Tsukuba: Japan’s “Science City”

Today we had the opportunity to visit three different exhibition facilities in Tsukuba. Tsukuba is a small city about 45 min from Tokyo. It is known as a center for research and innovation as it accommodates about 19000 researchers (40% of Japan’s total). Our visit included the Science Square Tsukuba and the Geological Museum by … Continue reading "Tsukuba: Japan’s “Science City”"

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Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited

Today, on the 5th October, our first company visit was at Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited, or as the Japanese call it Shutoko. Shutoko is the owner of all the expressways(in Dutch: autowegen) in the metropole of Tokyo and is founded in 1959 with the purpose to built and maintain expressways in Tokyo for the 1964 … Continue reading "Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited"

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