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HI's 3D Rendering Engine "MascotCapsule(R) Eruption" Is Adopted for "Resident Evil(R) 4: Zeebo Edition" for a 3G Wireless Entertainment System "Zeebo(TM)"

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HI CORPORATION (JASDAQ:3846)(ISIN:JP3160860007)(Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; hereinafter "HI") announced today that HI's 3D rendering engine MascotCapsule eruption (hereinafter "eruption") has been adopted by Capcom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President and COO: Haruhiro Tsujimoto; hereinafter "Capcom")...

Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition content coming as DLC

Joystiq (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Remember when Capcom conducted a poll asking how we wanted to receive the additional content being offered in Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition -- in a boxed version of the game or as a DLC expansion to the original? Turns out the questionnaire wasn't a pointless exercise. A majority of the participants answered that they'd rather receive the new features (including motion-control functionality)...

J. League title race drops down to three

Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

There are three teams left in the J. League title race after Shimizu S-Pulse and FC Tokyo both dropped out of the running following the latest round of fixtures. A Renatinho hat-trick propelled Kawasaki Frontale to a 3-2 win over relegated JEF United in a thriller watched by 18,470 fans at Todoroki Stadium. Renatinho had already hit the post with one header before JEF United took the lead against the...

Osakans Hoist English Church Heavenward

Weird Asia News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

As everybody knows, the first thing you do if you want a close look at one of England’s most important historical churches is hop a flight to…Osaka? Believe it or not, that’s been the case since Osaka’s Monterey Hotel saw fit to grace its premises with a detailed, three-quarter-size replica of All Saints Church Brockhampton. That’s [...] Related posts:Beijing to Better...

Freedoms on the outer limit

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in far western China or the pearl of Sri Lanka hanging off the neckace of India. On Ishigaki in the Yaeyama Island group, some 400 km southwest of Okinawa,...

Gyoza no Tetsujin by En, ION Orchard

The Travelling Hungryboy (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

I wasn't planning to come here, but I needed a bit more food after that Korean fried chicken . Fortunately, just across from Bon Chon was this new gyoza shop (#B4-88, 6509-3256) from the people behind Okinawan restaurant En . I grabbed a box to top it off. The thing that immediately struck me about these were the skins. They were super thin, but were also sticky enough that it was hard to separate...

The Native Place Tour of The Tale of Genji / Vol. 32

COOL JAPANESE SCENE (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Introduce Sumiyoshi Shrine located in Osaka. Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine (住吉大社, Sumiyoshi-taisha) is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi ward in the city of Osaka, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi Sanjin, the three Sumiyoshi kami, is the Sumiyoshi shrine in Hakata. It is called "Sumiyoshi-san"...

Sumitomo Trust, Chuo Mitsui agree to merge

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. agreed to merge to create Japan's fifth-largest bank as they seek to boost profit and brace for tougher capital requirements. The lenders plan to set up a listed holding company in April 2011, under which Osaka-based Sumitomo Trust and Tokyo-based Chuo Mitsui will place their operations, they said in a statement Friday. They haven't...

• Japanese Trusts Reach Merger Deal - Law Blog - WSJ.com

Vietnam Airlines to launch Hanoi-Osaka route

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Vietnam Airlines reported on Oct. 6 that it will conduct five flights a week, one on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.These flights will replace those that are currently conducted by Japan Airlines, which are scheduled to be scrapped on January 12, 2010, due to a restructuring of its operations.Vietnam Airlines General Director Pham Ngoc Minh said the opening of this air route...

TML: Here's to Future Days

Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

A funny thing happens to a young NHL superstar on his way to setting a personal high in shots in a game: you electrify a nation driven mad with desire for culpable proof that their team will actually have a number in the "wins" column in the double digits. And by double, I mean, "2". As a charter member of that Nation, did I get all the proof I need? You bet your over-used Wellwood...

Get involved: Japanese judge to give lecture at Wayne State

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Judge Kentaro Ono of the Osaka (Japan) District Court is to be the guest lecturer for the Wayne State University Law School at 12:15 p.m. Monday. His free lecture, "An Introduction to Japanese Criminal Procedure," is to be presented in the third-floor faculty lounge of the Law School. For information, call 313-577-3933. The Law School is at 471 W. Palmer.

The Native Place Tour of The Tale of Genji / Vol. 31

COOL JAPANESE SCENE (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Today introduce Shitenno-ji Temple located in Osaka. Shitennō-ji (四天王寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Prince Shōtoku is said to have constructed this temple in 593, around 1400 years ago. It is the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries. Most of the present structures...

Playgrounds for the elderly in Japan

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

A Reuters video report about how some decaying playgrounds in Japan are being replaced with workout equipment for the elderly: A growing number of Japanese seniors are using specially-designed playground equipment as the nation looks to enhance quality of life for its elderly,Chika Osaka reports. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan...

Osaka probes train crash hoax

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

OSAKA (Kyodo) Osaka firefighters said someone phoned in a fake report Thursday that a large number of people had been injured in a train crash at an Osaka subway station. They confirmed there had not been an accident at Nagahoribashi Station. The fire department and police are trying to find the culprit.

What made Yanobe create "Torayan"

azito | 21/04/2009

The 1970 Osaka Expo, with its motto "Human Progress and Harmony" was the beacon for futuristic inventions of the time. Many artists were captivated by this optimistic creative energy, but Yanobe Kenji who visited the festival after it had ended and was already on its way to being dismantled, saw it as a foreboding representation of the end of the future. Every since this traumatic experience, he went