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  Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsukuba, particularly well-known for its toad-shaped Shinto shrine, is located near the city.
Tsukuba is located on the Joban Expressway between Tokyo and Mito.
Tsukuba is one of a small number of hiragana cities in Japan whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji (Chinese characters).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsukuba   (353 words)

  
 City of Irvine Website - Tsukuba, Japan
Tsukuba was incorporated in 1987 by merging five villages and towns in Ibaraki prefecture into one of Japan's "science cities," designated to relieve metropolitan density through systematic relocation of prominent research and educational facilities to less congested regions of Japan.
With 45 national research and academic institutions, plus approximately 230 laboratories operated by domestic and foreign corporations, Tsukuba currently is home to 12,000 researchers, 2,800 of whom hold doctorates.
Tsukuba has achieved worldwide recognition as a major scientific and technology center, and has striking demographic, economic, academic, cultural and geographic similarities to Irvine.
www.ci.irvine.ca.us /about/sistercities/tsukuba_japan.asp   (144 words)

  
 International Society for Aging and Physical Activity
Tsukuba is situated in Iberaki Prefecture to the northeast of Tokyo.
Tsukuba is located in a quiet and serene environment that is an ideal location for a world congress.
The University of Tsukuba has developed a state of the art research and conference center which is located adjacent to the campus of the university and next to a beautiful Japanese style garden that is ideal for strolling, exercising, and sharing relaxing conversations.
www.isapa.org   (657 words)

  
 Tsukuba - Tsukuba Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan is a relatively new city located about 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Tokyo and 40 km (25 miles) northwest of the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita.
There are more than 280 national and private education and research organizations in Tsukuba Science City.
Tsukuba Wiki is a collection of information about the City of Tsukuba that is being compiled and edited by the Tsukuba International Community.
tsukuba.wikia.com /wiki/Tsukuba   (183 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Tsukuba
It is the site of Tsukuba Science City, a research and technology center.
A Tsukuba Express train, left, heads toward Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Wednesday, August 24, 2005, as the new train service made its debut.
Passengers disembark from a Tsukuba Express train at Akihabara Station at 5:40 a.m.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Tsukuba   (264 words)

  
 Tsukuba City Hall - English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The City of Tsukuba is about 50 km northeast of Tokyo and 40 km northwest of Narita Airport.
Seen from one angle, Tsukuba city, with its streets of traditional stores and houses, has the look of a rural refuge of abundant greenery.
Seen from another angle, it is Tsukuba Science City, a superb modern urban landscape seldom seen in Japanese cities.
www.city.tsukuba.ibaraki.jp /hp/e_hp   (299 words)

  
 University of Tsukuba, MBA-IB Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Business Sciences has launched a new MBA Program in International Business at the Tokyo Campus.
Tsukuba MBA-IB is now accepting applications from outside Japan.
Establishment of the Master of Business Administration Program in International Business at the University of Tsukuba's Tokyo Campus was approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2004.
www.mbaib.gsbs.tsukuba.ac.jp   (211 words)

  
 Jobs at Intel, Japan, Working and Living in Tsukuba
Tsukuba Science City is located approximately 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
The Research and Education District of Tsukuba is in the center of Tsukuba Science City, where national research and educational institutes, urban area, residential area and parks are located, as well as CATV systems, pedestrian walks, a large shopping center, library and museum.
The suburban district of Tsukuba includes preserved natural environments and private research institutes.
www.intel.com /jobs/japan/sites/Tsukuba.htm   (124 words)

  
 History - Tsukuba Wiki
Tsukuba is a planned city that came into existence as a result of a plan that received approval from the Japanese cabinet in 1973.
Tsukuba City, also known as Tsukuba Science City, became the 20th new city in Ibaraki Prefecture and the 655th new city in Japan.
Tsukuba Town merged with Tsukuba City the following year, and on November 1, 2002, Kukizaki Town completed the process.
tsukuba.wikia.com /wiki/History   (119 words)

