Category Archives: Kyoto

Kyoto News

Kyoto University iCeMS to Co-Organize World Stem Cell Summit, San Diego, Ca …
The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) announced that the Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) will again serve as a co-organizing institution for the World Stem Cell Summit. The 2013 Summit is scheduled for Dec. 4-6 …
Read more on Wall Street Journal (press release)

Kyoto-krøll
Igår var det Verdens miljødag. Fremskrittspartiets stortingsgruppe brukte dagen til å bestemme seg for å si nei til Kyoto 2-avtalen som ble inngått under klimaforhandlingene i Doha i desember. Begrunnelsen for vedtaket er ikke spesielt imponerende. Det …
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Abbott's Direct free kick
These have reduced the amount of abatement required to meet our Kyoto II international agreement obligations by more than 10 per cent. Back in mid-May Climate Spectator ran a story, Greg Hunt's free kick, which explained that Australia had adopted a …
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Oharame remain symbols of rural beauty in Kyoto

Oharame remain symbols of rural beauty in Kyoto
KYOTO–Starting in her late teens, Tokiko Nishiyama would trek once every three days from her hometown of Ohara to Demachiyanagi in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward. Dressed in an indigo blue kimono, a red sash around her shoulders to tuck up the sleeves, a white …
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Ritz-Carlton to add resorts in Kyoto and Marrakech
By Danny King. Ritz-Carlton resorts are under development in Kyoto, Japan, and Marrakech, Morocco. The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto will have 136 guestrooms and views of the Higashiyama Mountains when it opens on the Kamogawa River in February 2014.
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Yumemi Launches Sprocket, a Badgeville-Powered Gamification Offering for …
KYOTO, Japan and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Yumemi, Japan's market and technology leader in mobile commerce, today announced a partnership with Badgeville, the #1 gamification platform, to power Sprocket, its new …
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