Kyoto University Newsletter "Raku-Yu"

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Former Auditorium for Anatomy- Completed in 1902

1. Kyoto University's strategic policy and activities for collaboration with industries and governmental agencies

Kohei SHIOTA, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University

2. FEATURES

Kyoto University's European Representative Office in London now in full operation: An Honorary Doctor’s degree is presented to Dr. Alan Kay
The 10th APRU Doctoral Students Conference was held

3. Forefronts of Research at kyoto University

First discovery of a transporter gene that facilitates the accumulation of nicotine in the tobacco plant
Kazufumi YAZAKI, Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
Development of a Next-Generation Artificial Bone for Lumbar Spine Surgery
Takashi NAKAMURA, Director, Kyoto University Hospital

4. Essay

Naoyuki MATSUDA, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine

5. Interview

Lata SHAKYA, the third year doctoral student at the Graduate School of Engineering

6. What's Happening in International Relations

President Matsumoto urges a switch to SURVIVABILITY at the 2009 G8 University Summit in Italy
Discussions with Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hoshyar Mahmoud Zebari Kyoto University Programs for Future International Leaders: K.U. PROFILE

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Heian Jingu Shrine – A crystal dream to energize revitalization of the Imperial Capital

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Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics

1. Aiming to instill Kyoto University with attractivity, vitality and capability

Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, President of Kyoto University

2. INTERVIEW

Dr. Maskawa talk about his early prize winning research
Toshihide MASKAWA, Professor Emeritus and Taichi KUGO, Professor, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics

3. SPECIAL FEATURE - Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) Programs

Center for Frontier Medicine
Shuh NARUMIYA, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
The Global Center for Education and Research onHuman Security Engineering for Asian Megacities
Yuzuru MATSUOKA, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
Interplay of Universality and Emergence
Hikaru KAWAI, Professor, Graduate School of Science
Fostering Top Leaders in Mathematics -
Broadening the Core and Exploring New Ground
Kenji FUKAYA, Professor, Graduate School of Science
Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia
Emiko OCHIAI, Professor, Graduate School of Letters
Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming
  -Toward a CO2 Zero-emissions Energy System-
Takeshi YAO, Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science

4. What's Happening in International Relations

The 12th Kyoto University International Symposium
Daily Life, Environment & Peace - Studying in Vietnam
Thai Students Experience Kyoto

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Sumiya – a place where the entertainment and banqueting culture of the Edo Period emerged

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The Annex of the Institute for Research in Humanities in Kita-shirakawa - Completed in 1930

1. Think Globally, Act Locally — Kyoto University's Environmental Charter

Kazuo OIKE, Former President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Biodiversity created by mutualism:
From the sea and the forests of the Amami Islands
Makoto KATO, Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Environmental economics for sustainable development
Kazuhiro UETA, Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies and Graduate School of Economics

3. FEATURES

The Kyoto University Environmental Tax and the Environmental Report
Koichiro OSHIMA, Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering
The Outlook for Wild Animal Research
Gen'ichi IDANI, Director of the Wildlife Research Center
Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto Assumes Office as 25th President of Kyoto University
Kyoto University's First Global Environment Forum "Toward a Low Carbon Society"
The Lecture by the Honorable Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
International Forum: "The Formation of a Multipolar World-view and Foreign
Language Education -The Challenge of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity"
Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change with the UN Secretary-General

4. What's Happening in International Relations

G8 University Summit in Sapporo
APRU 12th Annual Presidents Meeting at Keio University

5. Essay

Misuzu ASARI, Assistant Professor, Environment Preservation Center

6. Interview

Jun MARUKAWA, the fourth year of the Faculty of Engineering

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Shisendo – Where you can encounter Japanese beauty with a world view

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Front Entrance of “Raku-Yu Kaikan”- Completed in 1925

1. What Could Highly Competitive Grants Bring-in for Kyoto University?

Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Executive Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. SPECIAL FEATURE 1 - World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative

Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)
Norio NAKATSUJI, Director, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences

3. SPECIAL FEATURE 2 - Global COE Programs

Formation of a Strategic Base for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Research: From Genome to Ecosystem
Program Leader: Kiyokazu AGATA, Professor, Graduate School of Science
"Integrated Materials Science": A New Paradigm in Chemistry and Materials Science for a New Breed of Researchers
Program Leader: Mitsuo SAWAMOTO, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
Informatics Education and Research for a Knowledge-Circulating Society
Program Leader: Katsumi TANAKA, Professor, Graduate School of Informatics
COE for Education and Research on "Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering"
Program Leader: Susumu NODA, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
In Search of a Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa
Program Leader: Kaoru SUGIHARA, Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds
Program Leader: Masuo KOYASU, Professor, Graduate School of Education

4. FEATURES

Prof. Shinya Yamanaka Succeeds in Generation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS cells)
Establishment and Development of HAKU, the Kyoto University Alumni of Indonesia Jane GOODALL Symposium "Towards a harmonious coexistence in our global society -- Perspective of the Wildlife Research Center"
Dr. Jane GOODALL Recieves an Honorary Doctorate from Kyoto University

5. Special Interview

Dr. Jane GOODALL, D.B.E.