  
 GCP: Meeings - The Global Carbon Project Tsukuba international office launch.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Our current priority areas are coordination and standardization of measurements from different platforms on land, air, and ocean for carbon-climate research; integration of carbon management into community development plans and programs; international comparisons of biogeochemical models and model-data validation exercises; and developing carbon mitigation and adaptation options under an umbrella of regional sustainable development.
The Tsukuba office is particularly focused on fostering the scientific understanding of the “human dimensions” of the carbon cycle and the challenge of linking such understanding to science on the other components of the Earth System.
The GCP Tsukuba office plans to embark on a variety of avenues of inquiry and action to move the understanding of the human dimensions of the carbon cycle forward.
www.globalcarbonproject.org /news/LaunchingTsukubaOffice.html   (968 words)

  
 particle physics - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about particle physics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To account for new mesons such as the psi (J) particle the number of quark flavours had risen to six by 1985.
In 2003 scientists at the High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Tsukuba, Japan, discovered a new particle that could not be explained in terms of existing theories of energy and matter.
The unknown particle, which the researchers classified as X(3872), was detected in the decay products of beauty meson particles; it weighed as much as a single atom of helium and lasted a billionth of a trillionth of a second, an unusually long lifetime for a subatomic particle of this size.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /particle+physics   (882 words)

  
 Bookstores in Tsukuba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Tsukuba University Univ. Hall Book Dept. (3-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305_0005; University Hall (Daigaku Kaikan) Annex 3F.
Tsukuba Gakuen Bunko (3-21-3 Amakubo; North of baseball field.
029-856-4311 Fax 856-6277; http://www.city.tsukuba.ibaraki.jp/hp/e_hp/guide/library.html) "Tsukuba, home of many a research institute, is an academic Brasilia, child of state plans to move institutes out of central Tokyo where land is dear.
www.geocities.com /evelynleeper/jp-tskba.htm   (903 words)

  
 University of Tsukuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
University of Tsukuba (筑波大学;Tsukuba Daigaku), located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kanto region, is one of Japan's most prestigious national universities.
The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students (in 2003).
University of Tsukuba is famous in the research of the physical education.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Tsukuba   (179 words)

  
 Tsukuba International School - About TIS
TIS was founded in 1992 in response to the need for an English-based educational opportunity for English-speaking students in the Tsukuba area.
Because of our location in Tsukuba Science City, TIS is able to provide students with unique learning opportunities.
The name of this organization shall be "Tsukuba International School," hereinafter referred to as "TIS." The said organization shall hold title to all properties of, govern, and operate TIS.
www.tsukubainternationalschool.org /about/about.html   (672 words)

  
 IPO - Japan Tsukuba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Tsukuba Program provides students, particularly those majoring in the natural sciences, a year long immersion experience in Japan at Tsukuba University.
Founded in 1973, Tsukuba places a strong emphasis on contributing to the international community through research and education.
Tsukuba University is located about 40 miles northeast of Tokyo, in Tsukuba Science City, Japan, where 51 national research institutions, as well as 200 private research centers are located.
www.earlham.edu /~ipo/japan-tsukuba/description.html   (148 words)

  
 Hotels in Ibaraki Japan - Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba
The Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba was born under the concepts of revitalizing and living closely in harmony with the surrounding region.
The hotel is located in the heart of Tsukuba, a city rich in its natural surroundings, while at the same time known as a high-teck university town with history.
The Epochal wing of the hotel is adjacent to Epochal Tsukuba, Tsukuba's international convention center, which is the best suited for business use.
www.onetravelsource.com /11272999.html   (258 words)

  
 Mailing Lists - Tsukuba Wiki
There are quite a number of mailing lists in Tsukuba.
It is probably advisable to join the biggest list, TAIRA, when you come (or before you arrive) so you can get a sense of the community.
Many Sayonara Sales take place on that site and it is also a place to share information about Tsukuba and ask for help with problems you are having.
tsukuba.wikia.com /wiki/Mailing_Lists   (138 words)

  
 Hotel -Hotel & Inn-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A hotel is in a convenient location right next to Tsukuba International Congress Center, EPOCHAL TSUKUBA.
The city hotel of which is a connection bridge from the Tsuchiura station east gate.
Since the University of Tsukuba establishment, there have been a restaurant, a tearoom, and a bar in hotel 1F which exist in the center of a university, and there have been various, in addition a store also in the distance in which on foot is possible.
www.epochal.or.jp /english/05hotel/hotel.htm   (279 words)

  
 Appendix C: University of Tsukuba Library
Akane Mori gave the WTEC panel a tour of the University of Tsukuba Library on March 23, 1998.
Mori reiterated that the goal at Tsukuba was to provide outgoing information from rare books and results of faculty and student work at Tsukuba.
NACSIS, Kyoto University, NAIST and Tsukuba University are members of a joint committee as they are all funded by the Ministry of Education.
www.wtec.org /loyola/digilibs/c_18.htm   (1535 words)

