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| | The Final Months of the War With Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision |
 | | Truman gave the go-ahead to continue preparations for the Kyushu operation; he said the decision on a follow-on invasion of Honshu could be made later. | | | When told that alternatives to Kyushu would be the main issue at a coming JCS meeting, Marshall sent a personal cable to MacArthur soliciting his views. | | | The planned JCS meeting that was to examine alternatives to an invasion of Kyushu did not take place because the atomic bomb was dropped at the very time the meeting was being scheduled. |
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http://www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/4253605299/csi9810001.html
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| | Kyushu University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A three-year LL.D. program and another one-year Master’s course in Comparative Studies of Politics and Administration in Asia (CSPA) were launched in October 1999. | | | Kyushu University has since 2004 been incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities. | | | Following World War II, Kyushu Imperial University gained infamy as officials acknowledged that eight American POWs (Crew of B-29 Superfortress) had been vivisected at Kyushu Imperial University Hosptial in May and June, 1945 under the direction of the Japanese military and Professor Fukujiro Ishiyama. |
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| | Ancient bell found in Kyushu |
| | "In Kyushu there must have been times when large bronze bells had replaced bronze shields for large national ceremonies," Nishitani also said. | | | The discovery has raised the possibility that dotaku, which are believed to have originated in the Kinki region, including the Nara area, originated in Kyushu, experts said. | | | Hideji Harunari, director of the National History and Folklore Museum's Archaeological Research Department, said the dotaku was most probably produced in Kyushu in view of the circumstances in which it was discovered. |
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| | Space and Earth Electromagnetism Laboratory |
| | Welcome to the Kyushu University Space and Earth Electromagnetism Laboratory Magnetometer Data Archives. | | | Space and Earth Electromagnetism Laboratory, Kyushu University (Home Page) | | | sampling high resolution data for collaborative studies with Kyushu University. |
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http://denji102.geo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/denji/obs/obs_e.html
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| | ASIANOW - Typhoon Bart bears down on Japan's Kyushu island - September 23, 1999 |
| | In Fukuoka prefecture in Kyushu, 37 homes were evacuated, police said. | | | The typhoon was heading northeastward and expected to land on the island by Friday morning. | | | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- The most powerful typhoon to hit Japan this season approached the southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, threatening to unleash more deadly floods, landslides and tidal surges. |
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http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9909/23/typhoon.bart
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| | Fukuoka POW Camp #1 - Forward & Updates |
| | He died amongst a grove of pine trees alongside a river at a prisoner of war camp known as Fukuoka Camp No. 1. | | | Info on Beppu, Kyushu, considered by the POWs who were there, including General Wainwright, "one of the best internment areas they had encountered" | | | Photo Archive links for Kyushu mines, and POW camp info links to Mansell website on POW Camp Group History chart |
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| | Vivisections at Kyushu Univeristy Hospital in 1945 - Fukuoka History - A Forum For Research on Kyushu |
| | American prisoners of war were subjected to horrific medical experiments. | | | After the court proceedings in 1948, the university declared that "even if the events occurred as has been said," it was in no way responsible because its facilities had been used without permission and under military jurisdiction. | | | Thirty people -- some military, the others from Kyushu University -- were brought to trial by an Allied war crimes tribunal in Yokohama, Japan, on March 11, 1948. |
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http://www.fukuokahistory.com/live/content/view/29/52
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| | Kyushu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The ancient region Saikaido consists of Kyushu and its surrounding islands. | | | Nagasaki has one of the oldest international ports, which had been the only gateway to the foreign countries during the Edo Period, from mid 16th to mid 18th centuries. | | | Kyushu University [1] - One of seven former "Imperial Universities" |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_region
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| | North Kyushu Creole - Fukuoka History - A Forum For Research on Kyushu |
