"Biomass Nippon Strategy" has been revised by the Japanese Cabinet in March 2006, and it will be soon the year of 2008, the primal appointed implementation period of Kyoto Protocol.

To hand down this beautiful earth to our posterity, BioFuels World Committee proudly present the symposium, Exposition, BioFuels World, focusing on efficient use of biomass resources in Southeast Asia, and would like to build a momentum for further advancement of biofuels by creating an opportunity for all such as engineers, technical experts and researchers, who are involved in and interested in biofuels and their related technologies.

Kyoto University founded the Center for iPS Cell Research and Applicationt (CiRA) under the auspices of the iCeMS in January 2008 to further advance iPS cell research and applications.
The CiRA, in collaboration with other departments in Kyoto University such as the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences and the Graduate School of Medicine, aims at clinical applications of iPS cells at the earliest stage possible.
It also provides information on iPS cell protocol and so on at the website.

Website of CiRA
http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cira/e/index.html

Website of Kyoto University
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en

Panasonic's EVOLTA battery robot scaled a 530 meter cliff at the Grand Canyon, on 24 May 2008. The robot was designed by robot creater Tomotaka Takahashi, ROBO-GARAGE.

Robot powered by long lasting batteries scales Grand Canyon
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080526p2a00m0na024000c.html
[From the article of May 26, 2008 : Mainichi Daily News]

Website of Panasonic [Japanese]
http://evolta.jp/

Website of ROBO-GARAGE
http://www.robo-garage.com/english/index.html

(Provided by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)