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Number of saury fishing boats set to decline

hokkaido-np.co.jp     Jul 8, 2008          

Number of saury fishing boats set to decline（07/08 12:24） NEMURO KUSHIRO -- The ban on drift-net fishing for boats weighing less than 10 tons is to be lifted today for the start of the saury fishing season in the Pacific Ocean...                    

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Top in Category › Australian tour to skip disputed islands after request by Japan

japantoday.com     Jul 7, 2008          

Monday 07th July, 01:13 AM JST KUSHIRO — An Australian tour agency has rerouted a cruise tour from northern Japan to Russia’s Far East to skip islands subject to a diplomatic dispute after a request by the Japanese Consulate...                    

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Film classics shown on parking garage wall

hokkaido-np.co.jp     Jul 1, 2008          

Film classics shown on parking garage wall（07/01 11:16） KUSHIRO -- The wall of a multilevel parking garage being used as a film screen is attracting attention at the Hotel Paco Kushiro in the city’s downtown area of Suehiro....                    

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Seafood in Hokkaido

wordpress.com     May 26, 2008          

Seafood in Hokkaido Originally uploaded by mirvettium I know I was in the right place in Japan, when the specialty bento box in Kushiro contained oysters. What I wasn't expecting was the sheer volume and quality of the food in Hokkaido, especially in the region we were working at. The ocean is so...                    

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Teacher apologizes for making first grader wear 'liar' sign

mainichi.jp     May 24, 2008          

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido -- Red-faced educators here have apologized to the parents of a first-grade elementary school pupil whose teacher beat him and forced him to wear a sign calling him a liar, school officials said. ... "I only intended to show the boy the need to obey...                    

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Protest Camps Against American Military Bases in Japan and Italy

worldproutassembly.org     May 12, 2008   1 related          

Mr. Kawase refused to sell or move, and instead has built three structures that are used by activists year round to protest Japanese and American use of Yausubetsu for artillery practice. Mr. Kawase, a very spry 82 years old, build a huge Quonset hut on his property where 100 activists can sleep...                    

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Lifestyle › Yezo deer meat used for hamburgers in Hokkaido

japantoday.com     May 6, 2008          

Kiichi Sogabe, 68, president of a quarrying and construction company, began raising Yezo deer at a ranch in Kushiro near Lake Akan in Hokkaido three… ... SAPPORO — Kiichi Sogabe, 68, president of a quarrying and construction company, began raising Yezo deer at a ranch in...                    

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Hokkaido's Yezo deer ending up in burgers

japantimes.co.jp     May 2, 2008          

SAPPORO (Kyodo) Motochika Sogabe is a man on a mission. ... Environmental damage: A Yezo deer comes down from the mountains in search of food in Shari, Hokkaido. KYODO PHOTO An official at the chamber of commerce and industry in Kushiro near Lake Akan in Hokkaido, he...                    

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