Opening Ceremony of Vestiges of their Hearts: A photography exhibition on Japan's Tohoku region by Jorel Chan

Development & Current Landscape of Judo in Singapore: Our History, Present & Future by A/Prof Fabian Lim, Mr Yeo Chin Seng and Mr Muhammad Azfar Ali

JCC Cinema 54: Tada's Do-It-All House: Disconcerto

West Coast Earth Hour 2017

Playful times, playful computing: A lecture on interactive media by Dr Yuichiro Katsumoto

Japanese Traditional Music Concert at Woodlands Regional Library

Performance at Cheshire Home and Assisi Hospice

JUGAS Academic Talk: Entrepreneurship Journey & Investor

Ambassador’s Visit to Super Rugby Game

Visit to Japan Rail Café

Visit by High School Students from Toyama Prefecture

Visit by Kanazawa Hakka from Ishikawa Prefecture

Ambassador’s Visit to KYO-Project Exhibition

Visit by Delegates from the Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST)

Visit by Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Visit by Seitoku Elementary School Students

Visit to Blossom Bliss at Gardens by the Bay

Visit by Professional Igo Players

Deputy Chief of Mission's Visit to Super Rugby Game

Super Rugby 2017

Catch SUNWOLVES, the Japanese team that will be participating in the 2017 Super Rugby, in the last one game in Singapore at National Stadium in May! (Click here to read more)

3rd Match in Singapore
Date: 19:55, 20th May 2017
Sunwolves vs Sharks

HSBC World Rugby Sevens 2016/17 Series

Singapore will be hosting the 8th tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on 15 & 16 April 2017. A total of 16 international teams, including Japan, will participate in the 2016/17 Series, which kicked off in Dubai this month. (Click to read more)

School Entrance Ceremony

Niponica 2017 No. 20

Niponica is a web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. The latest No. 20 issue talks about Railway Journey Across Japan:

1. Dream Railway Journey
2. Attendants for Train Travel
3. COOL Trains Art Trains
4. Train Travel Today: Greater Comfort and Safety
5. Riding in Warmth
6. Tasty Japan: Time to Eat! Onigiri
7. Strolling Japan - Moji
8. Souvenirs of Japan - Kutsushita

The Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum

Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum) was established in 2004 by Koji Omi, the former Minister of Finance, the former Minister of State for S&T Policy for Okinawa and Northern Territorial Affairs, and the former Minister of State of Economic Planning, for the purpose of providing a platform to world leaders in the fields of policymaking, academia and industry to gather and discuss how to deal with science and technology issue from a long term-perspective, i.e. 100 years to 500 years, for the future of the humankind.

Annual Meeting 2017 will be held on October 1, 2 and 3, 2017 in Kyoto.

Finding the cause of a bow-shaped feature on Venus

On February In December 2015, the longwave-infrared (LIR) camera mounted on the Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" discovered a bow-shaped feature stretching about 10,000 km in a north-south direction. This pattern remained in nearly the same place over the observation period of four days, without being affected by the easterly wind (super-rotation) in the Venus atmosphere. Examination using numerical simulations suggested that turbulence in the lower atmosphere generates waves that propagate through the atmosphere. The waves propagate north and...(Click to read more)

GCOM-W: Sea Ice Hits Record Low

Global sea ice extent hit record low, according to observations from Shizuku on Global Change Observation Mission on January 14, 2017. It is all time low in the history of satellite observation that started in 1978, JAXA continues operation of Shizuku and GCOM-C and monitoring arctic sea ice extent, off the coast of Greenland Sea and the rest of the arctic circle.

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Two cameras on Akatsuki pause observations

JAXA decides that two of five cameras on-board Akatsuki (1-μm and 2-μm cameras, IR1 and IR2) pause scientific observations. Other cameras (longwave-infrared camera, ultraviolet imager, and lightening and airglow camera) continue normal operation. Although scientific observations by IR1 and IR2 are paused, JAXA continues investigation of possible recovery of two cameras. Attempts of switching ON these cameras will regularly be...(Click to read more)

Announcement on the initiation of the experiment consuming probiotics (Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota) on the International Space Station

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (Yakult) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have been jointly researching the effect of probiotics on the human immune system and intestinal microbiota in a microgravity environment*1 since FY2014. This joint research aims to contribute to maintaining and improving the health and performance of astronauts. It is also intended to make contributions toward promoting human health in general by utilizing...(Click to read more)

