This article reports on Osaka Gas' successful meeting of the engineering design and construction challenges involved in building a 13-mi, 30-in. gas transmission pipeline some 131 ft (40 m) under the seabed in Japan's Osaka Bay area. The project, designed to deliver additional gas supply to the Osaka District, involved...
TOKYO AFP — Japanese police have caught a serial handbag snatcher who was dubbed "the chameleon" after eluding arrest for years by stripping off as he fled the scenes of his crimes by bicycle. Hiroshi Ishihara, a 42-year-old resident of Osaka, would wear three to five extra T-shirts...
TOKYO AFP — Japan is likely to avoid a deep economic downturn thanks to the robust health of the corporate sector and the country's super-low interest rates, the head of the central bank said Monday. While growth is expected to remain sluggish for now, "Japan's economy is unlikely...
*ATHLETICS Before settling into his starting blocks for the Olympic 400 metres final yesterday, LaShawn Merritt blew a kiss and pointed up towards the smog-free sky. He was about to honour the memory of his late brother, and also answer a prayer for American sprinting -...
*ATHLETICS Before settling into his starting blocks for the Olympic 400 metres final yesterday, LaShawn Merritt blew a kiss and pointed up towards the smog-free sky. He was about to honour the memory of his late brother, and also answer a prayer for American sprinting -...
BEIJING -- Television viewers around the world are tuning into the Beijing Games in record numbers, and it's likely to fill the coffers of the International Olympic Committee like never before and ease pressure to tinker with the Olympic formula. Chalk it up to the "Phelps effect."...
TOKYO AFP — Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was arrested at a bar in Japan Wednesday for attacking the manager and wreaking havoc after his credit card failed, police said. The retired 39-year-old Japanese player, who was unpopular with many US fans for his rough manners,...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-20 August 2008-AdRem announces availability of NetCrunch 5 in JapanC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com AdRem Software, a provider of network management solutions, announced on Tuesday (19 August) the availability of NetCrunch 5 in Japan. The Japanese version of NetCrunch has reportedly been developed in cooperation with...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 60 some, this monumental victory in the steamy heat of Beijing was cause for celebration. For others it was a provocation. The arguments concerning her appearance here have been well rehearsed and had been a year ago after she returned from...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 60 was cause for celebration. For others it amounted to a provocation. The arguments for and against her appearance here have been well rehearsed - were rehearsed a year ago, in fact, after she returned from her suspension to win the...
Wyndham Hotel Group today said it has signeda non-exclusive agreement with Green Hospitality Management Co. LTD ofTokyo to open nine hotels in Japan during the next five years under theRamada® and Days Inn® lodging brands. The hotels will be developed, managed or both developed and managed byGreen Hospitality Management, a...
Who would want to douse the glory of the big laughing girl who so sensationally sent the gold fever of her nation up still another notch - and at the very heart of these 29th Olympics? Why would you do it - pose the bad question, that...
Who would want to douse the glory of the big laughing girl who so sensationally sent the gold fever of her nation up still another notch - and at the very heart of these 29th Olympics? Why would you do it - pose the bad question, that...
Osaka, Aug 20, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, in collaboration with Professor Naoki Sugimoto of Konan University, has developed a technology for electrically identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs[1] (sequence variations in DNA[2]). This world-first technology* provides...
BEIJING AFP — Rashid Ramzi handed Bahrain its first-ever Olympic medal when he won the men's 1500 metres gold medal at the Beijing Games on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Moroccan-born runner won in 3min 32.94sec, outsprinting the field for the Gulf country's first medal in six Olympic Games dating...
BEIJING AFP — Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain produced a stunning race here on Tuesday to add Olympic gold to the world and Commonwealth crowns she already owns, winning in a time of 49.62seconds. The 24-year-old, who served a one year ban until August last year for missing...
BEIJING AFP — Nataliia Dobrynska of Ukraine fell back on her strength in field events to win the heptathlon gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday. The 26-year-old, who finished eighth at last year's world championships in Osaka, recorded a total of 6733 points after the gruelling two-day,...
OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. MEI(NYSE:MC), best known for its Panasonic brand, announced that it has repurchased a portion of its own shares from the market in conformity with provisions of Article 459, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Company Law of Japan. Details of...
Osaka, Aug 4, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market six new LED Downlight Lightings, including three that deliver a light intensity equivalent to a 150-watt incandescent lamp, an industry first for downlight models. The model DL-D007N Transparent Panel, Neutral White Downlight...
Osaka, Aug 4, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Sharp Corporation has developed a series of new LED Lightings, including the "oblong" type that features a brightness equivalent to the fluorescent lamp fixtures[1] that are currently the main lighting in factories, offices and commercial spaces, and the "downlight" type with a...
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