Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Japan suffered its first defeat at the men's World Grand Champions Cup on Sunday, losing to Cuba in straight sets. The loss came after Poland's win over Iran earlier in the day guaranteed that Japan will finish the tournament in the top three for its first men's volleyball medal in a major international competition since 1977.
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuba got another win in the Men's World Grand Champions Volleyball Cup on Sunday defeating previously undefeated Japan in straight sets (25-19, 25-20, 25-22) in Nagoya, Japan.
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sonata Arctica have a 2010 short Japanese tour. Dates are as follows: January 2010 13 - Osaka - Club Quattro 15 - Hiroshima - Club Quattro 16 - Nagoya - Club Quattro 18 - Tokyo - O-East 19 - Tokyo - O East This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Fans of Formula One racing gathered Sunday at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture to bid farewell to the cars of Toyota Motor Corp., which will withdraw from the high-speed sport at the end of the 2009 season. Fans applauded and took photos of the two F1 cars as they roared around the circuit.
Network Performance Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From the University of Nagoya, in Negoya, Japan comes an interesting experiment that NewScientist released to video : a simulation of a traffic jam. The University simply told 22 drivers to cruise around at a constant 30 kmph, in a circle. At first, the cars were both equidistant and moving constantly. They found, however, that little variations eventually caused the traffic to jam up and created...
Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Toyota has been making cars for over 70 years, and by 1936, the Nagoya-based company was making models that were strong and solid enough for the road conditions of the time. The Toyota AA was produced from 1936 to 1941: 1 engine (3,4 liters / 65 hp) with 353 units produced. It was Toyota Motor's first passenger car, adopting "the popular streamline style, possessed an ideally balanced load on...
SuperCamper Japanese Import Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Beautiful example GMC vandura conversion by Starcraft USA. Grade 4C with low miles
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
-Deal provides base of operations for Menicon's expansion in U.K.- NAGOYA, Japan, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Menicon Co., Ltd. (Menicon) and David Thomas Contact Lenses Ltd.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp.'s global vehicle sales in October rose 5 percent from a year earlier to about 640,000 units, marking the first increase in 15 months, company sources said Wednesday. The rise stemmed from government incentives worldwide, including domestic subsidies for environmentally friendly cars and China's tax breaks on compacts, the sources said.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. will soon offer to fix the gas pedals of vehicles in the United States that are subject to a safety recall over a problem with sudden acceleration, sources said Saturday. Toyota is believed to have already agreed to the planned voluntary repair of gas pedals possibly involving 4 million cars, the sources said.
Blogging Pompeii (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
In the year A.D. 79, the Roman city of Pompeii was buried in the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Though the city was destroyed, a record of its life, culture and achievements was preserved in the ashes. The exhibition 'Vivere a Pompei' ('To Live in Pompeii') features 255 priceless artifacts and art pieces excavated from the ruins; most are from the collection of the Naples National Archaeological...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
NTV news reports on a press conference that announced an exhibition of artifacts from Pompeii that will be coming to Japan next year: Fukuoka City Museum Tuesday, Jan. 5, through Sunday, March 7, 2010 Yokohama Museum of Art Saturday, March 20, through Sunday, June 13, 2010 Nagoya City Museum Thursday, June 24, through Sunday, August 29, 2010 The Niigata Prefectural Museum of [...]
japan exposures (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Eiji Ina was born in Nagoya in 1957, and graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1984. The above photo comes from Ina's Emperor of Japan series, which was published in book form by Nazraeli Press in 2008. Related posts: Japan in the 60s and 70s – through 4 Photobooks Recently I've been wondering if there isn't more we here... Megaperls is now Japan Exposures As of 1 Nov 08 Megaperls...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Formed in 2007 in Nagoya, emo- rockers Coldrain have a commodity that is rare among Japanese bands: English-language lyrics that don't suck. That's mainly down to vocalist Masato being part American. Yet while their lyrics are written in English, the band's presence online is entirely in Japanese. Coldrain are aimed squarely at the domestic market. After pulling off the impressive feat of selling 2,000...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Agoda Secures Strategic Partnership with Ishin Hotel Group Agoda.com, Asia's most prominent hotel booking site, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Japan's Ishin Hotel Group. Bangkok, Thailand November 12, 2009 -- Agoda.com, Asia's most prominent hotel booking site, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Japan's Ishin Hotel Group. Ishin represents several...
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