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2007年9月号
巻頭特集
"Looking back on it now, what did my childhood reading do for me? Above all, it gave me pleasure and then laid the foundation for my later reading during adolescence. At times it gave me roots; at times it gave me wings. These roots and wings were a great help to me as I threw bridges out and in, expanding bit by bit and nurturing my own personal world."
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POLITICS Will the World Warm to Cool Earth 50?- In the lead-up to the Hokkaido Toyako Summit next year, Japan aims to mediate between nations with competing proposals to counter global warming and present a single "flexible and diverse" post-Kyoto Protocol initiative. This, writes Nakanishi Hiroshi, is an enormous task.
MONODZUKURI Bend It Like Sakima- Drawing both on his experience of living with disability and his skills as a seasoned metalworker, Sakima Tamotsu has invented unique and innovative artificial joints that have transformed the lives of elderly people, people with disabilities, and professional athletes alike. Tamura Mariko reports.
SCIENCE 2020 Vision
Nuclear-powered Hydrogen- The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is achieving important breakthroughs in its development of technology combining the high temperature gas-cooled reactor as an energy source and the thermochemical water-splitting IS process as a means for manufacturing hydrogen. Kubo Shinji of the Agency's Nuclear Science and Energy Directorate reports.
CULTURE CoFesta:
Code for Diversity and Cooperation- The 1st Japan International Contents Festival will be held in fall this year, beginning with the Tokyo Game Show 2007, held from September 20 to 23, and ending with the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 28. A collaborative effort between the government and the private sector, the Festival represents a brand new attempt to show the world everything the Japanese multimedia industry has to offer. Arakawa Ryu reports.
BEICHMAN'S BOOKSHELF Crossfire- Professor Janine Beichman reviews Miyabe Miyuki's Crossfire, "a thriller-cum-detective story driven by grand and universal themes."
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