This week, a group of researchers led by Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have taken a step towards providing such a covering.

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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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Store managers from around the world are all flown to Tokyo to receive several months of indoctrination at Uniqlo's global training academy.

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