Call for proposal of General Trial Use projects for Kcomputer

A new call for proposal of the General Trial Use has been opened to encourage challenges to scientific innovation using K computer. Applicants for the The General Trial Use are assumed to verify their codes running, and prepare full-fledged usage of K computer. This call is opened to the world academic...(Click to read more)

HOPE Meeting participants visit Wako campus

On March 2, about 110 doctoral students and young researchers from both Japan and the Asia-Pacific and African regions, came to RIKEN’s Wako campus as part of the four-day 9th HOPE Meeting, which is part of a program organized by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) since 2008. After listening to an introduction to RIKEN from Executive Director Shigeharu Kato and Honorary Scientist Yuji Kamiya, they were split into ten groups and given tours of laboratories at RIKEN. It was...(Click to read more)

Probing the stability of photosynthesis

Synthetic systems that reveal and reproduce some of the secrets of how nature uses sunlight to split water have been developed by RIKEN researchers. Scientists have long dreamed of being able to efficiently split water into its constituents elements—oxygen and hydrogen. Such technology would provide a green, cost-effective way to produce hydrogen, which many consider to be the fuel of the future. But the weak link in current...(Click to read more)

Lighting up drug discovery

Some proteins can be most uncooperative. Some refuse to form nice crystals for analysis by x-ray crystallography, others are too insoluble for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), while still others—including some of great interest for their role in disease—can be isolated only in trace amounts. Researchers at RIKEN have developed a new way to study these problematic proteins and their interactions with small molecules, a discovery that could greatly...(Click to read more)

RIKEN and NTU Singapore collaborate in human biology research to develop innovative healthcare solutions

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Japan’s flagship research institute in the natural sciences RIKEN are working together to advance research in human biology. The two top research institutions in Asia aim to leverage their deep scientific expertise and state-of-the-art research facilities to establish a joint research centre each in Singapore and Japan...(Click to read more)

RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)

The RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project has been launched since April 2016 with the subsidy for “Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform Project (AIP) -Artificial Intelligence/ Big Data/ Internet of Things/ Cybersecurity-.” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Our center aims to achieve scientific breakthrough and to contribute to...(Click to read more)

SIP* —Infrastructure Maintenance, Renovation and Management— “The 7th Exit Strategies Conference; Promoting Practical Application and Commercialization of Infra-Management Technologies for Society”

SIP “Infrastructure Maintenance, Renovation and Management” (Program Director (PD): Prof. FUJINO Yozo, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Yokohama National University) focuses on matching “the needs of maintenance and management of civil infrastructures, such as roads, railways, ports and airports,” with “technology...(Click here to read more)

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for implementation of SDGs

In September, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that comprise of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. The SDGs provide the universal goals to the issues the world including Japan and the humanity faces. The goals and targets of the SDGs are relevant to the implementation of Super Smart Society, “Society 5.0”, set by the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan as a major pillar of...(Click here to read more)

Nanotechnology and Materials R&D in Japan (2015): An Overview and Analysis／CRDS-FY2015-XR-07

The field of “nanotechnology and materials” is built on nanoscience based on fundamental sciences such as materials science, optics, life science, information science, and mathematical science. Nanoscience has been developed as science dealing with phenomena occurring at the nanoscale. Common basic technologies (manufacturing, measurements, and simulations) are structured on nanoscience, and applications of these technologies to materials lead to development of devices and components. Also, they...(Click here to read more)

(Global Technology Comparison on specific topics）A Comparative Study on Space Technology in the World（2015）／CRDS-FY2016-CR-02

This is the third G-TeC study of space technology, following previous studies published by JST / CRDS in 2011 and 2013. In the two years since the previous study, the number of launch and satellite 2014 and 2015 has been summarized for this evaluation. There was a total of 179 rocket launches around the world over these two years, with a total of 472 satellites, including communications broadcasting satellites, earth observation satellites...(Click here to read more)

(Overseas Research Report）Innovation through knowledge transfer in Germany, United States, United Kingdom and France／CRDS-FY2016-OR-012

