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11 May 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Hangzhou, China, May 11, 2009: Zhejiang University today was witness to a unique China-India collaboration which will address the growing rural-urban inequality and ensure inclusive growth.
11 May 2009
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Former Deputy Director-General of FRIM Dr Francis S. P. Ng received the esteemed David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration in recognition of his contributions to tropical botany and conservation over four decades exploring the forests of Southeast Asia.
06 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has joined forces with Peking University to establish the PolyU - Peking U Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics.
06 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
According to the latest research report on "Customer Perceived Value of Hong Kong's Retail Sector", Hong Kong retailers made an improvement in the CPV Index from 97.0 in the last survey to 98.4 in the latest survey...
27 Apr 2009
Keio University
Professor Atsushi Seike will be President of Keio University from 28 May 2009 until 27 May, 2013.
27 Apr 2009
Keio University
Views from Professor Ichiro Innami of the Faculty of Policy Management in Keio University - "Although we are well on the way to an extremely aging society never experienced throughout the world, health care system is not at all ready for that."
27 Apr 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Prof.Tan Sri Dato Dzulkifli said that with the participation of IPTs from Arab countries, it is hoped that GHEF 2009 will complete the process and the existing network of cooperation in developing countries especially in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
22 Apr 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada's International Development Research Centre has more than 100 staff experts available to speak to the media on some of the world's most pressing development challenges - from climate change, to food security, to global finance.
17 Apr 2009
RIKEN
The US-Japan Roundtable Discussion on Equal Participation in Science and Engineering was held from February 16 to 18 at Hokkaido University and was joined by RIKEN.
16 Apr 2009
Waseda University
In addition to these young people, members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other ministries and agencies of the Japanese government are also very interested in a career at the U.N. One of the major reasons for this is that the number of Japanese U.N. staff members is currently below the “desirable range.”
06 Apr 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Apr.- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) joined the list of recipients of the prestigious BrandLaureate Award 2008/2009 at a ceremony held at the Shangri-la Hotel here recently.
02 Apr 2009
IPS Asia Pacific
IPS Asia-Pacific is looking for an editor to oversee editorial production for the region. Duty station: Bangkok, Thailand
27 Mar 2009
Waseda University
World Heritage Sites – Why is such focus now being placed on World Heritage Sites? What meaning does protecting World Heritage Sites for future generations have for the 21st century? The history of World Heritage Sites can be traced back more than 30 years ago.
27 Mar 2009
Waseda University
Waseda University plans to increase the number of international students from the current level, about 3000 students, to 8000 students in the medium term.
27 Mar 2009
Waseda University
Under the Abe administration in 2007, the then minister Watanabe hammered out the public service reform as an eye-catcher for an Upper House election. He advertised his enthusiasm for the reform by establishing two conferences related to the public service reform immediately before the election.
27 Mar 2009
Waseda University
Since the early 1990s, within my research in international developmental cooperation and international environmental cooperation, I have worked to establish a model for “the development of social capacity and institutional change”, a model that can become a new policy for international development.
18 Mar 2009
International Polar Year International Programme Office
During the last two weeks of March, 2009, polar oceanographers around the world will join students and teachers in local and broadcast events in Italy, Canada, Malaysia, Scotland, France, Germany, Brazil, USA, and Mexico.
18 Mar 2009
Asia Research News
The dream of a space to highlight the unique cultural heritage and contributions of Asian Canadians will soon make a dream a reality with the creation of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH). The first phase of the project will be launched in March 2009.
17 Mar 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
One of India's foremost economists, Dr. Isher Ahluwalia, will be in Ottawa on March 18 as part of The India Lectures organized by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). She will discuss India's prospects in light of the current international economic crisis.
16 Mar 2009
University of the Philippines Diliman
Results of the Open Grant research project "Systems Approach to Teacher Mentoring and Urban Poor Student Achievement" were presented in the forum "Pagbabago sa Silid Aralan: Kung Hindi Ngayon, Kailan?" Six reactors from different fields were invited to analyze the study and the current condition of the Philippine educational system.
16 Mar 2009
University of the Philippines Diliman
The 1st University of the Philippines Asian Institute of Tourism Conference featured folklore of Sariaya, Quezon for a glimpse into the province's history and culture. The conference presented partial findings of the Open Grant Research Project on "Alternative Model Towards Sustainable Tourism," funded by the Chancellor of UP Diliman.
15 Mar 2009
Asia Research News
In early March, ResearchSEA sent out detail of experts in these subjects to journalists. This information is now posted on ResearchSEA for the benefit of other users.
13 Mar 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Prominent sociologists, Prof. Iwabuchi Koichi from Waseda University and Prof. Yoshiro Kosaku from Sophia University in Japan presented their talks at Universiti Sains Malaysia yesterday. Abstracts are provided.
10 Mar 2009
Waseda University
A large headline at the top of the first page of the January 19th evening edition of The Asahi Shimbun reported, "Yokohama city to start unified elementary and junior high school education."
04 Mar 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
LEMBAH BUJANG, 4 March. – Researchers from the Centre for Global Archaeological Research (PPAG) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have once again created history by discovering the remains of an iron smelting site, dating back to the 3rd Century AD, at Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang, Kedah.
01 Mar 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia’s Minister of Higher Education Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin launched the Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX) Transformation Plan for University Science Malaysia (USM)
27 Feb 2009
Keio University
Koji Ishizaka currently co-hosts the TV antique show “Kai-un! Nandemo Kanteidan” (We’ll Appraise Anything) and has acted in many films. In the film “The Last Game The Final So-kei sen” released last August, he played the role of President Shinzo Koizumi.
27 Feb 2009
Keio University
Keio University's President Anzai participated for his third time in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting attended by world leaders in Davos.
27 Feb 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
SINGAPORE, February 25, 2009 — A new map has been released which shows the regions of Southeast Asia most vulnerable to climate change.
26 Feb 2009
Asia Research News
OTTAWA, Feb. 25 - The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canada Research Chairs Program are pleased to announce eight research partnerships between outstanding university scholars in Canada and their peers in the developing world.

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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.