| | Evidence of areas neighbouring Kyushu which were by-passed by the Yayoi migrations can be found in Shikoku. | | | These are followed by various other islands of Honshu and Kyushu" (34). | | | Earlier still, Izuru Shimura (1935), based on his study of numerals and Korean place-names, argued that a proto-dialectual form similar to Japanese was spoken on the Korean peninsula. |
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http://www.fukuokahistory.com/live/content/view/25/52
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| | Kyushu Okinawa G8 Summit in Japan |
| | This year (year 2000), Japanese government has decided to organize it in a province and the candidature of Kyushu-Okinawa region has been chosen by the late prime minister, Keizo Obuchi, because of an ordeal that Okinawaians have suffered since the World War II, especially the nuisance provoked by an excessive concentration of American military bases. | | | Miyazaki, located in the south of Kyushu island organizes the meeting of Foreign Ministers between 12 and 13 July. | | | the meeting of nations' leaders will be held in Okinawa island located on the south of Kyushu between 21 and 23 July. |
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| | Kyushu Air Fields: Mission 4 - 7, 9 - 15: 39th BG (VH) |
| | Since the beginning of the American invasion of Okinawa, the United States Navy had been experiencing a great deal of trouble with damaging attacks by enemy planes and suicide aircraft based on Kyushu. | | | Sometimes the flak would actually be negligible and the fighters scarce and then at other times the enemy would put up a hot defense. | | | It was the urgency of the situation at Okinawa that dictated the new bombing policy of the Command. |
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http://39th.org/39th/history/missions/Kyushu-airfields.html
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| | Kyushu |
| | This page is called "Kyushu" because our hosts (Jayne's family, of course) were so gracious to us, that we actually did an East-West cross island tour of Kyushu in the four days we stayed with them. | | | With the Dutch came Christianity, and before long, Christianity had caught on pretty well and was spreading over to Korea, which is only a two hour boat ride from Kyushu. | | | However, Japan was still very much a feudal society at this time, and when Tokugawa came to power and decided to unite Japan, he did not invite the Dutch to the party. |
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| | American Experience Victory in the Pacific People & Events PBS |
| | Truman authorized the landing on Kyushu, but withheld his approval for Coronet. | | | The new intelligence revealed a massive build-up of Japanese forces in southern Kyushu. | | | The initial American intelligence estimate predicted that Kyushu would be defended by six divisions. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/peopleevents/e_olympic.html
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| | Kyushu J7W Shinden |
| | Kyushu did finish a second prototype of the J7W1 before the close of the war but it was not to be flown before it fell into Allied hands. | | | This can be seen in several of the aircraft presented here. | | | Given the situation for the Japanese military and mainland, these goals would not have been met in any sort of reasonable state. |
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http://members.aol.com/pelzig/shinden.html
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| | Summer Program presented by Kyushu University |
| | Kyushu University is located in Fukuoka, a pleasant coastal city of 1.3 million people and the largest metropolis on the island of Kyushu. | | | Kyushu University Summer Program was launched in 2001 and re-named “Asia in Today’s World” in 2003. | | | Kyushu University’s proud tradition dates back to 1911, when it was founded as one of Japan’s seven imperial universities. |
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http://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/atw
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| | Japan - Kyushu |
| | Like Hiroshima, it also was rebuilt after being devastated by an atomic bomb attack in 1945. | | | The region is divided not only geographically but also economically by the Kyushu Mountains, which run diagonally across the middle of the island. | | | Kyushu, meaning "nine provinces" (from its ancient administrative structure), is the southernmost of the main islands and in modern times comprises seven prefectures. |
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| | Kyushu Economic Research Center |
| | The Kyushu Economic Research Center was established as an organization conducting overall researches and studies on Kyushu's economy and society under the authorization of the Ministry of Education in 1946. | | | As a private academic research institute, for all but half a century, the Center has been financially maintained by member institutions such as local private businesses, local autonomous governments, local branches of central government, and educational institutes. | | | The Center publishes some periodicals such as Monthly Research Bulletin of Kyushu Economy (in Japanese), Annual Report of Kyushu Economy (in Japanese), Outline of Kyushu Economy (annual statistics in Japanese and English) and many special research reports (in Japanese). |
