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  Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tokyo was already the nation's political, economic, and cultural center, and the emperor's residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well with the former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace.
Tokyo is also part of the Greater Tokyo Area, by far the world's most populous metropolitan region, which includes the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba.
Tokyo has the largest metropolitan economy in the world: its nominal GDP of around $1.315 trillion is greater than that of South Korea and Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo   (3680 words)

  
 Green space (from Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
At its centre is the metropolitan prefecture, or metropolis (to), of Tokyo, Japan's capital and largest city.
It is bordered by the ken (prefectures) of Saitama (north), Chiba (east), Yamanashi (west), and Kanagawa (southwest) and by Tokyo Bay (southeast).
It is located on the west side of Tokyo Bay approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Tokyo and forms part of the Tokyo metropolitan...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-39119?tocId=39119   (902 words)

  
 University of Tokyo --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After one year as professor at Gakushuin University (Tokyo) in 1909, he was appointed associate professor of ethics at Kyoto Imperial University.
In 1913 he was appointed professor of philosophy of religion and in 1914 professor of philosophy, a post he held until his retirement in 1928.
The University of Tokyo was founded in 1877 to take the lead in...
0-www.britannica.com.library.unl.edu /eb/article-9072788   (747 words)

  
 Japanese Courses in Tokyo - Study at Tokyo University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Compared to Tokyo even New York seems to be a laid back town but Tokyo is quite secure.
Tokyo is also a supremely modern city: older structures have been eradicated by earthquakes, fires and wars and - unlike Germany - Japan hasn't bothered to rebuild them but turned to the future.
University of Tokyo was founded in 1874 as first national academic institution.
www.language-capitals.com /japanese_course_in_japan_tokyo.php/dictionary/dictionary/russian.php   (322 words)

  
 Governor of Tokyo is sued for insulting French language - Wikinews
Governor of Tokyo is sued for insulting French language
The Tokyo U-club was founded to support the foundation of Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japanese: 首都大学東京, Shuto daigaku Tokyo), which was planned by Ishihara as replacement of universities run by the Tokyo metropolitan government including the same name in English (Japanese: 東京都立大学 Tokyo Toritsu Daigaku).
His plan had no relation to the restructuring plan of the former Tokyo Metropolitan University which had been on-going for years in cooperation with faculty and Tokyo prefectural government.
en.wikinews.org /wiki/Governor_of_Tokyo_is_sued_for_insulting_French_language   (582 words)

  
 TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pending budgetary approval, the Department of Economics of the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Tokyo Metropolitan University invites applications for one-year postdoctoral fellowships starting April 1, 2004.
The fellow is expected to take part in the research project "Microstructure and Mechanism Design in Financial Markets," which is financially supported by Japanese Ministry of Education as one of the 21st century COE (Center of Excellence) programs.
Interviews might be conducted at the AEA meeting in San Diego, CA, January 3-5, 2004.
www.aeaweb.org /joe/0311d/html/joe238.html   (176 words)

  
 Conference
The meeting consisted of a one-day conference in Tokyo and a three-day field excursion to southern Tohoku, north of Tokyo.
The conference was organised by Hiroshi Machida, Shusaku Yoshikawa (Osaka City University), and Takehiko Suzuki (Tokyo Metropolitan University); the excursion by Takehiko Suzuki (Tokyo Metropolitan University), Tsutomu Soda (Paleoenvironment Research Co. Ltd.), and Hiroshi Yagi (Yamagata University).
On the second evening, Professor H. Kajiwara (Tohoku Fukashi University), an archaeologist, discussed the Paleolithic stone tools found at Kamitakamori in the Tsukidate hills and several tools were brought along for inspection.
www.qub.ac.uk /arcpal/Tephra/inquatephra/COT-J_REPORT/cot-j_report.htm   (528 words)

  
 ICTAC Membership Secretary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1951, Hirohisa attended the Tokyo University of Aquiculture and Technology (Department of Textiles and Polymers, Faculty of Engineering) until 1974 and the obtained his Doctorate of Engineering from the Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1984.
Then from 1975 to 1994, he joined the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
He then joined the Department of Applied Chemistry at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1994 to 1998.
www.ictac.org /memsec.html   (356 words)

  
 Pictures of Japan - Part II
This is the Tokyo Metropolitan University in Minami-Osawa, where the CPP2001 conference was held.
In front of the Tokyo Metropolitan University was a shopping/restaurant area called "La Fête Tama" which apparently represented Japan's idea of a European city.
And unlike, for example, the Tokyo National Musem, this one doesn't have the "twisty maze of show-cases, all the same" feel to it.
wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de /~cbauer/japan2   (2842 words)

