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Taiwan & Japan Research Institutes Sign MOU On Tsunami Research Taiwan & Japan Research Institutes Sign MOU On Tsunami Research
  • June 12th, 2013

  • The National Cheng Kung University and Japan’s Port and Airport Research Institute have signed an MOU to study coastal disaster prevention.

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