significance of the samurai, the warrior class in old Japan. However, it is actually not well understood when and how the samurai was born. In this article, Associate Professor Akio Kawajiri introduces his studies on it.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
This focus on the coal industry, a symbol of capitalist heavy industry, is important in studying the development process of modern capitalism in Japan.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Shanghai was once known as the “devil’s city”. This image is represented by the modern architecture which exists along the banks of the Huangpu River in the area known as the Bund (Wai Tan), and by Nanking Road, which bustles with people.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Works from many different fields are exhibited in this gallery including two illustrations based on Hokke-Kyo sutras (Muromachi Period), kohitsugire, as well as calligraphic works and paintings of Zen Buddhist monks such as Shunpo Soki and Ousen Keisan of the Muromachi Period, and Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon of the Edo Period.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
The history of archaeology at Waseda University began long ago. In 1882 (the 15th year of the Meiji Era), archaeologist E.S. Morse was invited by Shigenobu Okuma to speak at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Senmon Gakko, which was the precursor of Waseda University.

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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.