6. Essay

Alexander D. HERNANDEZ, Visiting Researcher, Primate Research Institute

7. What's Happening in International Relations

International Exchange Program (IEP)
Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) 13th Annual General Meeting and 21st Board of Directors Meeting held at Kyoto University
Kyoto University-University of California, Davis Administrative Staff Internship Exchange Program
The 3rd University Administrators Workshop

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Tadasu no Mori . a forest where the memories of the culture of the Heian Period remain

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Main building of the former Kyoto Textile Company - Completed in 1889

1. Kyoto University's Mission Statement and Strategic Policy for Internationalaization

Shuzo Nishimura, Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Field informatics on sea turtles, Mekong giant catfish and dugongs

Nobuaki Arai, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics
Toward the Creation of a New Portrayal of World History
Masaaki Sugiyama, Professor, Graduate School of Letters

3. FEATURES

The 40th Anniversary of the Primate Research Institute Field Station: An Apparatus That Integrally Promotes Education and Research Get-together of Kyoto Union Club in Thailand Kokoro Research Center Established at Kyoto University

4. Essay

Patricio N. Abinales, Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

5. Interview

Charmalie A. D. Nahallage, Primate Research Institute

6. What's Happening in International Relations

The 9th Kyoto University International Symposium
The 10th Kyoto University International Symposium

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Hyakumanben Chionji - Where various faces of Kyoto intersect

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Former Physics Laboratory of the Third Higher Middle School

1. Why the Kyoto University Alumni Associstion has been needed?

Masato Kitani, Vice-President of Kyoto Universsity

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor, Primate Research Institute
Masami Kobayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

3. FEATURES

Yukawa-Tomonaga Centennial Year
and the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Taichi Kugo, Director, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Center for Women Researchers
Kohei Shiota, Director, Center for Women Researchers
Dr. Kiyoshi Ito receives the Gauss Prize
The Establishment of the International Exchange Seminar House

4. Essay

Thakur S. Powdyel, Director, Centre for Educational Research & Development, Royal University of Bhutan
Wil de Jong, Professor, Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS)

5. What's Happening in International Relations

The 8th Kyoto University International Symposium
The "Japan-China University Academic Forum" was held at Fudan University, China, and President Oike and others Participated
Official Visitors from Abroad

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Aoi Festival - Heian dynastic culture appears before your eyes after more than 1,200 years

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"Drawing of Sonjodo": Kyoto University Library Ishin Database

1. The Three Senses of "Aya" and Human Welfare

Hiroshi Matsumoto, Executive Vice-President for Research and Finance of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Masuo Koyasu, Professor, Graduate School of Education
Toshitaka Nakahara, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine

3. FEATURES

New Research Center Explores Innovative Approaches to Area Studies

Koji Tanaka, Director / Professor, Center for Integrated Area Studies
International Conference on Opencourseware 2006 in Kyoto
Meeting of Kyokyo-Kai (Kyoto University Alumni Association in Beijing, China)

4. Essay

Carl Becker, Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies

5. Interview -Kei Kano, Graduates School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

6. What's Happening in International Relations

Kyoto University Opens Liaison Office in Tsinghua Science Park

Students and Teaching Staff from Kasetsart University visit Kyoto University

President Oike attends the 4th Japan-China University President Conference

Reviewers from OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education visit Kyoto University

Kyoto University signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

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Katsura Rikyu - A place to think about "beauty" A garden for contemplation built around a lake

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Newspaper Archives: Shimbun Bunko
Advertisement for Rakuzendo Ginza: Rakuzendo Baiyaku Kokoku / Kyoto University Library Collection

1. Culture of a Deformation Belt and the Role of Kyoto University

Kazuo Oike, President of Kyoto Universsity

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Junzo Munemoto, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
Erika Takashina, Associate Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities

3. FEATURES

Fostering a Renaissance in Kyoto

Toshio Yokoyama, Director-General of the Organization for the Promotion of International Relations
Our Urgent Mission
Takeshi Tamura, Director of the International Center
Organizational Information
Kyoto University and UC Davis, University of California commit to personnel
internship exchange program
School visits enhance learning experience for foreign students of
Japanese language and culture
Kyoto University students to KCJS lectures
Mochi-Making Party at the Student Lounge "KI-ZU-NA"