  
 Ibaraki Hotels: Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba Ibaraki Official Site, Business Hotel in Tsukuba
Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba is conveniently located in the heart of Tsukuba yet close to a number of Tsukuba's parks and green areas.
Within easy access of Tsukuba Expo Center and Tsukuba University, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba is the ideal Tsukuba hotel for both business and leisure travelers to Tsukuba.
Specially designed to suit the needs of the business traveler, the Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba Epochal building is located a short walk from the Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba and is conveniently placed for the Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Meteorological Research Institute, and the Research Exchange Center.
tsukuba.okura.com   (345 words)

  
 IPO -Tsukuba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Earlham College and Tsukuba University have arranged a tuition exchange agreement.
Room and board fees are paid to Tsukuba University in Japan.
Tsukuba will notify selected students of the exact charge for room and board in the late spring or summer.
www.earlham.edu /~ipo/japan-tsukuba/eligibility.html   (159 words)

  
 ATCM '98
Tsukuba Science City was built about 30 years ago as a science town, and it contains many national and private institutes.
Tsukuba Science City is 60 km north-north-east of Tokyo and 60 km north-west of Narita Intn'l Airport.
The city of Tsukuba, the Tokyo International Airport at Narita and Tokyo are vertices of a regular triangle.
www.atcminc.com /mConferences/ATCM98   (2108 words)

  
 Tsukuba Japan - Tsukuba - science city.
You are here: Member pages > mikebarton > reports > Tsukuba - science city.
I stayed with friends on their farm just a little away from the city.
Tsukuba istelf is not that japanese the big public areas seeming a little out of context.
www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Tsukuba-122.html   (125 words)

  
 Nortel Networks: University of Tsukuba Selects Nortel Networks to Build Campus Optical Network
TOKYO – The University of Tsukuba has selected Nortel Networks [NYSE/TSE: NT] to build what is expected to be the first university optical network in Japan based on dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).
The University of Tsukuba network will feature DWDM at the campus level, providing significantly increased capacity over traditional, local area network solutions and positioning the University to address anticipated future demand for bandwidth-intensive data applications.
Nortel Networks solution for the University of Tsukuba will include Nortel Networks OPTera* Metro 5200 Multiservice Platform and Nortel Networks Passport* 8600, the industry’s first carrier-grade routing switch to support Gigabit Ethernet capability.
www.nortel.com /corporate/news/newsreleases/2001c/08_28_0101549_tsukuba_univ.html   (441 words)

  
 APCMBE 2005
Some sessions in the JSMBE conference may be conducted in Japanese, although MS PowerPoint and posters may be prepared in English.
The best way to come to Tsukuba city from Narita International Airport is to take a shuttle bus.
Also local buses are served to various destinations from the Tsukuba Center bus stop.
shuttle.kawasaki-m.ac.jp /apcmbe2005   (504 words)

  
 Appendix C: NASDA Tsukuba Space Center
The NASDA Tsukuba Space Center, established in 1972, has grown over the last 20 years to be a major center for research in launcher development, test and integration, and satellite operations (tracking, telemetry and command) in the field of satellite telecommunications.
NASDA Space Center at Tsukuba has an annual budget of $450 million.
Despite impressive test and integration facilities of world class quality (e.g., 13 m(superscript 3) thermal vacuum space chamber, 1600 m(superscript 3) acoustical test facility), Tsukuba Space Center has a relatively small staff of 250 NASDA professional employees plus 100 to 150 contractor personnel.
www.wtec.org /loyola/satcom/ac_nasda.htm   (725 words)

  
 The Kanto Tsukuba Bank, Limited information and related industry information from Hoover's
The bank was created through the merger of two regional banks, Kanto Bank and Tsukuba Bank, in 2003.
They were the first two regional banks to merge as the result of legislation that earmarked funds for banks that combine.
Kanto Tsukuba Bank and Ibaraki Bank had agreed to merge in 2006, but Kanto Tsukuba called off the plan.
hoovers.com /kanto-tsukuba-bank/--ID__148900--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (372 words)

  
 Alien Times | Tsukuba's Original English Newsletter | Latest Issues browse
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www.alientimes.org   (147 words)

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