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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Playwright Juro Kara

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Japanese playwright Juro Kara speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka in March 2005 after being appointed as a guest professor at Kinki University. Its English name was changed to Kindai University in 2016.(Kyodo)

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Bone broth from cultured tuna used for cup noodle

TOKYO, Japan - Acecook Co. and Kinki University announce on Dec. 1, 2014, the limited sale of 1.5 million cups of instant noodles featuring broth made from the backbones of farm-raised "Kindai tuna," the university brand of bluefin tuna bred in a complete cycle of culture ranging from eggs to adult tuna.

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Trebling output of 'Kindai tuna' in FY 2020 eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Miyashita (2nd from L), head of the Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory, shows a certificate to recognize Toyota Tsusho Corp.-raised bluefin tuna as "Kindai tuna," the university brand tuna, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. They plan to increase yearly output of tuna to 6,000 in fiscal 2020.

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University students harvest mangos

KAINAN, Japan - Students of Kinki University harvest mangos at the university farm in the town of Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. About 1 ton of mangos will be sent to markets in Osaka under the brand name of ''Kindai Mango'' (Kinki University Mango) through September.

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University-initiated fish business going swimmingly

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A researcher at A-Marine Kindai in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, checks cultivated fish ''kue,'' a kind of grouper.

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COVID-19 vaccination at companies

Students at Kindai University line up to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2021. COVID-19 mass vaccinations at some Japanese universities for their students and employees began the same day.

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Japan's Kinki Univ. changes English name to avoid embarrassment

A ceremony is held April 1, 2016, to unveil a new nameplate of Kindai University in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. In a move aimed at sparing its students and faculty embarrassment, the private university ditched its former English name, "Kinki University" -- with "Kinki" pronounced identically to "kinky" -- for a more benign moniker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discarded bluefin tuna skin made into leather products

Women hold a wallet (far L) made from the skin of farmed bluefin tuna as well as cosmetics products made by extracting high-purity unheated collagen from the skin, at Kindai University in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture on May 19, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Discarded bluefin tuna skin made into leather products

Photo taken May 19, 2017, at Kindai University in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, shows a wallet made from the skin of farmed bluefin tuna. The university pioneered artificial farming of the tuna, a pricy delicacy served as sushi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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University-initiated fish business going swimmingly

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A researcher at A-Marine Kindai in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, checks cultivated fish ''kue,'' a kind of grouper. (Kyodo)

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COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Japanese universities

Students at Kindai University line up to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2021. COVID-19 mass vaccinations at some Japanese universities for their students and employees began the same day.

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University students harvest mangos

KAINAN, Japan - Students of Kinki University harvest mangos at the university farm in the town of Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. About 1 ton of mangos will be sent to markets in Osaka under the brand name of ''Kindai Mango'' (Kinki University Mango) through September. (Kyodo)

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Bone broth from cultured tuna used for cup noodle

TOKYO, Japan - Acecook Co. and Kinki University announce on Dec. 1, 2014, the limited sale of 1.5 million cups of instant noodles featuring broth made from the backbones of farm-raised "Kindai tuna," the university brand of bluefin tuna bred in a complete cycle of culture ranging from eggs to adult tuna. (Kyodo)

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Trebling output of 'Kindai tuna' in FY 2020 eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Miyashita (2nd from L), head of the Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory, shows a certificate to recognize Toyota Tsusho Corp.-raised bluefin tuna as "Kindai tuna," the university brand tuna, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. They plan to increase yearly output of tuna to 6,000 in fiscal 2020. (Kyodo)

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (C) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (L) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (C) bows at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. University officials apologized after at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (L) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Tuna-shaped mask cover

Photo taken May 7, 2020, shows a papercraft mask cover in the shape of a tuna designed from a pattern shared online by Kindai University in the western Japan city of Higashiosaka. The university, which in 2002 became the first institution in the world to completely farm-raise bluefin tuna, created the mask cover to "bring laughter" to people requested to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna-shaped mask cover

Photo taken May 7, 2020, shows a papercraft mask cover in the shape of a tuna designed from a pattern shared online by Kindai University in the western Japan city of Higashiosaka. The university, which in 2002 became the first institution in the world to completely farm-raise bluefin tuna, created the mask cover to "bring laughter" to people requested to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

An entrance ceremony for Kindai University is held in Osaka on April 4, 2020, with no fresh students attending amid the spread of the new coronavirus. The students watched the ceremony via YouTube video. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kindai University's farmed tuna

Photo taken in Tokyo on July 23, 2019, shows some tuna sashimi from fish that Kindai University in Osaka farmed and fed on an artificial diet. Kindai University has pioneered the farming of bluefin tuna, which is known as "Kindai Tuna". (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japan food export fair opens in Chiba

Employees of Toyota Tsusho Corp. promote "Kindai Tuna," a farmed bluefin tuna brand, and other products to a visitor of a booth set up by the trading company at an export fair for Japanese foods, which opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba east of Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo