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Apartment in Japan: Things that foreign students must know
Looking for an apartment in Japan can be complicated for foreign students because of the difference in renting system, the language limitation, and the way how Japanese view the foreigner itself. In case of Okayama University, if you're coming alone and this is your first time to Japan, you can ask your professor to enroll you into Okayama University student dormitory. The monthly rent is cheap, it gives you a community consists of 100% foreigners to start with, and more importantly it gives you time to prepare yourself before actually involved with the Japanese community. Unfortunately, when ... [Read more]
Posted on: Jul 11, 2011
Filed under category: Japan
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The cost for capturing the light
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Is Okayama University Mediocre?
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Science
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Clarifying the microscopic structure and movement of water
While being so near to us, water is the most puzzling substance in our life. After 40 years of research works on the mysterious movement of water with the help of computer simulation and the advance of analysis skill, have we actually found a new story that can tell us more about water? It has been four decades since A. Rahman and F. Stillinger run molecular dynamics simulation for the first time [1], and the first subject they chose for that simulation was none other but water. We all know that water is the most essential liquid for life. On the other hand, despite of having a very simple molecule ... [Read more]
Posted on: Mar 15, 2012
Filed under category: Chemistry
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Computer
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Pop-up Japanese dictionary for Firefox and Chrome
Kamus Bahasa Jepang Otomatis untuk Firefox dan Chrome
Rikaichan and Rikaikun are add-on/extension for Firefox and Chrome web browser whose function is to quickly search and display the translation of a Japanese word in other languages when the users hover their mouse over a Japanese text displayed on a web page. If you are a foreign student in Japan, it is most likely that you often encountered a situation where you're looking for an information, reading a message, or filling an online application form on a website, which are completely written in Japanese. If you've never learned Japanese before, you are out of luck. But if you have some basic knowledge ... [Read more]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2011
Filed under category: Web Browser
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