Komaba Festival Open Lecture 2012
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Rare Earth Mud in Minamitorishima Island Will Save Japan
Despite the rare earth elements are significant resources for high-tech industry in Japan, China corners the production. This lecture explains why such monopoly happens and proposes a resource strategy for Japan which regards mud in the depth of the sea around Tahiti, Hawaii, and Minamitorishima island holding rare earth minerals. Moreover, current situation of investigation and development of th…
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Techniques of Japanese Colloquial Style Novels
Japanese colloquial style novels were born in Meiji era around 1887 by Shimei Futabatei and Bimyo Yamada. This lecture looks down upon its history which has been attracting many people from Meiji era to today. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
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Should Foreign Diplomacy Be in Accord with Public Opinion?
Is it plausible that new government after a political power shift can change previous foreign diplomacy? Basically the government’s policy should regard public opinion in the democratic society. However, if the public opinion against previous foreign diplomacy and then the government obeys people and change it, the decision may terrify international relationships such as a case of the democratic …
Dynamism of Tourism: Case of Hawaii
Hawaii is one of famous resort spots. Every year, approximately 7 million visitors that are equivalent to 6 times of population in Hawaii have been to there, and 1 million of the number come from Japan. Many media feature Hawaii's blue ocean, beautiful sky, rich green and unique culture though, tourism causes many issues such as pollution and running up of immovables. In this lecture explores sen…
Nanotechnological Magical bullets: Challenge of DDS for Cancer Cure
Drug Delivery System (DDS) has been developed for bringing out appropriate quantity of medicine on specific area in the human body at the best timing. DDS aims to deliver medicine through blood vessels to specific cells especially for cancer treatment. This lecture introduces key concepts of the challenge that seems like to make magical bullets or to deliver human on the moon. NOTE: …
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