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  Keio Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Series-1000 rolling stock on the Keio Inokashira Line.
It is a central firm of the Keio Group (京王グループ, Keiō Gurūpu
The Keio Corporation and the JR Keiyō Line are separate, and have no stations near each other.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keio_Electric_Railway   (179 words)

  
 Keio University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō Gijuku Daigaku) is one of the two most respected private universities in Japan (the other being Waseda University).
Keio University is the Japanese host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), whose staff work primarily at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
Keio was founded in 1858 by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational systems at Brown University in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keio_University   (834 words)

  
 Korg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keio's organ products were successful throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s but, concerned about the competition from other big organ manufacturers, Kato decided to use the organ technology to build a keyboard for the then-niche synthesizer market.
Keio's first synthesizer, the Mini-Korg, was thus released in 1973.
Following on the success of the Mini-Korg, Keio released a number of budget-minded synthesizers throughout the 1970s and 1980s under the name Korg.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Korg   (476 words)

  
 Nikkei 225: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nikkei_225.htm   (1812 words)

  
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Keio Corporation announced that it will be repurchasing up to a maximum of 300 million shares of its common stock, capped at the maximum of JPY 2 billion.
Keio Corporation announced that it has completed the share repurchase, which was announced on February 7, 2006.
Keio Corporation announced that it will be repurchasing up to a maximum of 2,600,000 shares of its common stock through ToSTNeT-2 on Tokyo Stock Exchange at 8.45am on February 8, 2006.
today.reuters.com /stocks/keydevelopments.aspx?symbol=9008.T   (205 words)

  
 Biotechnology News and Information Portal, biotech jobs and career resources Resources.
Under the terms of the agreement, Keio University has purchased a CombiMatrix custom slide chip synthesizer and entered into an agreement to purchase microarrays that will be used for genomic research.
Keio University plans to use CombiMatrix' integrated platform to perform genetic studies as well as develop unique applications with value to medical diagnostics research and the study of the genomes of a variety of commercially important organisms.
The laboratories at the Keio University School of Medicine Department of Molecular Biology has provided key basic research for the sequencing of the human genome and continues to define excellence in genomic research.
www.bioexchange.com /news/news_page.cfm?id=16900   (1225 words)

  
 Korg is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments Korg is...
Founded in 1962 1962 in Japan by Tsutomu Kato Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Oasanai Tadashi Oasanai, Korg was originally known as "Keio Electronic Laboratories" because its fledgling offices were located near the Keio Keio train line in Tokyo Tokyo and Keio can be formed by combining the first kanji kanji of Kato and Osanai.
Keio's organ products were successful throughout the late 1960s 1960s and early 1970s 1970s but, concerned about the competition from other big organ manufacturers, Kato decided to use the organ technology to build a keyboard for the then-niche synthesizer market.
Keio's first synthesizer, the Mini-Korg Mini-Korg, was thus released in 1973 1973.
www.biodatabase.de /Korg   (456 words)

  
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Keio Corporation is a Japanese company that is mainly engaged in the transportation business.
Keio Corporation: Business description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis.
A textual analysis of Keio Corporation's financial statements, including company description and recent stock performance, versus Matsuzakaya Co Ltd, Kintetsu Department Store Co Ltd and Hankyu Department Stores Inc.
today.reuters.com /stocks/overview.aspx?symbol=9008.T   (311 words)

  
 World Economic Forum Knowledge Navigator - Educating for Innovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Chair Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Corporation, Japan, and Co-Chair of East Asia Economic Summit 2001, signalled one of the session’s main themes, when he argued that "innovation and creativity will decide which individuals succeed" in today’s knowledge-based societies.
Keio’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus, in particular, is a leader in the field, with its innovative design of curricula for skill acquisition, its use of advanced IT tools for learning and its project-based training.
Beginning next year, all of Keio’s first-year undergraduate science and technology students will need to take a new introductory biological science course.
www.weforum.org /site/knowledgenavigator.nsf/Content/_S5092?open   (725 words)

  
 Tokyo Subway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several other railways in the capital, notably the Tokyo Waterfront Railway, also qualify as metro (subway) by most definitions.
The Tokyo Subway often has direct service to other types of train lines including JR and private lines such as the Keio, Odakyu, and Tobu lines.
It is important to not confuse the Tokyo Subway with Japan Rail (JR), which charges a separate fee from the Toei and other private lines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo_Subway   (395 words)

