TsukuBlog » Research http://blog.alientimes.org A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Crash Tests at JARI this Weekend http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/04/crash-tests-at-jari-this-weekend/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/04/crash-tests-at-jari-this-weekend/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:37:12 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/04/crash-tests-at-jari-on-saturday-and-sunday/ This information is from Sven.

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The Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) will have its open days this Friday and Saturday. On both days there will be two full scale car crash tests (lots of damage), two sled tests (cute baby dummies in a child seat), and two leg impactor tests (a cheap car-shaped-object hitting an expensive and squishy leg-shaped-object). There's also a bunch of other exhibitions showcasing various car-related research done in JARI (driving simulators, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, etc), including things to keep kids amused.

The child seat sled tests are at 10.15am and 1pm each day. A full schedule of the full scale car crashes are as follows:

FRIDAY:
10.30am - Car [50km/hr] vs. Rigid Wall [0km/hr] Crash Test
2.30pm - Car [30km/hr] vs. Bicycle (with dummy rider) [15km/hr] Crash Test

SATURDAY:
10.30am - Car [30km/hr] vs. Bicycle (with dummy rider) [15km/hr] Crash Test
2.30pm - Car [50km/hr] vs. Rigid Wall [0km/hr] Crash Test

In order to see the test, please arrive at the times given above, as the tests begin shortly afterwards. After the tests you can inspect the damage and view the tests in slow-motion on the high-speed video
cameras.

JARI is located along Tsuchiura Gakuen road, about 2km west of Tsukuba Center. There is also an entrance from Kenkyuu Gakuen Station on the Tsukuba express line. (map)

More instructions (in Japanese) on the JARI website.

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/04/crash-tests-at-jari-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Desmostylus Exhibit in Tsukuba http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/09/desmostylus-exhibit-in-tsukuba/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/09/desmostylus-exhibit-in-tsukuba/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:00:45 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/09/desmostylus-exhibit-in-tsukuba/ Desmostylus is an extinct herbivorous mammal that resembled a hippopotamus. In 1977, Japanese researchers found a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of Desmostylus in a town called Utanobori (now Esashi) in Hokkaido. The reconstructed Utanobori specimen will be on exhibit from September 26 to December 2 (closed on September 29 and October 7) at the Geological Museum at AIST.

Desmostylus at Geological Museum, AIST

There will also be a free lecture about Desmostylus on October 14 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm at the museum.

See also:

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]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/09/desmostylus-exhibit-in-tsukuba/feed/ 1 ESA and JAXA Satellites ‘Talk’ to Each Other http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/01/esa-and-jaxa-satellites-%e2%80%98talk%e2%80%99-to-each-other/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/01/esa-and-jaxa-satellites-%e2%80%98talk%e2%80%99-to-each-other/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:42:00 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/01/esa-and-jaxa-satellites-%e2%80%98talk%e2%80%99-to-each-other/ From the European Space Agency

ESA’s Envisat satellite and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) data relay test satellite Kodama have successfully completed an interoperability test demonstrating that scientific data from Envisat can be transmitted to Kodama and from there transmitted to the Japanese ground receiving station in Tsukuba.

Read the full article

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/01/esa-and-jaxa-satellites-%e2%80%98talk%e2%80%99-to-each-other/feed/ 0 Hydrogen Vehicle in Tsukuba http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/hydrogen-vehicle-in-tsukuba/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/hydrogen-vehicle-in-tsukuba/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:16:15 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/hydrogen-vehicle-in-tsukuba/

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that it has delivered one dual-fueled RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle, which runs on either gasoline or hydrogen, to the Japan Automobile Research Institute.

[...]

JARI is working with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization on the Establishment of Codes & Standards for a Hydrogen Economy Society project. The RX-8 Hydrogen RE will be used as part of its R&D activities to review the regulations regarding the safety of hydrogen vehicles, establish examination and evaluation techniques and create proposals for international standards. The hydrogen supply will mainly come from JARI’s own hydrogen station at their facility in Tsukuba city.

Read the full article.

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/hydrogen-vehicle-in-tsukuba/feed/ 0 Ideas about Improving Tsukuba http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/10/ideas-about-improving-tsukuba/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/10/ideas-about-improving-tsukuba/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:12 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=1604 I am a member of the International Relations Subcommittee of the Tsukuba Science City Network. The committee exists to promote international exchange in Tsukuba, especially as it pertains to science and technology, and it includes various people from research and educational institutes around Tsukuba and representatives of the city and prefectural governments.

