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Gunman commits suicide after injuring three in Japan's Yokohama

Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Police cordon off the site of the crime scene ...

Three wounded by gangster gunman

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

A GUNMAN wounded three men in Yokohama, near Tokyo, yesterday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself. Police identified him as Kenji Hayashi, 62, a membe

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Gunman wounds three, kills self: police

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

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) A gunman who holed up in a building Friday afternoon in Yokohama after shooting and seriously wounding three men in a suspected dispute over a loan repayment apparently committed suicide, according to police. The gunman, who was identified by police as 62-year-old mobster Kenji Hayashi, had holed up in the building in the Yoshinocho district of Minami Ward after the shootings, which...

• Gunman commits suicide after injuring three in Japan's Yokohama - People Daily

'Mr. Marinos' takes manager's job

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

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Yokohama F. Marinos said Friday they have named former Marinos star Kazushi Kimura as their manager for next season. Kimura, who scored 26 goals in 54 matches for Japan during his playing career through 1994, will take over from Kokichi Kimura and manage a J. League club for the first time.

Japan - then and now

TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

There used to be farms at Negishi in Yokohama. This beautiful rural landscape was a short distance from the foreign settlement. Negishi was called Mississippi Bay by the foreigners, apparently this was coined by Commodore Perry whose flagship bore that name. They also called it “the most scenic spot in the world” and would come here to enjoy the fantastic view on the sea and the faraway...

Gunman injures 3 in Japan, commits suicide

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

A gunman in the Japanese city of Yokohama committed suicide after having shot and seriously injured three men in a money dispute on Friday, Japanese media said.

Riordan seeks to keep early Hibs form going

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

DEREK Riordan was one of the few players named in George Burley's original squad for last month's challenge match in Yokohama who did not pull out, but still the Hibe

Jeff Kollm an: bombastic meatbats new skin beater

Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

November 5, 2009 - L.A. all-stars CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES), bassist Kevin Chown (UNCLE CRACKER, TED NUGENT), and keyboardist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE), have tapped Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) to take over drum duties from Chad Smith for their exclusive appearance at the Gakki Fair in Yokohama, Japan...

Nine held over shady stock deals

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

OSAKA (Kyodo) Police have arrested the president of Union Holdings Co. and eight other people for allegedly manipulating its stock prices in 2007. Union Holdings President Toyoyuki Yokohama, 53, and eight members of a speculative trading group were arrested after the Osaka Prefectural Police and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission searched the firm's head office and other places Wednesday....

Not all smooth at CREAM festival opening

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

The celebratory mood surrounding Yokohama's new CREAM — Creativity for Arts and Media — festival was disrupted when one of the participating artists, Masaki Fujihata, unexpectedly announced that he would be withdrawing his work. At the Oct. 30 opening press conference Fujihata said that he would withdraw his work in protest over director Fumihiko Sumitomo's organization of the festival....

The human rights outlook and new justice minister

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

Ever since the historic landslide victory of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the Lower House elections, we have wondered how the new government will wield its power. In the area of human rights protection, at least, there is cause to expect dramatic change. One of the more startling appointments to the new Cabinet is that of Yokohama lawyer Keiko Chiba as minister of justice. The progressive...

Yokohama get's creative directive

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

In 2004, Yokohama launched an ambitious initiative to promote urban renewal centered in its Minato Mirai district called Creative City Yokohama. Rather than simply attempting to attract business, the Creative City initiative has focused on building cultural capital through the funding of alternative art spaces such as BankART 1929 and ZAIM, continued support for the Yokohama Triennale, first held in...

Yokohama Rubber Cuts GHG Emissions 13.4% in 2008

Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Yokohama Rubber Group’s greenhouse gas emissions at operations in Japan were 13.4 percent lower in fiscal year (FY) 2008 than in the base year (1990), marking the third year in a row that the company has exceeded the target reduction in emissions set for Japan under the Kyoto Protocol, according to the company’s CSR Report [...]