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Kanazawa University‑Selected Team Wins Gold Medal at the International Mathematics Competition “Mathematics A‑day”

Kanazawa University A team from Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary School, which won the Grand Prize at the “Japan Mathematics A-lympiad”—a math contest organized by [...], and was recommended to represent Japan at the international math contest “Mathematics A-day,” participated in an event on March 13, 1 […]

登録日：2026-7-23

Kanazawa University The American Football Club Hosts a Disaster Prevention Festival at Morinosato Elementary School

登録日：2026-7-23

Exchange event held with Princeton University and other U.S. university students

On July 3, we held an exchange event with American college students participating in the PII (*) program being conducted in Ishikawa Prefecture. Twenty-three students from the PII program and 22 students from the Kanazawa University (including international students) participated. At the exchange event, Hase from Kanazawa University Vice President […]

登録日：2026-7-22

Researchers Uncover the Secret Behind Mold’s Ability to Break Through Plant Cell Walls
—A New Polymer in Filamentous Fungi Controls One of the Highest Turgor Pressures in the Living World—

An international team led by Naosuke Kumakura, Senior Researcher at the Plant Immunology Research Group, Center for Environmental Resource Science, RIKEN; Ken Shirasu, Group Director; Kanazawa University Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Frontier Engineering / Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI); and Yoshifumi Miyazawa Assistant Professor […]

登録日：2026-7-17

Announcement Regarding the Publication of the Reiwa 9 Academic Year Kanazawa University Admissions Guidelines

登録日：2026-7-17

New Technology Developed to “Examine” Cells Using Light Colors!— Visualizing the State of Molecular Aggregates Within Living Cells; Successfully Detecting Abnormalities Associated with Cancer Development —

登録日：2026-7-17

Researchers Successfully Detect 90% of Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancers Through Blood Tests

登録日：2026-7-16

Society with a Healthy Life Expectancy of 100 Years

Tackling “Aging” and “Diseases” Caused by “Aging Cells” Professor Yoshikazu Shiromura is conducting research aimed at elucidating the nature of “aging cells” at the molecular level and developing drugs effective against aging and age-related diseases. Our cells are subjected to stress from sources such as ultraviolet radiation and oxidation […]

登録日：2026-7-16

Experience the Real Thing and Shape the Future! “Cancer Research EEP 2026”: An Early Experience Program in Cancer Research for High School Students

登録日：2026-7-16

Relocation of the Noto Atmospheric Observation Super Site Wajima Station Completed; Opening Ceremony Held

On July 14, the Kanazawa University Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology held an opening ceremony to mark the completion of the relocation of the “Noto Atmospheric Observation Super Site—Wajima Station,” which had been damaged by the Reiwa 6 Oku-Noto heavy rains. The center is engaged in international cooperation regarding environmental changes associated with transboundary pollution […]

登録日：2026-7-15

Kanazawa University Students Visit the Mayor of Kanazawa City Before Their Study Program at the University at Buffalo

On July 8, 11 students and 2 faculty members from the Kanazawa University visited Kanazawa City Hall to pay a courtesy call on Mayor Taku Murayama. The students are scheduled to visit the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), located in Buffalo, New York—Kanazawa’s sister city—in August 2026 […]

登録日：2026-7-15

Oldest "Perilla genus" (,) seed impressions discovered on pottery from the early Jomon period

Kanazawa University Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources A joint research group led by Yuka Sasaki Associate Professor, Kenichi Kobayashi Professor of Chuo University, and visiting researcher Shihoko Nishimoto has discovered, from pottery dating to the early Jomon period (*) excavated at the Oshikakubo site in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the earliest evidence on the Japanese archipelago […]

登録日：2026-7-15

“ZATSUDAN NO CHIKARA: Considering the Future of Food Through Rice Flour — Toward Sustainable Food Systems” Held

On July 1, the Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative, as part of Project: AERU (*1), held the ZATSUDAN NO CHIKARA (*2) “The Future of Food: A Perspective from Rice Flour—Sustainable Food […]” at the Biomass Green Innovation Center on the Kakuma Campus.

登録日：2026-7-14

Staff Recruitment Briefing and Informal Meeting with Young Staff Held

On June 29, a “Staff Recruitment Information Session” and a “Roundtable Discussion with Young Staff Members” were held at the Kakuma Campus (Administration Office). Thirteen people attended, primarily candidates for the National University Corporation and Other Organizations Staff Recruitment Exams in the Tokai and Hokuriku regions. In addition, the content of the information session was made available on-demand, […]

登録日：2026-7-14

Nationwide Eight‑Region Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging and Dementia (JPSC‑AD) Reports Interactive Associations Between APOE ε4 Genotype and Modifiable Risk Factors on Dementia Risk

Kanazawa University Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine Kenjiro Ono Professor and Moeko Shinohara Associate Professor, along with Toshiharu Ninomiya Professor and Research Fellow Masaya Kumamoto from the Department of Hygiene and Public Health at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University; Yukihide Momozawa, Deputy Director of the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies; and researchers from Hirosaki University […]

登録日：2026-7-14

Kanazawa University Forum on Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources 2026: Introducing the Cutting Edge of Human History Research in Japan and Around the World

登録日：2026-7-13

Launch of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Utilizing Advanced Cryptography Toward the Practical Application of AI for Radiological Image Diagnosis
— Medical Application of the Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Technology “DeepProtect” —

[Highlights] Research on interdisciplinary collaboration between data science (advanced cryptography) and medicine (imaging diagnostics) has begun with the aim of solving challenges in the healthcare field. NICT and Ritsumeikan University are applying advanced cryptography technologies to enhance the privacy protection and security features of federated learning. Shinshu […]

登録日：2026-7-13

Strategic Project for Development of Doctoral Students and Research Promotion (HaKaSe⁺) Applications for the Reiwa 8 October Term Are Now Open
“Kanazawa University Strategic Project for the Development of Doctoral Students and Research Promotion (HaKaSe⁺)” is now accepting applications for October 2026

Strategic Project for Development of Doctoral Students and Research Promotion We are now accepting applications for the Reiwa 8 October term of (HaKaSe⁺). Please click the link below to view the project overview and application details. HaKaSe⁺: Reiwa 8 October Term Applications Now Open —— […]

登録日：2026-7-10

Development of an Ultra-High-Resolution CT System with Approximately Five-Fold Improved Spatial Resolution

—- Katsuhiro Ichikawa of Kanazawa University Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Professor, along with the research group led by Kaoru Tada of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences / Kanazawa University University Hospital Professor, has achieved a resolution approximately five times that of conventional X-ray CT scanners (*1) (voxel size: 0.08 […]

登録日：2026-7-10

Kanazawa University Shogi Club Members Achieve Runner‑Up and Third Place at the 82nd Student Meijin Tournament

On June 20 and 21, the “82nd Student Meijin Tournament” (organized by the All-Japan College Shogi Federation; Kanazawa University), which determines the top college shogi player in Japan, was held in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. Two members of the Kanazawa University shogi club took second and third place, respectively. Kanazawa University This marks the first time since 20 […] that multiple students from the same club have placed in the tournament.

登録日：2026-7-9