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The 1st National Assembly for Promotion of Disaster Prevention will be held at the University of Tokyo on August 8th and 27th.

 The 8st National Assembly for Promotion of Disaster Prevention (sponsored by the Executive Committee for Promotion of Disaster Prevention) will be held on August 27 and 28 at the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus. "Big […]

Large-scale private universities rush to increase capacity before full-scale regulation

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has consulted with the Council for the Establishment of Universities and School Corporations about applications from private universities wishing to increase the capacity in 2017. 20 schools, 2058 people […]

Temple University aims to improve international competitiveness by training faculty and staff at 28 universities in Japan

 Workshops for faculty and staff in charge of internationalization at domestic universities were held for 12 days at Temple University campuses in both Japan and the United States. […]

Keio Academy of New York collaborates with University of Hawaii

 Keio Academy of New York (High School), which opened in New York, USA in 1990, aims to improve English proficiency on the occasion of its 25th anniversary […]

Succeeded in structural analysis of proteins important for the onset of Parkinson's disease, Osaka University, etc.

 A research group led by Osaka University and the High-Brightness Photon Science Research Center (JASRI) has established α-shi […], a protein that holds the key to the onset of Parkinson's disease.

Detailed prediction of guerrilla rainstorms with an accuracy of 100 m, Osaka University, etc.

 International collaborative research groups such as RIKEN (RIKEN), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and Osaka University have joined the supercomputer "K computer" […].

Confirmed the phenomenon that brain volume increases due to achievement of difficult tasks, Keio University and others

 Research teams at Keio University and RIKEN have conducted long-term tool use training for adult marmosets (small primate common marmosets) […]

Elucidation of the mechanism by which bacteria "manipulate" the host Tohoku University

 The symbiotic bacterium "Wolbachia" is said to be infected with about half of the insects.By entering the female egg of the infected host, it is passed on to the next generation […]

Departure for excavation voyage in Sumatra earthquake zone Yamaguchi University and others

 Four Japanese researchers, including Moe Yasunaga from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, will hold an international ocean […] from August 4 to October 2016, 8.

Identification of biomarkers effective for early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease Doshisha University

 A group of associate professor Yoshiro Saito, Department of Systems and Life Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Doshisha University, has increased tan in red blood cells of Parkinson's disease patients […]