  
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The 4K transmission linked the University of California, San Diego and Keio University in Tokyo via 15,000 kilometers (roughly 9,000 miles) of gigabit Internet Protocol (IP) optical-fiber networks, and allowed organizers to show attendees the most varied 4K content ever presented at a single event anywhere in the world to date.
Using 4K technology, Keio president Yuichiro Anzai and UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox opened iGrid 2005, a workshop and symposium that brings together the world's leading experts in grid computing and high-bandwidth networking every two years.
In addition to Keio's DMC, NTT Network Innovation Labs and Calit2 at UCSD, organizers of the ground-breaking 4K demonstration at iGrid 2005 are: the University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL), and Pacific Interface of Oakland, CA.
www.telephonyworld.com /cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?category=all&id=1127869967   (1382 words)

  
 Environmental News Bits
TOKYO, March 22, 2006 - Keio Corporation, an urban railway group operating in Tokyo, has started selling organic vegetables grown with organic fertilizers made from food wastes, supplying them to a restaurant in the conglomerate's Keio Plaza Hotel.
From press release: "After years of inaction, a growing number of leading U.S. companies are confronting the business challenges from global warming, recognizing that greenhouse gas limits are inevitable and that they cannot risk falling behind their international competitors in developing climate-friendly technologies.
The surest signs of corporate interest in Minnesota ethanol are in the southern part of the state where three ethanol plants are in the planning stage.
radio.weblogs.com /0141565/2006/03/22.html   (1795 words)

  
 Keio Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Keio Corporation, formerly Keio Electric Railway, knows its way around Tokyo.
Keio Electric Railway also generates revenue from retail outlets located within its train stations and elsewhere in Tokyo.
Keio Corporation is the centerpiece of the Keio Group, which includes more than 40 companies engaged in construction, leisure (including hotels and travel agency services), real estate, retail, transportation, and other businesses.
www.hoovers.com /keio-corporation/--ID__56918--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (361 words)

  
 Bio.KATSUHIKO MIKOSHIBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba first received his M.D. degree in 1969 from Keio University and four years later, Dr. Mikoshiba was awarded a Ph.D. from the same university.
At present, Dr. Mikoshiba is a Professor of Molecular Neurobiology at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo and Director for Developmental Brain Science Group, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research).
He also served as an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Behavior and Neurobiology at the National Institute for Basic Biology from 1986-1991, and during the period 1992-1997, as Chief Scientist in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Tsukuba Science Center.
www.jspsusa.org /FORUM1999/bio.Mikoshiba.htm   (281 words)

  
 kaz
An electric vehicle (EV) jointly developed by Keio University professor Hiroshi Shimizu and the Japan Science and Technology Corporation recently achieved a top speed of 311 kilometers per hour (about 193 miles per hour) during a week-long test drive in Italy.
The 16-wheel EV, known as the Keio Advanced Zero-Emission (KAZ) vehicle, was designed by Italy's IDEA Institute and produced in cooperation with 14 Japanese companies as part of a $4-million, five-year project.
Shimizu noted that he is currently "in talks" with Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler, but did not specify when the KAZ EV would become commercially available.
www.electrifyingtimes.com /kaz.html   (961 words)

  
 Demo Transmits 4K Signal from San Diego to Tokyo
In a demonstration that could foretell the future of digital cinema deployment, attendees at iGrid 2005 in San Diego last month were treated to what was called the world’s first real-time, international transmission of 4K digital video.
Via the transimission Keio president Yuichiro Anzai and UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox the week-long event at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) on the UCSD campus.
In addition to Keio’s DMC, NTT Network Innovation Labs and Calit2 at UCSD, organizers of the 4K demonstration at iGrid 2005 were: the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL), and Pacific Interface of Oakland, CA.
www.digitalcinemareport.com /news/demotransmits.html   (466 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: JAPAN'S CORPORATE GIANTS CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION TO HELP CREATE JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS CHAIR AT GW'S ...
The Chair will be established in memory of the late Gaston Sigur, a longtime representative of the Asia Foundation, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, and GW Distinguished Professor of East Asian Studies.
Harding said, "We are deeply grateful to Ambassador Matsunaga and the 46 Japanese corporate contributors, to GW President Trachtenberg, and to former GW President Lloyd and Betty Elliott for endowing a strong Elliott School Japan studies program."
The Japanese promoters of the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair were: Toyota Motor Corporation, Nippon Electric Industry Company (NEC), Sony Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Asahi Breweries, Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), The Fuji Bank, Hitachi, ITOCHU Corporation, Keio University, Mitsui and Company, Nippon Steel Corporation, Toray Industries, Toshiba Corporation, Waseda University, and The Yomiuri Shimbun.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/japanchr.html   (633 words)

  
 Transcopyright Demonstration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Keio is the oldest private university in Japan, and the SFC campus is very dynamic and interesting, with hot Internet connection.
With my student seminar, I am working on a data system I call OSMIC (Open Structure for Media Interconnection), which is intended as a public-domain version of the Xanadu(R) structure.
I am also working with ASCII Corporation on a micropayment system which I have patent pending.
www.aus.xanadu.com /ted/whatdoing.html   (177 words)

