kyoto
kyoh toh
- n a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
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- 3 Americans win Kyoto Prize
The 2013 Kyoto Priizes will go to Americans Robert Dennard, Masatoshi Nei and Cecil Taylor.
June 21, 2013 - U-T San Diego - Cecil Taylor Awarded Japan’s Kyoto Prize
Pianist and composer Cecil Taylor was among three Americans named a Kyoto Prize laureate, it was announced today in Japan by the the Inamori Foundation. The award, similar to a Nobel Prize, is given annually to persons who have excelled in the areas of the arts, philosophy, science and technology.
June 21, 2013 - JazzTimes Magazine - Veteran jazz pianist Cecil Taylor wins Kyoto Prize
An American jazz legend Cecil Taylor was among three winners of an annual Japanese award for global achievement. The Inamori Foundation announced Friday that this year's Kyoto Prize also went to a U.S. ...
June 21, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes
- John McCain in Independent Online
I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto,McCain said. "The United States will lead and will lead with a different approach - an approach that speaks to the interests and obligations of every nation." - President Bush in Independent Online
Announcing his new initiative, Bush said the US would work with other nations "to establish a new framework for greenhouse-gas emissions for when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012". - Kevin Rudd in International Herald Tribune
Our position vis-a-vis Kyoto is clear cut, and that is that all developed and developing countries need to be part of the global solution,Rudd told the Southern Cross Broadcasting radio network.