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| | Internet 1996 World Exposition"Kyushu Pavilion" |
| | Kyushu is a great treasure house of economy, culture, nature, history, and humanity. | | | Enlightenment of Internet to Industrial people and Residents in Kyushu. | | | Exhibiting "Kyushu Pavilion" at Internet 1996 World Exposition to send out virtual contents information. |
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| | Kyushu -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | It was created in 1963 by the amalgamation of the cities of Wakamatsu, Yawata (Yahata), Tobata, Kokura, and Moji, which now form the five wards of the 180-sq-mi (466-sq-km) city. | | | A sea of the western Pacific Ocean, the Yellow Sea is bordered by the Korean peninsula and the Japanese island of Kyushu on the east and China on the north and west. | | | Includes English translations of the extensive Iriki family collection, which spans a 700-year period in southern Kyushu, and contains images of the original documents. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9046593?tocId=9046593
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| | Kyushu : Introduction Frommers.com |
| | According to Japanese legend, it was from Kyushu that the first emperor, Jimmu, began his campaign to unify Japan. | | | And because Kyushu is the island closest to Korea and China, it has served through the centuries as a point of influx for both people and ideas from abroad, including those from the West. | | | The Circle Island Tour: A Suggested Itinierary For Seeing Kyushu -- Most of Kyushu's towns are along the coast, which means you can visit most of the island's cities and attractions by circling the island by train. |
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| | JR Kyushu English |
| | This pass cannot be used on sleeper trains, the Sanyo Shinkansen (Shin-Osaka ~ Hakata), or JR Kyushu buses. | | | The JR Kyushu Rail Pass will be sold in Japan to those people who meet all of the following conditions. | | | This pass can be used on limited express trains of the Kyushu Railway Co., in ordinary reserved and non-reserved seating on the Kyushu Shinkansen "bullet trains", and on ordinary trains of the Kyushu Railway Co. |
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| | Home - Kyushu and Okinawa Studies |
| | In 1945 journalist George Weller snuck past the American occupying forces and became the first American Journalist to see the devastation left by the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki. | | | and the other is that it has only indirect reference to either Kyushu or Okinawa. | | | This can be found in almost all aspects of Japanese industry and culture -- and it is nowhere more apparent than in the pottery born in Kyushu. |
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| | ipedia.com: Korea Strait Article |
| | The Korea Strait is a sea passage between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan (in Korea known as the South Sea and the East Sea respectively). | | | The Korea Strait is a sea passage between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan. | | | To the north it is bounded by the south coast of the Korean peninsula, to the south by the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. |
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| | Kyushu |
| | Besides the Prefecture of Fukuoka, Kyushu is divided into six other prefectures, and since the Ryukyu Islands return to Japan, Okinawa has also been added as a prefecture of Kyushu. | | | Below that are links to various web sites of areas on Kyushu. | | | And, while GI's at Hakata did visit other Japanese Islands, most confined their travels to the island of Kyushu. |
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| | Bloomberg.com: Japan |
| | Shipments were halted for 30 minutes, he said. | | | Idemitsu Kosan Co., Japan& second-largest oil refiner, said its Tokuyama refinery in Yamaguchi prefecture, the nearest region to Kyushu on Japan& main island of Honshu, was also unaffected by the earthquake. | | | Kyushu Oil's 155,000 barrels-a-day refinery was undamaged, said Hiroaki Shin, head of general affairs at the company. |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aHuJOjsw8NLE&refer=japan
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| | Kyushu Business Information |
| | Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry: Organization and Functions | | | Click here to view the Organization of the Promotion of Internationalization of the Kyushu Economy site. | | | (Catalog of Business Incubator in Kyushu to be released on the site from around the end of August to September) |
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| | Toko & Hayashi Lab. |
| | Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku Fukuoka, 812-8581 JAPAN |