The committee has just completed one project and is looking for suggestions about where to focus its energy next. If you have any ideas about how to improve international relations in Tsukuba, please feel free to get in touch with me. Your ideas could include:

  • ways to make Tsukuba a more international city
  • ways to make Tsukuba more appealing to foreign researchers who are invited here
  • ways to make it easier to live in Tsukuba
  • ways to increase the profile of Tsukuba in the world

Feel free to "think big" and brainstorm, as well as coming up with ideas that just need a little bit of work to implement. Your ideas can be in point form, or you can write out a full proposal -- anything is fine. I cannot promise that your ideas will be implemented, but I will promise to pass your thoughts on to the committee so they can get an idea of Tsukuba looks like from our perspective and how we might like to improve things.

I am not sure yet when the next committee meeting will be held, but it will probably be in about one month or so. If you come up with any ideas in the meantime, please feel get in touch with me (through TsukuBlog).

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/10/ideas-about-improving-tsukuba/feed/ 0 Information about the Environment in Japan http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/05/information-about-the-environment-in-japan/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/05/information-about-the-environment-in-japan/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 14:05:18 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/05/information-about-the-environment-in-japan/ The Ministry of the Environment of Japan sends updates (in English) about its activities by email almost every day. If you are doing research on the Japanese environment, you might want to subscribe to their mailing list.

Send an e-mail to globe_env@env.go.jp with "Request e-mail service" in the subject line to receive regular English-language environmental news updates by e-mail. Unless otherwise specified, updates will be sent to the e-mail address from which you send your request.

See: http://www.env.go.jp/en/utility/mailnews.html

Today's report mentioned the publication of the "Environmental Statistics 2007".

Accumulation and practical use of data related to the environment are crucial for the understanding of the environment and for the effective implementation of environmental preservation measures. On this account, the Ministry of the Environment has published the "Environmental Statistics 2007," with aggregated data related to the state of the environment, the load on the environment, and measures taken for the environment, from a broad perspective.

See: http://www.env.go.jp/en/headline/headline.php?serial=376

The statistics are available (in Japanese) here:
http://www.env.go.jp/doc/toukei/index.html

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/05/information-about-the-environment-in-japan/feed/ 0 Is Rice a Drug? http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/04/is-rice-a-drug/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/04/is-rice-a-drug/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:34:18 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/04/is-rice-a-drug/ An institute in Tsukuba is trying to develop a kind of genetically modified rice that will alleviate the symptoms of hay fever. However, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has categorized the rice as a "drug" rather than a "food", and since the process for getting new drugs into the market is much slower than for getting new foods into the market, the rice will not be made available to consumers anytime soon.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has decided to develop a genetically modified rice aimed at alleviating symptoms of hay fever as a drug because the health ministry has determined that the rice falls into the category of a medical product.

[...]

The National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, a research institute in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, affiliated with the agriculture ministry, has been developing the rice, aiming to release it for practical use from 2010. It has already finished animal experiments on the efficacy and safety of the product, and its in-house ethics committee in November approved a pilot project to examine whether it was safe for human consumption to develop the rice as a food product within fiscal 2006.

Read the full article: Anti-hay fever rice treated as a drug

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/04/is-rice-a-drug/feed/ 0 Lectures by a German Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/05/lectures-by-a-german-prof-dr-werner-gitt/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/05/lectures-by-a-german-prof-dr-werner-gitt/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 01:05:38 +0000 RrFish http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=846
A former director, professor and head of “Information Technology” of the Federal Institute of Physics and Technology (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig, ‘PTB’), Germany are currently in Japan, giving talks on “science and faith.”

When:
June 7, Saturday from 13:00 to 15:00

Venue:
Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba)
Conference Room 202B

Language:
English (will be simultaneously interpreted into Japanese)

Contacts:
General inquiries in English, German or in Japanese, contact:
Juergen Boeck - juergenboeck[at]gmx.net

About his lecture in Tsukuba, contact:
Wayne Meyer 029-857-7155 or 090-9833-9920
Tomotaka Makino at Tsukuba Christian Church 029-851-7747 or 029-851-3722

If you want to learn more about Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, or if you can’t make it to the Tsukuba lecture and are interested in attending his other lecture(s), please visit Prof.Dr.Werner Gitt Japan Lectures Blog (Japanese and English):
http://profgittpub.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/05/lectures-by-a-german-prof-dr-werner-gitt/feed/ 0 Libraries in Tsukuba http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/libraries-in-tsukuba/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/libraries-in-tsukuba/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:10:50 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/libraries-in-tsukuba/ You probably already know about Tsukuba Public Library and the library at the University of Tsukuba, but did you know that many of the research institutes here in Tsukuba also have extensive collections? It is not always possible to take the books out of such libraries, but you can usually at least gain access to them if you ask nicely.