Recently, governments have been required to maximize possible outcome of their investment by making efforts for designing a scheme to close the gap between concept and commercialisation. Having in mind "translational research" that bridges such a gap and drive forward innovation, the report has explored the roles and performances of schemes in 4 countries: Germany, the US, the UK and France. The report examined 5 case...(Click here to read more)

Commencement of Phase 1 Trial for the Mutant IDH1 Inhibitor (DS-1001) Targeting Malignant Brain Tumors

Tokyo, Japan (March 1, 2017) – The National Cancer Center of Japan and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced a collaboration to develop an inhibitor for mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH1 (DS-1001) as a new molecular targeting drug for malignant brain tumors (gliomas)*1 and the commencement of a first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial*2...(Click here to read more)

Update of AMED-A*STAR Joint call for Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP)

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) in Collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR) held AMED-A*STAR Joint call for proposal on Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) in ageing research area from October 18, 2016 to December 19, 2016. The results of selection will be notified at the end of April to beginning of May 2017. (Click here to read more)

Guide book "Student Guide to Japan"

"Student Guide to Japan" is an essential book for international students planning to study in Japan.

(Click to read more: English | Mandarin)

Pamphlet on Scholarship for International Students in Japan 2016-2017

"Scholarships for International Students in Japan 2016-2017" contains details about scholarships provided by various organisations that have responded to a questionnaire survey carried out by JASSO. (Click here to read more)

Free student counselling at the Embassy of Japan

Our new Student Advisor Ms Regina provides free student counselling for people interested in studying in Japan. The counselling will be held at the Embassy of Japan, 16 Nassim Road, Singapore 258390. No appointment is necessary. Please call 62358855 if you have any queries. There will be no counselling sessions on Embassy holidays. (Click here to read more)

Job Hunting Guide for International Students

Job Hunting Guide for International Students 2018 was released by Japan Student Service Organisation (JASSO). (Click here to read more)

Japan Alumni eNews Vol. 95 March 10th, 2017

Japan Student Service Organisation (JASSO) publishes Japan Alumni eNews every month. The contents are as follows:

1. Life in Japan by Photo
2. Alumni News
3. Academic News
4. Business News (Job Hunting)
5. Visit Japan
6. NIPPON Information
7. JASSO News
8. From the Editor

Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU)

The Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) is used to evaluate whether international students who wish to study at the undergraduate level at universities or other such higher educational institutions in Japan possess the Japanese language skills and the basic academic abilities needed to study at those institutions. (Guidelines for the 2017 EJU | (Click here to read more))

Study in Japan Fair

JASSO holds Study in Japan Fairs outside Japan with participation of Japanese universities to provide information on study in Japan to high school students, university students and educators.

Target: High school students, university students and graduate students.
Exhibitors: Japanese universities
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Search for Japanese schools (graduate schools, universities and junior colleges)

Information related to application qualifications, major field of studies, medium of instruction and on-campus scholarships of Japanese graduate schools, universities and junior colleges is available for searching through Excel files posted online. (Click here to read more)

Study in English at Japanese university

Formulation of “the Plan for Creation of Future Society by Science, Technology and Innovation”

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) plays a central role of create science, technology and innovation policies and has responsibility for National Research and Development Agencies(NRDA) and universities who play a vital role to develop human resources and education. MEXT hereby announces “the Plan for Creation of Future Society by Science, Technology and Innovation” which outlines issues to be addressed in the mid-term in addition to implementation measures in the short-term. (Click here to read more)

Working Group on Mobility of Higher Education and Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education among ASEAN Plus Three Countries

In recent years, there has been extraordinary progress on efforts promoting international collaboration to facilitate higher education mobility among the ASEAN Plus Three countries. Such efforts include the launching of the ASEAN Plus Three University Network (AUN), ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) and the CAMPUS Asia project. (Click here to read more)

EDU-Port Japan

EDU-Port Japan is a public-private, nationwide initiative to proactively disseminate Japanese-style education overseas by providing a platform from which the public and private sectors collaborate in achieving this objective. The platform is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and many other organizations including NGOs and private businesses.
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The Eleventh International MANGA Award is now launched!

Show us your manga artwork and be honoured at this year's 11th International Manga Award! Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Foundation honour manga artists who contribute and promote the spread and exchange of manga internationally. Do not miss the chance to win this prestigious award and further your artistic capabilities! (Click here to read more)