  
 JST Humen Genome Sequencing Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The sequence of human chromosome 21 has been completed by The chromosome 21 consortium of sequencing centers which Keio University and Kitasato University teams have contributed to.
The sequence of human chromosome 22 has been completed by The chromosome 22 consortium of sequencing centers which Keio University team has contributed to.
The complete nucleotide sequence of human major histocompatibility complex on chromosome 6 was determined by The MHC sequencing consortium Tokai University team has contributed to.
www-alis.tokyo.jst.go.jp /HGS/top.pl   (299 words)

  
 GreenBiz News | Japanese Conglomerate Closes the Loop for Food Wastes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This recycling project is one of the company's first major milestone in establishing a total recycling system for food waste.
In this system, companies in the Keio Group send their daily food wastes to Agri-Gaia System Co., an affiliated environmental venture business in Chiba Prefecture, where the wastes are turned into fertilizers.
Local farmers under contract grow vegetables using the organic fertilizers, and then the vegetables are sold at Keio stores and prepared for dishes at the hotel restaurant.
www.greenbiz.com /news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=30654   (192 words)

  
 ITS/CVO CVISN Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A nonprofit corporation chartered for the purpose of providing information, support, and training to carriers and public administrators in implementing and operating under the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement for payment of fuel taxes by commercial motor vehicles.  [37]
A person, firm, or corporation which, under the terms of a lease, grants the legal right of possession, control of, and responsibility for the operations of the vehicle to another person, firm, or corporation.  [22]
A person (an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any other organized group of individuals) who is responsible for the safety fitness of a commercial motor vehicle engaged in commerce on roads and highways.  [25]
cvisn.fmcsa.dot.gov /Introcvisn/glossv20.shtml   (7928 words)

  
 Fortinet-Investors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Before Solectron, Dr. Nishimura worked at IBM Corporation for 23 years, where he held a number of senior management positions in the company's disk file design, technology and manufacturing divisions.
Experienced in the operating needs of start-up companies, he is passionate about working with entrepreneurs who are creating new technologies.
Hara holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Keio University and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Engineering.
www.fortinet.com /company/board.html   (890 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: Title goes here
The George Washington University' s Elliott School of International Affairs will hold a media briefing with Japanese Ambassador-at-Large Nobuo Matsunaga to announce the establishment of a Japan-U.S. relations chair.
Forty-six leading Japanese corporations, a virtual "Who's Who" of Japanese industry and finance, contributed to the Chair.
The Japanese promoters of the Chair were: Toyota Motor Corporation, Nippon Electric Industry Company (NEC), Sony Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Asahi Breweries, Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), The Fuji Bank, Hitachi, ITOCHU Corporation, Keio University, Mitsui and Company, Nippon Steel Corporation, Toray Industries, Toshiba Corporation, Waseda University and The Yomiuri Shimbun.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/09-16-99-JapanChair.cfm   (208 words)

  
 ICANN | Biographical Data on Jun Murai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Jun Murai is currently Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University (Japan); Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University; Instructor at Tokyo University of Art and Music; President of the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC); General Chairperson of the
Previously, he developed the Keio Science and Technology Network, and the Japan University UNIX Network (JUNET).
Murai graduated from Keio University (1979), holds a Master's degree in computer science from Keio University (1981), and a Doctorate in computer science from Keio University (1987).
www.icann.org /biog/murai.htm   (181 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Yoshiro Kuwata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He was named a board director in June 1993 and previously served as general manager of the Overseas Operation Promotion Office.
Kuwata is a graduate of Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiro Kuwata, Executive Vice President and Director (Representative Director) of Hitachi, Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, a listed subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has been appointed to serve concurrently as President (Representative Director) of Hitachi High-Technologies, effective today.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=12821757   (448 words)

  
 Watari Fumiaki - TAKING ON THE PRESIDENCY, EXPANDING OIL SOURCES
He worked consistently to expand business internationally and was always on the lookout for new sources of oil.
At about this same time Nippon Mitsubishi Oil was renamed Nippon Oil Corporation.
Watari began his job as president at a time when the economy in Japan was bad and the world's oil production uncertain.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Watari-Fumiaki.html   (919 words)

  
 Koji Osawa
Prior to GCP he was at Mitsubishi Corporation (www.mitsubishicorp.com) for 14 years, starting in 1985.
Dr. Osawa was Division Manager of Mitsubishi International Corporation (Palo Alto Office) from 1993 through 1999.
Dr. Osawa received a BS in Electronics from Keio University, Japan, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.
www.gc-partners.com /html/Koji.html   (267 words)

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