The most straightforward approach is that of Shoji Maruo and Koji Ikuta, at Nagoya University in Japan.

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After eight years of struggle, the so-called Standard Model of particle physics was revised (by Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa, of Nagoya University), to accommodate the asymmetry.

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He has traveled extensively throughout the world giving lectures and seminars for private and government organizations, including Beijing Academy of Social Science, Nagoya University, Tokyo Science University, Keimung University, University of Adelaide, Saint Gallen University, Duisburg University, University of Edinburgh, and Athens University of Economics and Business.

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"Japan had to decide between strengthening its alliance with the U.S., going it alone or kowtowing to the Chinese, " says Robyn Lim, a professor of international relations at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.

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