JSPS Quarterly No.42 2012

Information

About JSPS

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

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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
5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083
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
2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 1050,
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA
Tel: +1-202-659-8190 Fax: +1-202-659-8199
E-mail: info@jspsusa.org
http://www.jspsusa.org/

● JSPS San Francisco Office
2001 Addison Street, Suite 260,
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: info@jsps-bonn.de
http://www.jsps-bonn.de/

● JSPS London Office
14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD, UK
Tel: +44-20-7255-4660 Fax: +44-20-7255-4669
E-mail: enquire@jsps.org
http://www.jsps.org/

● JSPS Stockholm Office
Retzius Vag 3, S171 77 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Tel: +46-8-5248-4561 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: +33-3-6885-2017 Fax: +33-3-6885-2014
E-mail: jsps@japon.u-strasbg.fr
http://jsps.u-strasbg.fr/

● JSPS Bangkok Offices
No. 1016/1, 10^th Fl., Serm-Mit Tower,
159 Sukhumvit Soi 21,
Bangkok 10110, THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-661-6533 Fax: +66-2-661-6535
E-mail: bkk02@jsps-th.org
http://www.jsps-th.org/

● JSPS Beijing Office
616 Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
33 Beisihuan Xilu, Zhongguancun,
Beijing 100190, P. R. CHINA
Tel: +86-10-6253-8332 Fax: +86-10-6253-8664
E-mail: beijing@jsps.org.cn
http://www.jsps.org.cn/

● JSPS Cairo Research Station
9 Al-Kamel Muhammad Street,
Flat No.4, Zamalek, Cairo, EGYPT
Tel & Fax: +20-2-27363752
E-mail: webmaster@jspscairo.com
http://jspscairo.com/

● JSPS Nairobi Research Station
Plot No.30, Bernard Estate, Off James Gichuru Road,
Maji Mazuri Road to El Molo Drive, Lavington, Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: +254-20-4348000
E-mail: jsps1@africaonline.co.ke
http://www.jspsnairobi.org/

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