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- Sahaku, Takamizawa win Hokkaido marathon
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Yukari Sahaku won her debut marathon for a Japanese double victory with Masaru Takamizawa taking the men's event at the Hokkaido marathon on Sunday. The 19-year-old Sahaku overtook front-running teammate Hitomi Niiya at the 28.7-kilometre point and never looked, crossing the finishing line in two...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- Indigenous people urge G8 action on climate change
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Indigenous people from around the world on Friday called on leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations to think about them by taking action on climate change at their summit next week. Twenty-two indigenous ethnic groups from 11 countries gathered in the northern Japanese...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Japan plans to brew 'space beer'
- TOKYO AFP — A Japanese brewery Tuesday said it was planning the first "space beer," using offspring of barley once stored at the International Space Station. Researchers said the project was part of efforts to prepare for a future in which humans spend extended periods of time in space...
- Research articles 2008-05-27
- Morgenstern wins again in World Cup ski jumping
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — World team champion Thomas Morgenstern of Austria posted his second win in two days with victory in the two-race Sapporo series of the World Cup ski jumping large hill competition on Sunday. Janne Happonen of Finland, who was second on Saturday, took the same place...
- Research articles 2008-02-02
- Italy, US keep rolling at women's World Cup
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Italy and the United States kept up their winning streaks at the women's World Cup volleyball tournament on Sunday, setting up a dramatic head-to-head clash on the last day of the event. European champions Italy easily defeated Peru 25-13, 25-21, 25-17 in Sapporo, while the...
- Research articles 2007-11-11
- Six banned skiers back in nordic ski fold
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Six nordic skiers barred from taking part in the world championships because of elevated blood haemoglobin levels have been reinstated, the International Ski Federation FIS said Monday. After a new blood test which showed no abnormalities, the six - nordic combined athletes Voronin Konstantin and...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- Manninen inspires Finns to nordic combined gold
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Veteran Hannu Manninen has shaken off his nearly man tag to inspire Finland to victory in the nordic combined team event at the world nordic skiing championships on Sunday. Finland finished the ski jump leg of the two-discipline event on top and held on to...
- Research articles 2007-02-25
- Teichmann beats Angerer to world pursuit ski crown
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Germany's Axel Teichmann dug deep to snatch a hotly-contested men's pursuit gold medal here at the world nordic ski championships on Saturday. Teichmann clocked a time of 1hr 11min 35.8sec to hold off compatriot and major favourite Tobias Angerer by just 0.5sec while Italien Pietro...
- Research articles 2007-02-24
- Ammann wins large hill world title
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Former double Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland signalled his comeback by winning gold in the prestigious large hill event here at the world nordic ski championships Saturday. Ammann finished ahead of Finland's Harri Olli and Norwegian Roar Ljokelsoy to claim his first major prize...
- Research articles 2007-02-24
- Asahi Breweries proposes merger with Sapporo: report
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's largest brewer, Asahi Breweries, could become a "white knight" merger partner for Sapporo Holdings, now the target of a takeover offer from a US hedge fund, according to a newspaper. Asahi Breweries Ltd. denied the report in the Yomiuri Shimbun, which said Japan's top brewer...
- Research articles 2007-02-15
- Japan's snow festival suffers from warm winter
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Northern Japan has kicked off its celebrated snow festival but the ice sculptors were struggling, faced with an unusually warm winter. The week-long Sapporo Snow Festival, which is in its 58th year, attracts about two million people annually to enjoy ornate sculptures made of ice....
- Research articles 2007-02-06
- Finding fresh beer
- The Wall Street Journal has performed a great service for beer drinkers. Veteran imbibers know that the fresher the beer is, the better it tastes. The problem is, how can you tell how fresh the beer is before you buy it? Now comes the Journal with an explanation of the...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Angerer seals men's cross-country title
- SAPPORO, Japan AFP — Germany's Tobias Angerer took the men's World Cup cross-country series despite finishing a lowly 11th in the final race. Sweden's Mathias Fredriksson captured his first win of the season, clocking one hour 16 minutes 45.4 seconds in the men's 2 x 15-kilometre pursuit event. ...
- Research articles 2006-03-19
- HOT SUMMER LIKELY TO JAPANESE LIFT BEER BREWERS' EARNINGS.
- TOKYO, Aug 5 Asia Pulse - The record-breaking temperatures in Japan this summer are poised to benefit the earnings of beer companies. July beer sales volumes at Kirin Brewery Co. (TSE:2503), Asahi Breweries Ltd. (TSE:2502) and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TSE:2501) soared alongside the rising mercury. ...
- Research articles 2004-08-05
- meiji modernization, SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF JAPAN'S HOKKAIDO WOLF
- THE MEIJI RESTORATION of 1868 ranks among the most important events in Japanese history. Basically, after over two and a half centuries of samurai rule, the Tokugawa shogunate (bakufu; literally, a military-style "tent government" run by the shogun) fell to what historians call the Satcho alliance-essentially, a political and military...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- BUSINESS CLASS - EXECUTIVE TRAVEL IN ASIA TODAY.
- Business Class for Jan 22, 2003. A weekly summary of news for business travellers in Asia and the Pacific, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, market intelligence and business opportunities. Compiled by Nick Grove CATHAY PACIFIC ADDS THIRD WEEKLY...
- Research articles 2003-01-22
- Recent happenings defy explanation in the inscrutable east
- The first two locally grown Yubari King melons each sported price tags of $1,174, including special girl packaging, at the Mitsukoshi department store in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo this spring. For the people fully understands the comment of an anonymous 61-year-old lady quoted by Reuters: "That price takes...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
- Share prices close broadly lower again, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 03-15-2001 HILTON Kuala Lumpur's kitchen artist John Yong did the hotel proud once again when he returned with the third prize from the 28th International Sapporo Snow Festival. Held in conjunction with the 52nd Sapporo...
- Research articles 2001-03-15
- Sapporo seeks U.S. brewing partner
- Japan's third-largest beer producer, Sapporo Breweries Ltd, said on Wednesday that it was in talks about brewing its "Black Label" beer in the United States. Sapporo said it was holding discussions with several U.S. breweries, but a spokesman said the firm had not yet chosen a partner or decided...
- Research articles 1999-12-20
- JAL Offers Low "Super Sale" Fares Through May 22
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 8, 1998--Today Japan Airlines announced the introduction of low fares for round-trip economy-class travel from the United States to a number of Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Sapporo. JAL's Super Sale tickets must be purchased by May 22 and travel can commence...
- Research articles 1998-05-08
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