Veterinary Medicine
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
ISSN 2186-1714 Tracing Back the Development of Kagoshima City KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER 鹿児島の都市づくりの軌跡をたどる Professor Kikata Junne, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Exploring Kagoshima is not only a beautiful picturesque Kagoshima city but also an important centre of historical change. With its many historical sites and cultural assets, it attracts many tourists each year. However even though Kagoshima is an old castle town, the layout of the city we see today was developed with modern urban planning, which is highlighted through a history of reconstruction from disasters and war destruction. The history of Kagoshima’s modern urban planning can be traced back to the City Planning Act of 1923. In April 1933 a city park Map for the city’s redevelopment after the war plan was quickly drawn up, however at this time there were no official government guidelines for park planning. So the Kagoshima Regional Committee came up with their own original policy and plan that established the importance of small downtown city parks. The head of the committee explained that Kagoshima is already a city within a natural environment of mountains Small, leafy park in the city and seas and rather than having larger parks in reconstruction can be contributed to the the suburbs, smaller downtown parks were efforts of the engineer, Kajiyama Asajiro-, who needed as areas where children could play. had played an active role in the Korean The realisation of this planning strategy is Peninsula before and during the war. Kajiyama demonstrated by the several small parks that was a civil engineer who specialised in water surround the university. supply and whose talents saw him appointed The current city framework, in which as section chief of city planning in Keijo- Kagoshima-Chu-o- Station functions as a Prefecture (modern day Seoul) where he gateway, came about as part of the city gained extensive experience in land reconstruction plan after the end of the Pacific readjustment projects. After the war he War. Kagoshima was the first city in the returned to his hometown of Ishiki, country to start implementing this post-war Kagoshima, and contributed greatly to the 学部紹介特集 reconstruction plan, and accomplished it reconstruction of Kagoshima City. without any of the problems that impeded Kagoshima City also has many important Special Issue implementation of similar plans in other city urban assets, including the vital tram network centres such as Tokyo, due to the that connects the suburbs of Taniyama with Joint Faculty of scaling-down of such reconstruction projects downtown. Those assets were developed by in 1949. Much of the success in the city’s the urban planners who, with the power of *Front Cover foresight, seized a golden opportunity to Veterinary transform the city after destruction. Kagoshima provides us with an exemplary case to learn Medicine about urban planning and city reconstruction. I believe these topics will become increasingly Students on important in a post-disaster society, as we veterinary training must know more about the city at our feet and how those who experienced great disasters rose up from the ashes. Kikata Junne Autumn Born 1968 in Gifu Prefecture. Received master’s degree in March of 1994 from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, specializ- 2 0 1 5 ing in architecture. Doctor of engineering. Major field construction and Autumn urban planning. Published several books KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER 201 5 KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY Special Issue CONTENTS Special Issue Welcome to the S G O H I A M KAGOSHIMA K A Welcome to the Joint Faculty of UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER No.10 Y Joint Faculty of T I Veterinary Medicine S R E Published by U N I V Kagoshima University Center Veterinary Medicine Mochizuki Masami, Dean for International Planning 1 1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan email: [email protected] Among the 16 veterinary schools in Japan, Kagoshima lectures are performed using real-time bidirectional Campus Walk Around University exists in the best geographical area for remote instruction technology, which allows for the use Board Editor Equine Medical Centre veterinary education. The school is located in the of both universities’ advantages, thus giving students a Miura Naoki centre of Kagoshima City with a population of more highly specialised education. Furthermore, the faculty Editor in Chief 9 than 600,000, and surrounded by an eminent has been pursuing the international standards of Steve Cother stock-raising zone. Therefore, there are plenty of veterinary education by working towards EAEVE companion and livestock animals available for (European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Managing Editor Discover KU Kobayashi Hisako education and clinical training. Seventy five years have Education) approval along with Hokkaido University Discovery that Japanese Sea Catfish passed since veterinary education began at Kagoshima and Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Contributing Editors Locate Live Prey through pH University, and this nurturing educational environment Medicine. Matsuki Shigeru along with years of assiduous efforts have brought We believe that the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Nakatani Sumie Sensing about the programme’s current success. Medicine is one of the more unique faculties of Translations 10 In April 2012, Kagoshima Kagoshima University. Our basic idea of what Matthew Watson University established the first veterinary education ought to be consists of pursuing Page 2-5,7,9-13,16-17,and Back Cover *All other translation done by the joint courses of veterinary animal life science, conducting scientific research into Extracurricular Activity editorial team and contributors medicine with Yamaguchi environments and societies where humans and animals Proofreading Shōgi Club University as a partner. The coexist, learning to respect life through animal Varun Shetty Yasunaga Tomoki, President, most distinctive feature of bioethics, and contributing to the creation of an BSc student, Faculty of Agriculture this programme is that abundant global society. Under this principle, along Design & Printing 12 Shin Design students at both universities with our educational objectives, admission, curriculum Fuchigami Printing take the same subjects and diploma policies, we promise that we will make according to the same syllabus the best effort to provide veterinary education that KUToday is a biannual publication to 国 際 International Network and class schedule. Parts of the meets global standards. present information about Personal Growth through Kagoshima University to a wider 交 流 international audience. Each edition Overseas Study will feature one faculty for prospective overseas students as well 13 Educational Programme as other topics such as educational programmes, research and alumni information. Some articles are International Programme The joint faculty is a collaborative veterinary translations from the グローバル Special Course in Japanese-language publication, educational programme that was established by Kadai Journal, upon which KUToday GL B人材A育L成 International Food and Kagoshima University and Yamaguchi University in is loosely based. Any comments or Resource Sciences 2012. The first of its kind in Japan, it builds on the suggestions about KUToday will be strengths of both universities to provide equal warmly received. 14 educational and research opportunities to the students PDF files on KUToday can be at either institution. downloaded from The efforts and strengths of the two universities— http://kokusai.kuas.kagoshima-u.ac. Advanced Livestock Medicine at Kagoshima, and Public jp/kucip/ Faces and Snapshots Health Science at Yamaguchi—are the basis for our A Note on Names international level veterinary programme, designed to Following convention East Asian 16 prepare students to meet diversified social needs names appearing in KU Today are through a multidisciplinary education built upon three written family name followed by core focuses in veterinary medicine. sessions utilise a real-time, bidirectional remote given name. Exploring Kagoshima The primary distinguishing characteristic of our instruction system that has been installed at both Tracing Back the Development of programme is the fact that students at both universities universities. Faculty members and students also travel take the same educational courses under the same between the two campuses to participate in lectures Autumn Kagoshima City 2 0 1 5 Professor Kikata Junne, Graduate School of Science and Engineering syllabus and schedule. Lectures and practical study and practical study sessions. 18 KU Today 1 Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Special Issue Three courses in Veterinary Medicine Clinical Veterinary Science In the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, first-year students take general courses and basic courses and review their This course includes study into disease prevention in training for the students. For those who have graduated, knowledge in the foundation of veterinary medicine. domestic animals and ways to increase their we have regular seminars for professional vets from the From their second year to their fifth year, students take uniform courses, which comprise the core of their productivity and mobility, along with a look at the local area, as well as a programme for interns at the specialised education, in order to master the knowledge and skills they will need as veterinarians. Uniform courses diagnosis and treatment of all sorts of diseases that veterinary