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2 days ago · In 1899, Kyoto Imperial Medical University (the predecessor of Kyoto Imperial University) was established with eight departments and six specialties, including departments of anatomy, medical chemistry, physiology, and public health, and two departments for internal medicine and surgery (Committee for the 100-Year Anniversary Album of the Faculty of Medicine, 2004).
1 day ago · The Meiji Restoration ( Japanese: 明治維新, romanized : Meiji Ishin ), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御維新, Goisshin), and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
1 day ago · The use of microprogramming in electronic transistor computers dates back to 1961, with the KT-Pilot, an early microprogram-controlled electronic computer developed by Kyoto University and Toshiba in Japan.
Jul 6, 2024 · The capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years (from 794 to 1868), Kyōto (literally, “Capital City”) has been called a variety of names through the centuries—Heian-kyō (“Capital of Peace and Tranquillity”), Miyako (“The Capital”), and Saikyō (“Western Capital”), its name after the Meiji Restoration (1868) when the imperial household moved to Tokyo.
Jul 11, 2024 · Kyoto University is a public university located in Kyoto and is the second oldest university in Japan. It has three campuses, namely the Yoshida campus, the Uji campus, and the Katsaura campus. It is one of the former Imperial Universities and was known as Kyoto Imperial University.
1 day ago · It is named after a philosophy professor at Kyoto University, Nishida Kitaro, who when tired of grappling with complex problems about the nature of reality and man’s place in the universe, would refresh himself with a brisk constitutional walk among Kyoto’s most scenic spots.
Jul 6, 2024 · The economy. Industry. Kyōto is a city of thousands of medium and small industries, many of them family owned and operated. Traditional handicrafts abound, and their manufacture for the tourist trade is an important element of Kyōto’s economic life.
