Fukui Prefecture

The wave of the future

The Stars and Stripes, the Japanese flag and myriad banners are flying over the municipal buildings. Temple bells are ringing and fireworks displays and street dances are being prepared -- all in an old fishing town of fewer...

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Local: Japanese sister city visits Fresno

Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin on Friday welcomed a 27-member delegation from Kochi, Japan, as part of the Sister Cities program.The delegation, which includes Mayor Seiya Okazaki and junior city chamber of commerce members,...

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Hokuriku Unconference

Hokuriku Unconference, probably the first unconference style geek event in Hokuriku area, north-central part of Japan, will be held at Ishikawa National College of Technology, Tsubata, Ishikawa prefecture near Kanazawa-city on...

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Link Between Male Diabetics With Allergies And Kidney Disease -- Nothing To Sneeze At

ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2009) — For men with type 2 diabetes, a cell type linked to allergic inflammation is closely linked to a key indicator of diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy), suggests a study in the November Clinical...

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New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes

The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking. Masunaga Optical Manufacturing Co. Ltd....

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Kairo - Japanese Horror Film Review

From Director Kurosawa Kiyoshi Underneath the story of ghosts invading the realm of the living through the internet, director Kurosawa Kiyoshi, explores loneliness and alienation in modern society. Released in 2001 by director,...

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Tough standards but no timetable for U.S. beef

The official emphasized the new standard would not be more lax than other countries A Japanese dancer, center, and two dancers from the Century Contemporary Dance Company rehearse for Japanese artist Mikuni Yanaihara's dance...

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Bringing zoology back to life

Biology and Zoology Instructor Hisaya "Sye" Fukui has found a way to bring his two passions-fishing and teaching-together to benefit his students. The second-year Santa Barbara City College instructor has had fishing in his...

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Sadistic Mika Band founder Kato hangs himself

NAGANO (Kyodo) Musician Kazuhiko Kato, founder of the internationally successful Sadistic Mika Band from the 1970s, was found hanged at a hotel in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on S...

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Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Cap Nucleation on...

Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Cap Nucleation on an Iron Particle † Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan ‡ Institute for Advanced...

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