  
 Cultural life (from Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Tokyo dominates Japanese culture as no American city dominates American culture.
Greater Tokyo contains a third of the universities in the country.
The concept of culture area originated in the ethnographic work of Otis T. Mason at the turn of the 20th century.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-39130?tocId=39130   (921 words)

  
 Ronald K
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1986.
His research and teaching focus on Urban Politics and Policy, especially issues concerning metropolitan or regional governance.
Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto.
www.louisville.edu /a-s/polsci/faculty/vogel/vogelcv.html   (261 words)

  
 Liberty University - Administrative Staff - print version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Missouri and attended Liberty University as a undergraduate and graduate student, respectively earning a BS in Business (1993) and MA in Human Relations (Dec 2005).
In addition to her responsibilities in the Center4ME, DP (as she is affectionately known) serves as the Administrative Advisor of Liberty University’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta – a national honor society that recognizes academic excellence for first year students and serves as Sub-Committee Chair on the NCAA Self-Study Equity/Minority/Student Welfare Committee.
University and did the coursework for her Doctorate in Developmental Psychology.
www.liberty.edu /index.cfm?PID=7462&printpage=y   (383 words)

  
 WAND: Nix MOX BULLETIN BOARD
When he left TMU in 1975 to set up the non-profit Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC), he began a unique life absorbing career in nuclear criticism, based in a country fearful of nuclear weapons but obsessed by nuclear power.
His elder brother by two years, Kojiro, Professor of Physics at the Toyama University, a man with a great sense of humor and the corresponding broad smile, says that his generation believed in science as a fundamental tool to build up a new Japan growing out of the ashes of the Second World War.
I was 23 years old at that time." The following 13 years, mainly in the nuclear industry and at Tokyo Metropolitan University, served not only to complement his education as a nuclear chemist but also to sharpen his view for the lack of independence and social responsibility in science and technology.
www.wand.org /issuesact/moxbbdart2_10-00.html   (3724 words)

  
 Study Abroad - Tokyo, Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Temple University Japan is located in the Minami Azabu district in central Tokyo.
The campus is within easy reach of a number of interesting Tokyo neighborhoods, including Shibuya, an entertainment area popular with young adults, and Roppongi, the famous nightlife district.
The campus is accessible by Tokyo's famous public transportation system from every part of the Tokyo metropolitan area.
www.temple.edu /studyabroad/Programs/TUJ/tuj-intro.htm   (256 words)

  
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The Department of Economics of the University of Bonn is among the leading departments in Europe.
The Bonn Graduate School of Economics (www.bgse.uni-bonn.de) and the Center for European Integration Studies (www.zei.de), which are closely connected to the Economics Department, offer a stimulating international environment for applied research in economics and political economy.
Interviews with the most promising candidates will be scheduled at the ASSA meetings in San Diego, California from January 3-5, 2004 or at any other mutually agreeable time and location.
www.aeaweb.org /joe/0312d/html/s4.txt   (1648 words)

  
 Water Science & Technology 46:1-2 (2002) 453-456 - Y. Ubukata and S. Takii - Characteristics of bacterial populations ...
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dept. of Civil Engineering - Minami-ohsawa, Hachiohji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan (E-mail: ubukata@ecomp.metro-u.ac.jp)
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dept. of Biology, 1-1 Minami-ohsawa, Hachiohji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Amino acids (AAs) are produced from the hydrolysis of proteins, which are the major biodegradable organic compounds in municipal sewage.
www.iwaponline.com /wst/04601/wst046010453.htm   (244 words)

  
 Theoretical astrophysics-DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Department of Physics of Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) invites applications for an Associate Professor appointment in Theoretical Particle, Nuclear, or Astrophysics, or some interdisciplinary combination of these areas.
The appointment is tenured for one who has Japanese citizenship, and is initially for three years and is renewable for one who does not.
Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, list of publications, copies of 5 principal publications, statement of research interests, and arrange three letters of reference to be sent to: Professor Kazuhiko Okuno, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan.
www.aas.org /jobreg/backissues/2001/june/no12002.html   (228 words)

  
 6th ISCSB [announcement]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This Symposium, organized by the ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation, is a satellite event of the XVIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics which takes place at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, August 25 - 29, 1997.
Miyazaki, Tokyo University of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan Dr.
Transportation Tokyo has a good public transportation system, with buses, subways, and trains.
isb.ri.ccf.org /biomch-l/archives/biomch-l-1996-10/00026.html   (1074 words)

