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Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
FUKUOKA — The ongoing global financial turmoil has made it increasingly difficult for Japanese firms to raise necessary operating capital and the Bank of Japan aims to take every possible measure to address the problem, BOJ Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Monday. The BOJ said it will convene an extraordinary monetary policy meeting Tuesday to introduce a measure to facilitate corporate financing...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
OKAYAMA (Kyodo) One of the first types of bullet trains ran Sunday from Okayama to Hakata Station in Fukuoka on its final regular run, 44 years after its debut. About 2,000 train aficionados packed JR Okayama Station to see off the round-nose 0 Series model, with some calling out, "You did a good job!" and "Come back someday!" Read the full story
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AMPONTAN (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... to watch than any imaginary elf. The miko at the Dazaifu Tenman-gu , a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, got down to work this week. A Fukuoka City television station filed a report that I can’t upload, but you can watch it while it lasts here . A quick translation of the voice-over appears below. With just one month left until New Year’s, the preparations have begun at Dazaifu Tenman-gu...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Kameron Loe was put on unconditional release waivers Wednesday by the Texas Rangers, freeing him to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Kameron Loe was put on unconditional release waivers Wednesday by the Texas Rangers, freeing him to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League. The 27-year-old right-hander was 1-0 with a 3.23 ERA in 14 relief appearances over five stints with the Rangers this year. In his final appearance of the season, he was hit on an elbow by a line drive against the Los Angeles Angels...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Kameron Loe was put on unconditional release waivers by the Rangers, freeing him to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League.
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Mongolian sumo wrestler Ama earned promotion to the sport's second-highest rank, ozeki, Wednesday after a series of strong performances in recent tournaments and will wrestle with a new name, Harumafuji, beginning in January. The Japan Sumo Association unanimously endorsed his promotion at an executive committee meeting convened after the 24-year-old posted a 13-2 record and...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Flights bound for Bangkok from Japan were mostly canceled or returned to Japan on Wednesday as protestors forced the Thai capital's Suvarnabhumi International Airport to shut down. Thai Airways International canceled a total of six flights to Bangkok from Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka, while Japan Airlines also canceled all its five flights from Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. All Nippon Airways...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) In 1967, Kohei Miyazaki published the book "Maboroshi no Yamataikoku" ("Phantom State Yamataikoku") about an ancient realm in Japan during the Yayoi Period (around 400 B.C. to 300 A.D.) that set off a national controversy over whether Yamataikoku was located in Kyushu. The book sparked keen interest around 1970 in ancient history. Read the full story
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Market Wire - Computers and Software (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
FUKUOKA, JAPAN and MONROVIA, CA (MARKET WIRE)
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Market Wire - Electronics and Semiconductors: Electronic Design Architecture (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
FUKUOKA, JAPAN and MONROVIA, CA (MARKET WIRE)
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Market Wire - Electronics and Semiconductors: Optical Components (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
FUKUOKA, JAPAN and MONROVIA, CA (MARKET WIRE)
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... "Recently, scientists discovered that H. pylori can live in the mouth," said Dr Nao Suzuki from Fukuoka Dental College in Fukuoka, Japan. "We wanted to determine whether the bacteria can cause bad breath, so we tested patients complaining of halitosis for the presence of H. pylori." The researchers found the bacteria in the mouths of 21 out of 326 Japanese people with halitosis (6.4%)....
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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... tested patients complaining of halitosis for the presence of H. pylori," said Dr Nao Suzuki from Fukuoka Dental College in Fukuoka, Japan. The researchers found that the bacteria in the mouths of 21 out of 326 Japanese people with halitosis. In these people, the concentration of a bad breath gas and the level of oral disease were significantly higher. In patients with periodontal...