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| | Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Kyushu University |
| | Copyright 1996-2006 Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Kyushu University. | | | Seismology Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University | | | The link to an earthquake and a volcano related sites |
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| | Bloomberg.com: Asia |
| | There were reports of damage to 38 buildings in Kyushu and in neighboring Shikoku and the injuries occurred mostly in Kyushu and Okinawa, the Fire Disaster Management Agency said on its Web site in its latest advisory. | | | Winds of 90 kph extend as far as 280 kilometers from the center of Nabi, which means butterfly in Korean, the Japanese agency said. | | | Seven people were injured, about 47,000 homes evacuated, hundreds of flights canceled and oil shipments were stopped as Typhoon Nabi crossed Kyushu. |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=atsGCOmy7gp4&refer=asia
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| | Kikai, Kyushu, Japan |
| | Machida, H., and Arai, F., 1983, Extensive ash falls in and around the Sea of Japan from large late Quaternary eruptions: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. | | | Eruptions since 6,300 years ago have been bimodal with several silicic vents and one basalt vent forming. | | | The volcanic explosivity index for the eruption was 7 (there have only been three other VEI=7 eruptions in the last 10,000 years: |
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| | Kyushu |
| | The monkees were running between the humans and you could experience their couriosity: Everytime you put your hand into a bag or your pockets, they came very close and tried to find out, what you were picking up. | | | We had to execute a two week system test at OMRON Nogata Factory in Kyushu, the southmost of Japan's four main islands. | | | During the weekend we took a trip around and got a lot of impressions about the beautiful nature: Volcanos, geysirs, hot springs, green forests, wild monkees. |
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http://www.isis.de/members/~hegemanns/kyushu.htm
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| | Japan Omnibus - Sightseeing - Kyushu |
| | The port city of Nagasaki was the only place where contact with Dutch and Portuguese traders was allowed for some 200 years. | | | There are several active volcanoes on the island as well as many onsen (hot spring) resorts. | | | The island can be roughly divided into three parts: northern, central and southern Kyushu. |
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http://www.japan-zone.com/omnibus/kyushu.shtml
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| | Escorted tour of Kyushu Japan |
| | not just Honshu but also the mountainous island of Kyushu. |
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| | JTW |
| | You will also have your own ‘tutor’, a Japanese student who will be on hand to help you settle in. | | | As long as you have the motivation, JTW has the flexibility to allow you to plan your own course of studies for an experience of living in Japan you will never forget. | | | At Kyushu University there are now 17,500 students taking a wide variety of courses supervised by a total of 2,350 academic staff. |
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| | Kyushu - Wikitravel |
| | The terrain is generally mountainous with very fertile valleys much like the rest of Japan, except for the wide plain area at the top of the island - the location of the largest cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. | | | This page was last modified 05:28, 9 Dec 2005 by Colin Jensen. | | | The islands of Okinawa, leading southwest of Japan to Taiwan, are sometimes considered a part of Kyushu, although administratively they form a separate prefecture and the culture has little in common. |
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http://wikitravel.org/en/Kyushu
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| | Kyushu |
| | Kyushu is Japan's third largest island, located southwest of the main island Honshu. | | | An early center of Japanese civilization, Kyushu offers many historic treasures, modern cities and natural beauty. | | | The Sanyo Shinkansen connects Kyushu's two largest cities Kitakyushu (Kokura Station) and |
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| | Fukuoka : An Expats' Guide |
| | Himejima A tiny fishing village on a remote island off the Kyushu coast. | | | "Tower, Tower on the shore, who is the trendiest city of all (or in-this-part-of-northern Kyushu at the very least...)" | | | If the 'quake had been worse, how well would Fukuoka have coped? |
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| | Star Trek: U.S.S. Kyushu - Star Trek from Japan |
| | But this ship was destroyed also when Locutus attacked Earth ("The Best of Both Worlds, Part I and II") and one of the 39 destroyed ships in the "Battle of Wolf 359". | | | Why "Kyushu?" Encyclopedia notes "named for one of the four main islands of Japan." New Orleans-class. | | | The figure of the ship appeared in "graveyard" scene. |