Here is a list of libraries in Tsukuba.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Center

Address: Kannondai 2-1-9 (〒305-8601)
Tel: 029-838-7283
Fax: 029-838-7364
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Website
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Agropedia

Building Research Institute (Kenken)

Address: Tachihara 1 (〒305-0802)
Tel: 029-864-2151
Fax: 029-864-2989
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Kenken Website

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Address: Matsunosato 1 (〒305-8687)
Tel: 029-873-3211
Fax: 029-874-8507
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
FFPRI Website
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Geographic Survey Institute (GSI)

Address: Kitasato 1 (〒305-0811)
Tel: 029-864-1111
Fax: 029-864-1807
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-16:30
Closed: Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Year End
GSI Website

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

Address: Oho 1-1 (〒305-0801)
Tel: 029-864-5138
Fax: 029-864-4604
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Website
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center

Address: (〒305-8505)
Tel: 029-868-4000
Fax: 029-868-2950
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:20-17:35
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, days when the institute is closed
JAXA Website

Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI)

Address: Karima 2530 (〒305-0822)
Tel: 029-856-1111
Fax: 029-856-1122
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:15
Closed: When the Institute Closes
JARI Website

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Address: Koyadai 3-6 (〒305-0074)
Tel: 029-838-1964
Fax: 029-838-1776
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-18:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, August 1
Website
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JICA Website

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)

Address: Owashi 1-1 (〒305-8686)
Tel: 029-838-6313
Fax: 029-838-6316
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
JIRCAS Website
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Japan Meteorological Agency Aerological Observatory

Address: Nagamine 1-2 (〒305-0052)
Tel: 029-851-4125
Fax: 029-851-5765
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays
Observatory Website

Japan Pulp and Paper Research Institute (JPRI)

Address: Tokodai 5-13-11 (〒300-2635)
Tel: 029-847-4321
Fax: 029-847-8923
Browsing: No
Copying: Certain Parts
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays
JPRI Website

Meteorological Instruments Center

Address: (〒305-0052)
Tel: 029-851-4121
Fax: 029-851-1670
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open and Closed Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30

Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)

Address: Nagamine 1-1 (〒305-0052)
Tel: 029-853-8538
Fax: 029-853-8545
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays
Website

National Agricultural Research Center (NARC)

Address: Kannondai 3-1-1 (〒305-8601)
Tel: 029-838-8848
Fax: 029-838-8858
Browsing: Limited
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-12:00、13:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Website
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National Archives of Japan Tsukuba Annex

Address: Kamisawa 6-6 (〒300-4246)
Tel: 029-867-1910
Fax: FAX 029-867-1839
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Website
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Digital Archives

National Food Research Institute (NFRI)

Address: Kannondai 2-1-12 (〒305-8642)
Tel: 029-838-7971
Fax: 029-838-7996
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-12:00、13:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NFRI Website
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National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

Address: Onogawa 16-2 (〒305-8506)
Tel: 029-850-2314
Fax: 029-851-4732
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 8:30-17:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays
NIES Website

National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM)

Address: Asahi 1 (〒305-0804)
Tel: 029-864-2211
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays
NILIM Website

National Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE)

Address: Kannondai 2-1-6 (〒305-8609)
Tel: 029-838-8188
Fax: 029-838-7609
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-12:00、13:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIRE Website
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Central 2

Address: Umezono 1-1-1 (〒305-8568)
Tel: 029-861-5062
Fax: 029-861-5047
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

Central 3

Address: Umezono 1-1-1 (〒305-8563)
Tel: 029-861-4195
Fax: 029-861-4146
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

Central 5

Address: Umezono 1-1-1 (〒305-8565)
Tel: 029-861-4472
Fax: 029-861-4421
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

Central 6

Address: Umezono 1-1-1 (〒305-8566)
Tel: 029-861-6105
Fax: 029-861-6107
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

Central 7

Address: Umezono 1-1-1 (〒305-8567)
Tel: 029-861-3604
Fax: 029-861-3602
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

East

Address: Namiki 1-2-1 (〒305-8584)
Tel: 029-861-7038
Fax: 029-861-7007
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

West

Address: Onogawa 16-1 (〒305-8569)
Tel: 029-861-8115
Fax: 029-861-8131
Browsing: OK
Copying: Under consideration
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:30-12:00、13:00-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End, Every Third Wednesday (closed on the following day when Wednesday is a holiday)
AIST Website