4. Essay - Patricia Vickers-Rich, Director of Monash Science Centre

5. Interview -Junko Maruyama, Graduate School of Human and

Environmental Studies

6. What's Happening in International Relations

The 6th Kyoto University International Symposium The 7th Kyoto University International Symposium

Official Visitors from Abroad

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Shinnyo-do - The other “Philosopher’s Walk”

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Tenmonseisho
Sekisui Nagakubo (Mid-Edo Period)/Collection of Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

1. Innovation Based on University Knowledge

Kazumi Matsushige, Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Special Feature - Conversation "Science and Society in the Future"

The challenge for universities is to make the invisible visible
-thinking behind the ALAN-K project-
Alan Kay, Visiting Professor at Graduate School of Informatics

Kazuo Oike, President of Kyoto University
Hajime Kita, Professor, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies

3. Features

Kyoto University's Combat team participates in the ACM International Collegiate Programming World FinalsContest
Kyoto University ROHM Plaza Completed
Six Universities Disseminate Japanese University Education to the World through Open Course Ware

4. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Minoru Kanehisa, Professor and Director, Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research
Shuzo Nishimura, Professor, Graduate School of Economics

5. Activity

Robot Creator, Tomotaka Takahashi, Founder of Robo Garage, a Kyoto University venture

6. What's Happening in International Relations

Kyoto University holds AEARU Board of Directors Meeting and signs academic exchange agreement with the four other Board Member Universities
Presentation of the Hideki Yukawa UNESCO Medal to Mrs. Sumi Yukawa

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Manpukuji Temple -the first winds blow from Obaku

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Illustrated Books: Eboshiori Soshi
Paper with illustrations in color, manuscript, 2 volumes, author and publisher unknown, 34.1 × 25.2cm

1. Site-specific characteristics of Kyoto University campuses and remote facilities

Kojiro Irikura , Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Juichi Yamagiwa, Professor, Graduate School of Science
Mikio Kasahara, Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science

Koichiro Oshima, Director, Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management Center Attached

3. Features

The Fifth Kyoto University International Symposium
International Symposium on Regulation of Cell Fate and Cell Function
The Ninth Kyoto University Future Forum
Voice from the Frontline of International Society
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere(RISH)
-Establishing New Connections Between Science and Human Society

4. Essay

Charles Scawthorn, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering

5. Interview

Richard Murdey, Guest Research Associate, Institute for Chemical Research

6. Activity

Ryosuke Nagano, Director, NLKProject

7. What's Happening in International Relations

Kyoto University Study Abroad Fair 2004
Visitors from Abroad

PROMENADELake Biwa Aqueduct

Sharing an Interwoven Bond of Birth and Rebirth

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Illustrated Books: Ise Monogatari (Tales of Ise)
Paper with illustrations in color, manuscript, 2 volumes, author and publisher unknown, 28.0 × 23.3cm

1. What Characterizes a Kyoto University Education?

Hirohisa Higashiyama, Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Special Feature - The Kyoto University Education

Liberal Arts Education, The Kyoto University Way
Masaki Maruyama, Director, Institute for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education

Kyoto University's Regional Education Program

Information for International Students

3. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
Kazuo Fujita, Professor, Graduate School of Letters

4. Essay

Engelbert Jorissen, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies

5. Interview

Tang Zhong Hui, Graduate School of Law

6. Activity

Nobuhiro Ohnishi, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies

7. What's Happening on Campus

President Oike Goes to Mainland China and Hong Kong
The First KAGI 21 International Summer School on the Active Geosphere Takes Place in Indonesia
Inaugurating the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
The 21st Century COE Program FY2004 Results

PROMENADEMount Hiei

A Prayer for Peace on Earth from one of the Most Sacred Sites in Japanese Buddhism

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Portolan Chart
Sheepskin, 52.5×72.0cm, c. 15th-16th Century Europe

1. In Cooperation with Citizens of Kyoto

Kazuo Oike, President of Kyoto University

2. Special Feature - Kyoto University in Times of Change

Incorporation of Japan's National Universities - a new start for National University Corporation Kyoto University Masao Homma, Director-General Administration Bureau
The Grand Opening of the Kyoto University Clock Tower CentennialHall
The Grand Opening of the Katsura Campus

3. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Norio Nakatsuji, Proefssor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences
Tsuyoshi Kato, Professor, Graduate school of Asian and African Area Studies

