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Important Notices on the Earthquake
(Update at any time)
Symposium on Short- Mid- and Long-term Prospects for Energy Problems: Considering the Fusion of the Construction of Ultra-energy Efficiency with Electricity and Information
(Dec 20)
To Continue Being A University that Contributes to the World: Formulating Waseda Vision 150 President Kaoru Kamata Message
(Dec 20)
The Search for the Higgs Boson Particle: Latest Results of the Large Hadron Collider and the Participation by 15 Organizations in Japan, Including Waseda University and the University of Tokyo
(Dec 14)
4 teams from Waseda enter the International Robot Exhibition 2011 “Jukusui-kun (Mr. Deep Sleep)”, a robot supporting patients with sleep-apnea syndrome etc., on display
(Dec 1)
General meeting of Waseda Diet Association held; participation from 35 members including Prime Minister Noda Overcoming party affiliations to sing Miyako-no-Seihoku and Konpeki-no-Sora
(Nov 18)
[Alumni Biographical Notes] Aizo Soma: Founder of Nakamuraya and a Great Shopkeeper
(Oct 12)
Pterosaur fossil confirmed as nation's largest by Professor Hirayama of the School of International Liberal Studies
(Aug. 31)
Atomic Resolution Structure of Human Centromeric Nucleosomes Containing CENP-A
(Jul. 21)
Open symposium with participation from bipartisan Diet members held by the Center for Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquak Towards construction of an advanced international health/medical support ship capable of performing during disasters
(May. 23)
Hosting of the forum “The Great Earthquake and Art Culture Eye-Witness Accounts From the Disaster Zone” What should art do to aid reconstruction? What can it do?
(May. 16)
Official Waseda University accounts opened on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
(May. 12)
Establishment of Waseda University Center for Research on Reconstruction from the Great East Earthquake
7 Research Themes Selected for 3 Mid-/Long-Term Research Projects
(May. 10)

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People

Won a Grand Prix at the Student Animation Festival of the Tokyo Student Film Festival!
Stimulation at Waseda creates stories
Ms. Karin Yuki
(Dec. 16)

Interesting Lectures and Seminars

Understanding and Support of Disabilities Experiencing Disabilities Firsthand
Toru Sasaki
(Feb. 2)

Study Abroad – From the world to WASEDA –

From Czech Republic to WASEDA
Fialova Anezka
(Nov. 17)

Study Abroad – From WASEDA to the world –

From WASEDA to Singapore
Mr. Kenichi Takenaka
(Feb. 2)

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Weekly Opinion

Science and Technology—Has the Vital Information Been Delivered?
-Taking the Activities of the Science Media Centre at the Time of the Earthquake as an Example-

Miho Namba
Associate Professor, Journalism Course, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

On March 11, 2011, on the campus of Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo, those in laboratories and study rooms on some floors experienced such incredible shaking that they could not stay on their feet. We, on the staff of the Science Media Centre (SMC), also evacuated outdoors. On the PCs brought outside with us we looked at Twitter, where people began to confirm the safety of family, friends, and acquaintances, as posts were flowing in from all over Japan.[More...]

(Jan. 30)

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Fine Arts

Considering Japan’s public works project “road development” through the art of Hiroshige
Suntory Museum of Art: Hiroshige Exhibition

Keiko Sakagami
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University (School of Culture, Media and Society)

The Hiroshige Exhibition was held at the Suntory Museum of Art in Roppongi, Tokyo from the end of last year until the beginning of 2012. In addition to displaying all works in Hiroshige’s representative series Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido Highway, this interesting exhibition also featured a comparative display of different woodblock prints. [More...]

(Jan. 27)

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Knowledge Co-Creation – Profiles of researchers

Using finance theory to examine the ideal form of corporations and society

Megumi Suto
Professor, Faculty of Commerce (Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law), Waseda University

Since the 1970s, a time the Modern Theory of Finance finally began to enter Japan, I have conducted research on the role and function of the financial market and financial industry, as well as the social responsibility of the financial industry. At that time, [More...]

(Dec. 6)

Waseda research zone – latest news on project research

Explaining the Characteristics of the Great East Japan Earthquake using the Idea of Complex Crises

In response to the unprecedented disaster that Eastern Japan faced on March 11, 2011, Waseda University established a disaster response headquarters immediately after the earthquake, and worked towards determining which students, alumni and teachers were affected as well as working on other urgent needs. [More...]

(Jan. 17)

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Oceanic Ethnic Art Exhibition -Donation of 1089 piece collection

Ryota Nakakado
Waseda University Aizu Museum Assistant

In 2010, the Waseda University Cultural Promotion Division received a donation of 1089 Oceanic ethnic artworks from Tsurugashima City in Saitama Prefecture. Waseda University Cultural Planning Division, in association with the Aizu Museum, will hold an “Oceanic Ethnic Art Exhibition.” [More...]

(Dec. 28)

The age of Shinpa films (new-school)
:Mukojima Movie Studio and the film Kachusha

Manabu Ueda
Research Associate, The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University

From the beginning of Japanese film until today, the Nikkatsu Corporation possesses one of the most outstanding histories of any movie studio throughout the world. The studio was founded in 1912 under the name Nihon Katsudo Shashin (Japan Moving Pictures) Co., Ltd. From the time of its founding until the Shochiku Corporation, [More...]

(Nov. 16)