A research institute solely dedicated to studying typhoons opened earlier this month at Yokohama National University near Tokyo, becoming the first of its kind in Japan, a country that regularly suffers typhoon damage.The Typhoon Science and Technology Research Center, set up Oct. 1, brings together experts from private and government sectors as well as academia with the aim of predicting the damage caused by typhoons and designing a framework for countermeasures.The center also aims to promote research to make typhoons into a source of renewable energy that can contribute to Japan's goal o…READ FULL ARTICLE