4. Essay

Geoffrey P. Moussas, Lecturer(Part-time), Faculty of Engineering

5. Interview

Phan Vinh Long, Graduate School of Engineering

6. Activity

Good Samarian Club, Ryohei Hamanaka, Faculty of Law

7. What's Happening in International Relations

The 4th Kyoto University International Symposium
Visitors from Abroad

PROMENADEPhilosopher's Path

Site for Contemplation that Gave Rise to the Kyoto School of Philosohy

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Sankakuen-Shinjyukyo(Bronze Mirrors)
Approx. 22.3cm in Diameter, Made in 3rd Cetury China
Found at Tsubai-Ootsukayama Tumulus, Kyoto Prefecture

1. 不如学 Nothing is better than Learning

Makoto Nagao, President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies
Tetsuji Atsuji, Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
Isao Akaoka, Director, Institute for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education

3. Features

On the Grand Opening of the Camphora Cafe Restaurant The 21st Century COE Program
-List of Selected Programs in Kyoto University in FY 2003
The Founding of the Field Science Education and Research Center
-To Create an Original Kind of Global Environmental Study that Seeks to Explicate Connections Between the Ecologies of Forest, Human Habitation and Sea

4. Essay

Bilqis Amin Hoque, Visiting Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute

5. Interview

Rizaldi, Primate Research Institute

6. Activity

Sumo Club, Hartwig Handsur, Faculty of Law

7. Report

Student Lounge KI-ZU-NA : A Place for International Bonding

PROMENADEShinshindo Cafe

A Timeless Backdrop for the Lives of Kyoto University Students

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Flora Japonica
P. F. (B.) von Siebold and J. G. Zuccarini, authors, 2 volumes (Published: 1835-1841)
Fauna Japonica
P. F. (B.) von Siebold, editor, C. J. Temminck, H. Schlegel, and W. D. Haan, authors, 5 volumes (Published: 1833-1850)
Both from the collection of the Faculty of Science

1. Campus Located in a Basin with Active Faults

Kazuo Oike, Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Yahiko Kambayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Infomatics
Sakiko Yoshikawa, Professor, Graduate School of Education
Takashi Matsuyama, Director, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies

3. Features

Kyoto University International Symposium
on Post-Petrofuels in the 21st Century -Prospects in the Future of Blomass Energy-
The 21st Century COE Program
-List of Slected Programs in Kyoto University in FY 2002
Establishment of the Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
-Passing on the Spilit of Nobel Laureate

4. Essay

Calorine Sy Hau, Associate Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

5. Interview

Ahmad Reza Gohari Soodabeh Saeidnia, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science

6. Activity Report

The November Festival

PROMENADEBeside the Kamo River

A Place to Rest Amid Abundant Natural Beauty

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Fusu Nanifune Renga, Renga- style Poems by Seicho, Sogi, et al.
Hand Scroll, Hand written, manuscript, 1 volume, 15-16 century

1. Kyoto University in a Period of Transition

Akihiro Kinda, Vice-President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Ryuichi Ida, Professor, Graduate School of Law
Sakayu Shimizu, Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture
Johei Sasaki, Director, Kyoto Univeristy Library

3. Features

Student Lounge KI-ZU-NA Opens
Establishment of Hall of Global Environmental Research and School of Gloval Environmental Studies as a Graduate School

4. Essay

Jan van Bremen, Visiting Research Scholar, Institute for Research in Humanities

5. Interview

Ali Masoudi-Najad, Graduate School of Agriculture

6. Activity

Gernot Hassenpflug, Graduate School of Infomatics

7. Report

Exploring Japanese society and culture - A sociological survey and the Gion Matsuri

PROMENADEGozan Okuribi

Kyoto University has witnessed the annual Daimonji bonfire for over a century

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Tamamo-no-mae, a Tale from the Otogizoshi
Paper with illustrations in color, manuscript, 2 volumes, author and publisher unknown, 24.0×18.4cm

1. Kyoto University - with its Eyes on the Future

Makoto Nagao, President of Kyoto University

2. Forefronts of Research at Kyoto University

Tasuku Honjo, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
Kohei Tamao, Professor, Institute for Chemical Research
Takeshi Shiraishi, Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Shoichiro Fukao Professor, Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere
Takeshi Setoguchi, Director, The Kyoto University Museum

3. Features

Kyoto University International Symposium
on the Changes in the Japanese Economy Facing the New Century
The TIDE Project
 -A First Step Toward a New Partnership
A New Triangle is Born
 -The Katsura Campus and Kyoto University's Strategy for the 21st Century

4. Essay

Bruce Auld, visiting Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture

5. Interview

Xiaoqing Luo, Graduate School of Law

6. Activity

Aikido Club, Paul Smith, Graduate School of Engineering

7. Report

Academic Sightseeing in Uji

PROMENADE Yoshida Shrine

The Ancient Shrine Continues to Watch Over Kyoto University