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22 Sep 2008
International Polar Year International Programme Office
THIS WEEK IPY celebrates its sixth ‘International Polar Day' focusing on People in Polar Regions, especially on community and cultural well-being, health issues, and the role of the Arctic in the global economy. Community events will occur around the world.
18 Sep 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia
In a press conference held today, Universiti Sains Malaysia archaeologists announced their latest finding from the prehistoric cemetery recently discovered in Sarawak, Malaysia. The remains prove the existence of humans in the area between 2000-3000 years ago - pictures attached.
17 Sep 2008
Keio University
Interview with Toshi Shioya Actor, film director, producer, acting trainer and President of WILL Do Co. Ltd.
11 Sep 2008
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Health experts of PolyU who have rendered their quality services to members of the China's national sports teams in preparation of the Beijing Olympics were thanked and praised.
11 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia.
11 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right.
11 Sep 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Literatures on sales promotion mainly concentrates on the US market and non-export products; with focus on the providers, not the customers. A study at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak looks into the relationship between various sales promotion techniques and customers purchase satisfaction to come up with an Asian perspective of sales promotions.
11 Sep 2008
Waseda University
Theatre which is expressed through the bodies of people themselves is an animate being (raw and alive). No trace is left after a performance. Theatre is a once in a lifetime experience that remains only in the memories of the audience.
11 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Do small developing economies, or SDEs, need a specific competition policy to create competitive markets? This book discusses political, legal, economic, financial, cultural, and organizational issues and provides unique perspectives on competition policy and economic development.
11 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This book demonstrates the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace, touching on issues of globalization, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalization.
11 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This book describes the 3-year-long “L-20” project, whose objective was to develop a method of breaking the political deadlocks that too often prevent progress on critical global issues. The proposed L-20 would include leaders from the existing G-8 countries and key regional powers such as China, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Egypt.
10 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The International Development Research Centre’s Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia (IDRC/ASRO), based in Singapore, is organizing a photo competition among research partners to encourage them to capture and illustrate their research work in photographic images.
08 Sep 2008
Waseda University
When environmental issues are talked about, only global warming issues due to man-caused CO2 emission come under close scrutiny, but there are also many other environmental issues.
07 Sep 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia has been chosen as Malaysia’s APEX University. As the chosen Apex university, USM will be accelerated for excellence and nurtured for world class standing amongst the world’s universities.
04 Sep 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia.
04 Sep 2008
Waseda University
The word “kanikosen” (crab-fishing and canning boat) has recently been making the headlines in the Japanese media. First published by Takiji Kobayashi in 1929, “Kanikose” is a representative work of proletarian literature.
03 Sep 2008
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of PolyU will stage the "Washed Out" denim exhibition at the Fashion Space Gallery of London College of Fashion from 8 to 19 September 2008.
03 Sep 2008
Waseda University
The Beijing Olympic Games attracted the world's attention even before it had started. One of the incidents symbolizing this was the protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.
02 Sep 2008
University of the Philippines Diliman
A study of the life of peasants in three farming villages in Central Luzon, Philippines reveals factors behind the persistence of peasantry despite interventions and modernization.
21 Aug 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The latest newsletter from the EEPSEA is now available for download.
21 Aug 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
SciDev.Net is pleased to announce that Shiow Chin Tan, a Malaysian journalist, is the recipient of the second 'IDRC–SciDev.Net Science Journalism Award'.
21 Aug 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
The gathering of 611 dogs at UPM Expo Hill in Dogathon 2008 hosted by UPM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Zoological Club has succeeded in being acknowledged in the Malaysia Book of Records as the “Biggest Dog Gathering in Malaysia” last August 10
21 Aug 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Using recycled oil palm as fuel and solar energy to operate its electrical system, the bus went on display at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in conjunction with the "1st Regional Conference on Sustainable Development: Local Solutions For Global Problems".
19 Aug 2008
Waseda University
In spite of tighter security than ever before in the Olympic Games history, large-scaled civil riots and repeated terrorist bombings have occurred here and there in China. This report describes why so many civil protests and riots occur even when the Olympic Games as a symbol of national solidarity is just around the corner.
19 Aug 2008
Waseda University
Now, on the opposite side of the globe to Japan and quite far away from it, the largest Japanese community in the world is coming into the spotlight. It is a Japanese community of more than 1.5 million in Brazil whose seasons are opposite from those in Japan.
13 Aug 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
UPM Board of Directors Chairman, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim was announced as winner of the National Academic Personality Award 2007 for his many contributions in developments of education as well researches in developing the nation’s human capital in science, technology, and humanities.
13 Aug 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) through its Extension, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development Centre (APEEC) was appointed as coordinator of researches to be performed on institution of higher education graduates’ participation in entrepreneur-based careers
10 Aug 2008
Keio University
Japan-Brazil Exchange Year & Keio University 150th Anniversary International Symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Brazil and 150th anniversary of Keio University “ Dekasegi (migrant workers) workshop” will also be held
04 Aug 2008
Waseda University
Concurrently with 21 other countries, SoftBank began selling iPhones in Japan on July 11, selling a reported one million units in three days. This paper will review how the iPhone has affected the Japanese cell phone market.
03 Aug 2008
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
The Centre for Islamic Banking, Finance and Management (CIBFM) is established under the aegis of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam with a close association with the Brunei International Financial Centre of Ministry of Finance.

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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.