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| | NAUI Diving Courses, NAUI ITC, Tours and Packages and Dive Travel in Kumamoto Kyushu, Japan |
| | This website has been designed for all scuba diving enthusiasts and for people who would like to start a great outdoor activity. | | | Let us be your guide and your trainer into another way of life, be it for the observation and preservation of the underwater world or to develop a certain aspect of well being while getting into three dimensional motion. | | | If you are residents in Japan or simply plan to come visit on holiday, you might wish to have a look at some other Japanese wonders: the southern underwater landscapes of Kyushu and Okinawa. |
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| | Kyushu Map |
| | This map includes the whole of Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan, and many outlying islands, right down to Okinawa. | | | Buy this map - Or use the map order form. | | | "THE MAP" - Order form - Samples - Keys: Japan - Hokkaido - Tohoku - Kanto - Chubu - Kinki - Chugoku - Shikoku - Kyushu |
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http://imaginatorium.org/shop/map10key.htm
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| | Kyushu hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Japan, by All-Hotels(tm) |
| | Filling in the dates causes an availability search which takes a little longer and therefore wastes time if that's not what you need. | | | Hotels Directory : World / East Asia / Japan / Kyushu Hotels | | | To help you find a hotel, we have divided Kyushu into 8 areas - from Beppu to Oita. |
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http://www.all-hotels.com/east_asia/japan/kyushu/home.htm
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| | EO Newsroom: New Images - Ariake Sea, Kyushu, Japan |
| | EO Newsroom: New Images - Ariake Sea, Kyushu, Japan | | | If links are broken we recommend starting again from the Earth Observatory Homepage. | | | Click here to view full image (1014 kb) |
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| | Kyushu University |
| | YALE CENTER for INTERNATIONAL and AREA STUDIES (YCIAS) | | | NOTE: We are also currently working with Kyushu University in offering a summer intensive program. | | | NOTE: Any student planning to apply for the JTW or ATW program at Kyushu must first discuss the program with a Light Fellowship advisor. |
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| | RIAM Free Surface/Interface Dynamics Home Page in English |
| | This Section also holds the concurrent chair of Ocean Systems Dynamics in the Department of Earth System Science and Technology at Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Kyushu University. | | | Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (April 6 - 9, 2003, at Le Croisic, FRANCE) | | | Nonlinear interactions of a moving body with ambient waves |
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| | Study Abroad Summer in Japan |
| | The field seminar provides a unique opportunity for students to conduct field studies and research on a variety of critical issues facing Japan's environment, culture and economy. | | | Call 342-1674 to enroll now-limited to 7 students | | | The trip is designed to cover various regions of Japan, examining physical and cultural differences and likenesses among outer regions and such well-known areas as Tokyo and Osaka. |
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| | Computing and Communications Center |
| | The Center is also working on digitalization of academic resources in cooperation with the University Library. | | | The Computing and Communications Center, reorganized in 2000, provides high performance computing resources and academic databases for university researchers all over Japan, supports the education using multimedia equipments within Kyushu University, and manages the communications infrastructure of the university. | | | The Center will give presentations and demos at the research exhibit booth #1128 in SC05(Seattle, US). |
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| | Kyushu Institute of Design Visual Communication Design |
| | To have such ability, students must study the relationship between image technology (both traditional and advanced) and human characteristic in the field of visual communication. | | | Kyushu Institute of Design - Visual Communication Design |
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| | Kyushu Electronics Develops 30FPS VoIP Software for PDAs |
| | The software features voice and video compression that works at one-tenth the size of current programs on the market, and is fast enough to achieve smooth 30 fps videophone communications with a 400kbps Internet connection. | | | All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced on this site belong to their respective companies. | | | A Japanese company named Kyushu Electronics Systems has developed a software application that can turn a standard PDA into a VoIP phone terminal. |
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http://mobilemag.com/content/100/103/C2822
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