YMO – Rydeen (80’s Techno Pop)

Do you know the artist called YMO? Perhaps not. Don’t worry. There are three members in YMO, namely HOSONO Haruomi(細野晴臣), SAKAMOTO Ryooichi(坂本龍一), TAKAHASHI Yukihiro(高橋幸宏).　Just listen to the following piece of music: Rydeen.
The video clip looks interesting enough to me. What do you think?  As far as Japanese techno pop is concerned, YMO is a legend!
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Good News for the liver transplant!

5月14日付けの東京新聞の一部を英訳したものです。広島大学の医学チームが肝移植術後の治療法に関して新しい発見をしたニュースです！
A research team led by Dr Oodan from Hiroshima University has developed a new post-transplant treatment for the liver cancer patient who has gone through a liver transplant. The new treatment works by injecting the patient one particular type of lymph cells extracted from the liver of the original donor. It is said to be quite effective in [...]

Decoding Kyoto （京都解読！）

Great project from Ritsumeikan-daigaku called ‘Decoding Kyoto’, which has been started with the following concept in mind: to get rid of the Japanese language barriers for the visitors to Kyoto from overseas so that they can get the first-hand street information of Kyoto.’ Good thinking, I thought. Perhaps, some university in Hiroshima could start the similar project?! However, the project [...]