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)

Address: Kannondai 2-1-2 (〒305-8602)
Tel: 029-838-7406
Fax: 029-838-7408
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIAS Website
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National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES)

Address: Kannondai 3-1-3 (〒305-8604)
Tel: 029-838-8148
Fax: 029-838-8199
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIAES Website
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National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH)

Address: Kannondai 3-1-5 (〒305-0856)
Tel: 029-838-7956
Fax: 029-838-7907
Browsing: OK
Copying: Contact them for information
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
Website
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National Institute of Fruit Tree Science (NIFTS)

Address: Fujimoto 2-1 (〒305-8605)
Tel: 029-838-6416
Fax: 029-838-6437
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-16:30
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIFTS Website
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National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (NILGS)

Address: Ikenodai 2 (〒305-0901)
Tel: 029-838-8612
Fax: 029-838-8628
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: 8:30-17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NILGS Website
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National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)

Address: Tennodai 3-1 (〒305-0006)
Tel: 029-851-1611
Fax: 029-851-1622
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Closed and Open Stacks
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIED Website

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Namiki Campus

Address: Namiki 1-1 (〒305-0044)
Tel: 029-858-5629
Fax: 029-855-3801
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Closed and Open Stacks
Hours: 8:30-12:00, 13:15-17:15
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIMS Website

Sengen Campus

Address: Sengen 1-2-1 (〒305-0047)
Tel: 029-859-2053
Fax: 029-859-2019
Browsing: OK
Copying: No
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Closed and Open Stacks
Hours: 8:30-12:00, 13:15-17:15
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Year End
NIMS Website

Tsukuba Gakuin University

Address: Azuma 3-1 (〒305-0031)
Tel: 029-858-4811
Fax: 029-858-7388
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30-18:00, During Breaks 9:00-17:00, Saturdays 8:30-15:00, During Breaks 9:00-12:00
Closed: Sundays, National Holidays
Website
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Tsukuba Public Library

Address: Azuma 2-1 (305-0031)
Tel: 029-856-4311
Fax: 029-856-6277
Borrowing: OK
Browsing: Open stacks
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:30-19:00, Saturdays and Sundays: 9:30-17:00
Closed: Mondays, National holidays, some other days (see the website)
Website
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Tsukuba University of Technology Library for the Hearing Impaired

Address: Amakubo 4-3-15 (〒305-0005)
Tel: 029-858-9930
Fax: 029-858-9419
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00-20:30 (9:00-17:00 during school breaks), Saturdays 12:30-16:30
Closed: Sundays, National Holidays, Year end
Website
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Tsukuba University of Technology Library for the Visually Impaired

Address: Kasuga 4-12-7 (〒305-0821)
Tel: 029-852-9510
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: No
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00-20:30 (9:00-17:00 during school breaks), Saturdays 12:30-16:30
Closed: Sundays, National Holidays, Year end
Website
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University of Tsukuba

Address: Tennodai 1-1-1 (〒305-8577)
Tel: 029-853-2111
Browsing: OK
Copying: OK
Borrowing: OK
Browsing Style: Open Stacks
Hours: Weekdays 9:00-22:00, Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays 13:00-18:00 (Summer: 9:00-17:00)
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See also:
List of research institute libraries in Tsukuba by Tsukuba Science City Liaison Council for Promotion of Research Exchange (in Japanese)
List of libraries in Tsukuba by Tsukuba Science City Network (in Japanese)

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]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/03/libraries-in-tsukuba/feed/ 1 Low Ratio of Foreign Researchers http://blog.alientimes.org/2006/11/low-ratio-of-foreign-researchers/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2006/11/low-ratio-of-foreign-researchers/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:55:00 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/2006/11/low-ratio-of-foreign-researchers/ I thought this article was particularly pertinent to Tsukuba:

It is reported in this evening's edition of Nikkei Newspaper (p. 3) that, according to the 2006 White Paper on Science and Technology, the ratio of foreign researchers/engineers (highly skilled people with higher education) in Japan is only 0.7%, mainly due to communication difficulties such as language and cultural barriers.

Generally, English speaking nations tend to have a higher ratio of foreign researchers, i.e, 40.4% for Australia, 34.6% for Canada, 18.8% for the U.K. and 15.4% for the U.S. However, even France and Germany have relatively high ratios, 14.1% and 4.3%, respectively.

Japan needs to lower various barriers in order to attract more foreign researchers and engineers for higher productivity and growth in the future.

Source: Glocom blog entry from November 9, 2006

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