  
 Scientists explore atomic mysteries of ancient pigment
The research was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation through the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and by the state of Florida and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy and works in partnership with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission.
Los Alamos enhances global security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to defense, energy, environment, infrastructure, health and national security concerns.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-11/danl-sea111804.php   (628 words)

  
 Experiments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The proposed experiment will be carried out as a collaboration between KEK and Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) in Japan and SUNY Stony Brook in association with the BNL-ATF as the US counterpart.
The initial funding of the 3-year research program that includes the Compton scattering experiment at the BNL-ATF is already available from the JSPS-approved Japan/US collaborative proposal "Development of a Picosecond CO Laser for Production of Polarized Positron Beams at Linear Colliders".
This proposal has been submitted by KEK and TMU and assumes that the research program will be completed in collaboration with the BNL-ATF and Suny at Stony Brook.
www.bnl.gov /ATF/experiments/Compton/compton_pro.htm   (3638 words)

  
 Only a Small Subset of the Horizontally Transferred Chromosomal Genes in Escherichia coli Are Translated into Proteins ...
Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwaicho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; and
Division of Proteomics Research, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Shiroganedai 4-6-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa 1-1, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan.
www.mcponline.org /cgi/content/abstract/3/8/780   (396 words)

  
 Olympus FluoView Resource Center: Confocal Gallery - Drosophila Adult Brain
Mushroom bodies in the specimen were labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP), and are highlighted in the green overlay.
The image was contributed by Toshiro Aigaki in the Cytogenetics Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan University.
In their natural habitat, fruit flies feed upon the bacteria and yeast present in decaying and damaged fruits and vegetables, as implied by their common name.
www.olympusfluoview.com /gallery/drosophilabrainsmall.html   (292 words)

  
 UCL, Bentham Project: Events, Call for papers 2002
The new definitive edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, published by Oxford University Press, which is being produced by the Bentham Project, University College London, has provided the basis for a major reassessment of Bentham's thought.
For participants from abroad, a room with en-suite facilities will be available at the International House of Tokyo Metropolitan University.
There is a possibility that participants from abroad may receive some degree of financial support from the organizers of the colloquium.
www.ucl.ac.uk /Bentham-Project/Events-Seminars/call_2002.htm   (262 words)

  
 1991 AAEA Fellow: Yujiro Hayami
Professor of Economics, 1972-86; associate professor, 1966-72, and University Council member, 1971-81 and 1983-85, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
He began his professional career in the National Research Institute of Agricultural Economics in Japan, followed by two decades' service at the Tokyo Metropolitan University.
He has also served as visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and as an economist with the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines.
www.aaea.org /fellows/f91hayami.cfm   (491 words)

  
 AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Topological Combinatorics
Recent progress in the topology of simplicial complexes.
Multiplicity of the trivial representation in rank-selected homology of the partition lattice.
The probabilistic zeta function and coset poset of a finite group.
www.math.ethz.ch /~feichtne/AMSmeeting/program.html   (124 words)

  
 Another example of tangled proteins in neurodegenerative diseases
Another is alpha-synuclein, whose mutations cause Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
In a paper published in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, the Tokyo Metropolitan University, and RIKEN Harima Institute show that alpha-synuclein can also enhance microtubule formation, similar to tau.
IOS Press also maintains offices in the Washington, DC area and Berlin and a co-publishing relationship with Ohmsha, Ltd (Tokyo).
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-08/cwru-aeo082304.php   (436 words)

  
 Welcome to OPTDES IV, September 26-30 2004, Tokyo, Japan
The Chair of the Conference is Sourav Kundu, Knowledge Solutions Groups, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
What new developments in AI in design, analysis, and optimization methods are needed to exploit the full potential of the new hardware/software architectures for high speed and intelligent computing that offer massively parallel processing in a heterogeneous, distributed computing environment that will support multidisciplinary optimization?
The Conference will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
www.jeo.org /optdes   (518 words)

  
 Expression Level of sarah, a Homolog of DSCR1, Is Critical for Ovulation and Female Courtship Behavior in Drosophila ...
Articles by Ejima, A. Articles by Aigaki, T. Expression Level of sarah, a Homolog of DSCR1, Is Critical for Ovulation and Female Courtship Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Corresponding author: Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan.
www.genetics.org /cgi/content/abstract/168/4/2077   (230 words)

  
 Organizations/Physics departments/Japan resources - PhysicsWeb
University of Tokyo Department of Earth and Planetary Physics - University homepage
University of Tokyo Department of Physics - University homepage
University of Tokyo Research Center for the Early Universe - University homepage
physicsweb.org /resources/Organizations/Physics_departments/Japan   (473 words)

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