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Construction started at New Campus
On January 15, Kyudai held the 'groundbreaking' ceremony of the research and education buildings on New Campus at West Ward, Fukuoka City. About 100 people attended the ceremony. President Kajiyama said, "I strongly believe we need this New Campus to become a university with creative research and development in the competitive global era. I would like to ask your understanding and cooperation for our relocation for the New Campus as well as the promotion of Kyushu University Science City Plan (tentative name)." After the congratulatory addresses of guests, President Kajiyama, Mr. Taka, Deputy Director-General, Department of Facilities Planning and Administration, MEXT, a Deputy-Governor of Fukuoka prefecture and Mayors from neighboring cities and towns "broke the ground" to wish for the safety of the buildings.
The buildings to be constructed are called Research and Education building for EngineeringⅡ andⅢ. It is a 9-story building and has an area of 45,000m2. The construction will be finished in March 2005, and opened for the fall semester, 2005. The construction of the buildings and land improvement will be carried out at the same time, and all the relocation will be completed by 2014.
2002 Asian Science Seminar
From November 25 to December 5, Kyushu University and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) co-hosted an Asian Science Seminar titled "Law and the Open Society in Asia." This seminar was inaugurated by JSPS in 1992, to promote scientific advancement in the Asian region by introducing recent academic achievements in Japan to participating young Asian researchers. This was the first time, however, for it to be held in the field of social science.
At the Opening Ceremony on November 25, President Kajiyama and Mr. Koji Nakanishi, Executive Director of JSPS, gave greeting addresses in front of the 26 participants from Japan and nine Asian countries. Following them, keynote speeches and discussions were started on themes like “Comparative Law and Legal Culture” and “Religion and Law,” to examine issues concerning the need for legal reform and a better understanding of the role of law in developing a more open society in Asia.
In addition to the invited participants, as the auditors, international students studying in the LL.M. and YLP courses of the Law Department also participated in the seminar and held active discussions.
