JSPS Quarterly No.18 2006

Information

About JSPS

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) was established as an independent administrative institution to perform the following main functions: fund scientific research, foster researchers, and promote international scientific exchange.

Crowing Rooster, Emblem of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

From days of old in Japan, it has been the belief that the vigorous cry of the rooster in the gray of the morning augurs the coming of a new and bright day. As the crowing rooster can therefore be thought of as a harbinger of the kind of new knowledge that promises a brilliant future for humankind, it was chosen as the emblem of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This emblem was designed in 1938 by Professor Sanzo Wada of Tokyo Fine Arts School to depict the rooster that symbolizes the breaking dawn in a verse composed by Emperor Showa.

For further information on JSPS's organization and programs, please visit our website [www.jsps.go.jp/english/], or mail or fax inquiries to JSPS Fellows Plaza using the address or fax number given below. JSPS Quarterly and our brochure may also be downloaded.

● JSPS Fellows Plaza
6 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471
Tel: +81-3-3263-1872 Fax: +81-3-3263-1854
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/

Information can also be obtained from our regional offices listed below.

● JSPS Washington Office
1800 K Street N.W., Suite 920,
Washington, D.C. 20006, USA
Tel: +1-202-659-8190 Fax: +1-202-659-8199
E-mail: webmaster@jspsusa.org
http://www.jspsusa.org/

● JSPS San Francisco Office
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 920,
Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
Tel: +1-510-665-1890 Fax: +1-510-665-1891
E-mail: webmaster@jspsusa-sf.org
http://www.jspsusa-sf.org/

● JSPS Bonn Office
Wissenschaftszentrum, Ahrstr. 58, 53175,
Bonn, GERMANY
Tel: +49-228-375050 Fax: +49-228-957777
E-mail: jsps-bonn@t-online.de
http://www.jsps-bonn.de/

● JSPS London Office
12 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DT, UK
Tel: +44-20-7629-3577 Fax: +44-20-7629-3588
E-mail: enquire@jsps.org
http://www.jsps.org/

● JSPS Stockholm Office
Retzius Vag 3, S171 77 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Tel: +46-8-5088-4561 Fax: +46-8-31-38-86
E-mail: info@jsps-sto.com
http://www.jsps-sto.com/

● JSPS Strasbourg Office
Maison Universitaire France-Japon
42a, avenue de la Forêt-Noire,
67000 Strasbourg, FRANCE
Tel: +33-3-9024-2017 Fax: +33-3-9024-2014
E-mail: jsps@japon.u-strasbg.fr
http://jsps.u-strasbg.fr/

● JSPS Bangkok Office
113 TWY Office Center, 10^th Fl., Serm-mit Tower,
159 Sukhumvit Soi 21,
Bangkok 10110, THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-661-6453 Fax: +66-2-661-6454
E-mail: bkk03@jsps-th.org
http://www.jsps-th.org/

● JSPS Cairo Research Station
9 Al-Kamel Muhammad Street,
Flat No.4, Zamalek, Cairo, EGYPT
Tel & Fax: +20-2-7363752
E-mail: webmaster@jspscairo.com
http://jspscairo.com/

● JSPS Nairobi Research Station
209/346/39 Riverside Drive Chiromo,
Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: +254-20-4442424 Fax: +254-20-4442112
E-mail: jsps1@africaonline.co.ke
http://www.jspsnairobi.org/

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Fax : +81-3-3263-1854.