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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News2008 SNM Wagner-Torizuka Fellowships AnnouncedFour Japanese researchers were awarded the 2008 SNM Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship and are currently studying in the United States through 2010 as part of the two-year program. These scholars are Kenji Fukushima, Tokyo Women's Medical College, undertaking a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University; Tomohiro Kaneta, Tohoku...
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Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Speaking of difficult playing conditions , the Japan Women's Open's 2nd round is under way and the scores remain high. Ai Miyazato bounced back from her disastrous final 7 holes yesterday to shoot a 71 today and move into a tie for 5th for now with money-list leader Akiko Fukushima at +1. But the way the scoring trends are going, they could be much higher on the leaderboard in a few hours. Sure,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... swords, sword fittings (swordguards, decorative hilts and pommels owned and used by Masanori Fukushima, saddles decorated with gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl, and traditional Japanese matchlock rifles. Dates and Times: from Friday, October 17, through Sunday, October 19, from 10am through 5pm Venue: Kohdai Temple and Entokuin Temple, 526 Shimokawara-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi About...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... swords, sword fittings (swordguards, decorative hilts and pommels owned and used by Masanori Fukushima, saddles decorated with gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl, and traditional Japanese matchlock rifles. Dates and Times: from Friday, October 17, through Sunday, October 19, from 10am through 5pm Venue: Kohdai Temple and Entokuin Temple, 526 Shimokawara-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi About...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
... India as a promising business frontier, said a press release. The team from Japan comprised Yutaka Fukushima, Deputy Senior Researcher, Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan; Keiji Iwata, Deputy General Manager, Dry Bulk Carrier Supervising Office, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.; Shinichi Oi, General Manager, Marine Technical Department, Marine Consulting Ltd.; Yoshihisa Imai, Senior...
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Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
It's been 4 months since the JLPGA's 1st major of the year, where Akiko Fukushima outlasted the KLPGA's Ji-Yai Shin in a long playoff . Well, a different Shin has jumped out to the first-round lead in the Konica Minolta Cup --and she's been riding a 6-tournament top-10 streak coming into the JLPGA's 2nd major. It's JLPGA regular Hyun-Ju Shin , who knocked down 7 birdies on her way to a 67 that...
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MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab (Tokyo Institute of Technology) developed a prototype "Walker-Roller" robot: '"Roller-Walker" is a vehicle with a special foot mechanism which changes between feet soles for the walking mode and passive wheels for the wheel. (Photo 2(a),(b)) Roller-Walker can utilize the installed actuators for walking, so additional weight is very light. The wheeled locomotion...
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Cinema de Merde (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
... this is based on a true story that happened in Tokyo, but the details are fictional. We meet the Fukushimas, a mother and her oldest son, Akira, 12 years old. They meet the new landlord, who says that they’re glad she doesn’t have younger kids, because they make noise and the neighbors complain. Ah, ha, ha, Ms. Fukushima laughs.Then she brings up her luggage and inside—surprise—three...
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News & Information (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
(Kyodo) _ — Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito to inspect Oze National Park in Fukushima and Gumma prefectures. — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to hold 29th session in ……Read more
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
... ... without thinking of the people at all," said opposition Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima.The resignation prolongs the political uncertainty that has plagued Japan since the popular Junichiro Koizumi left the prime minister post in 2006 after five years in office.Koizumi's handpicked successor, Shinzo Abe, lasted only a year, resigning in September 2007 for health reasons.Looming...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
... ... without thinking of the people at all," said opposition Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima.The opposition, which took control of the upper house in elections last year, has pushed for snap elections for the more powerful lower house, but the LDP - aware that it would likely lose seats - has so far resisted. Fukuda's sudden resignation, however, could be a sign the LDP is...
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Japan Marketing News (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
... Sagimori Chinami Kamishima ato Wednesday, September 3 Everlasting Sprout Li Lang Izreel Noriko Fukushima Junya Tashiro tiny dinosaur Sunao Kuwahara zechia Boutique Nicole by Kyoko Higa Thursday, September 4 Zin Kato matohu written afterwards Masahiko Saito Garcon Shinois HEATH Guts Dynamite Cabarets Under Castle G.V.G.V. Friday, September 5 Raphus cUcU LEP LUSS Hidenobu Yasui SOMARTA Hiroko...
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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
... ... without thinking of the people at all," said opposition Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima.The opposition, which took control of the upper house in elections last year, has pushed for snap elections for the more powerful lower house, but the LDP — aware that it would likely lose seats — has so far resisted. Fukuda's sudden resignation, however, could be a sign the LDP is...
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Roots and Grubs (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
I asked my parents for tea for my birthday, and yesterday a package arrived in the mail from Fukushima, Japan. Iris is a born aesthete. Sure, she can be impressed by gaudy princess gear, but I have never, ever seen her more excited about a package than this one, which is odd, since (a) it was [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 22 Kyodo - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 jolted the Kanto region and its vicinity on Friday, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukushima, Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
