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The MIT-Japan Program has announced the establishment of the Patricia Gercik Memorial Fund. The endowed fund will provide supplemental stipends to students seeking internships in Japan.Gercik served as managing director of the MIT-Japan Program for a

Date Time Toward Zoonosis Control through Preemption: Research Center for Zoonosis Control This article was published in the Autumn 2020 issue of Litterae Populi. The full list of articles can be found here. When, where, and how do pathogens creep into our daily lives? We are committed to safeguarding human health against the threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. HUCZC faculty with international students from Zambia and elsewhere (at an HUCZC lab). From front right: Hiroshi Ki...

( A to K) Viral load in upper respiratory tract of the 11 patients with COVID-19 at various time points as measured by RT–quantitative PCR (qPCR) (blue symbols). SARS-CoV-2–neutralizing antibody titers in serum/plasma for six severe (A to F; red symbols) and five mild (G to K; green symbols) COVID-19 patients at various time points as determined by PRNT50. ( L to O) Cytokine levels (L, IL-6; M, IL-8; N, MCP-1; and O, MIP-1β) of fourfold diluted plasma/serum samples at various time points...

Mar 7, 2021 OSAKA – Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, renewable energy in Japan is no longer on the margins of official debate. Instead, it has become an integral part of government policy, corporate strategy and public interest in realizing economic, as well as environmental, goals. Though difficult cost and technology challenges remain, raising concerns about pricier electricity bills and stabil...

Michito Tsuruoka, Associate Professor, Keio University Céline Pajon, Senior Fellow and Head of Japan Research, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and Senior Fellow, Japan Program, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Associate Senior Policy Fellow, Asia Programme, ECFR Chaired by Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp, Visiting Fellow for Japan, Asia Programme, ECFR The past four years have been a difficult ti...