Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate who is to serve as president of the planned institute, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, to mark the start of construction of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's main campus, scheduled to open around 2012.

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  • 2007/4/06 00:00:00
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