Fukuoka Prefecture

British Museum -- Winter 2009 Fun for Children

Enjoy the Best Winter Holiday Activities for Young People The BM offers children's events for the 2009 winter holiday related to its current exhibitions, Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure, and Moctezuma Aztec Ruler....

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Asashoryu, Hakuho remain on collision course

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Asashoryu floored Kotoshogiku to stay on course for his 25th Emperor's Cup at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. The Mongolian firebrand (6-0) retained his share of the lead with fellow yokozuna Hakuho...

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Ozawa looming as 'shadow shogun'

The Democratic Party of Japan's oldest lawmaker recently had a few bitter words for his old friend, DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. Speaking in Fukuoka earlier this month, Kozo Watabe... Read more . . .

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Mitsubishi Makes History by Supplying Mass Produced All Electric Cars

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press Mitsubishi Motors Sales of Canada Inc. (MMSCAN),...

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Earl M. Finch Tribute to Windward Oahu KIAs in World War II

Back in February 2009, on a sightseeing trip with my mother-in-law, I stopped at Castle Junction in Kane‘ohe, Hawai‘i, to photograph the Kane‘ohe Ranch Building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby was...

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Bodies of fire victims come home

FUKUOKA--The bodies of seven Japanese killed in a blaze at an indoor shooting range in Pusan last weekend arrived at Fukuoka airport on Thursday evening, accompanied by bereaved family members. The bodies were to be returned to...

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Highly Efficient Long-Lifetime Dual-Layered Waveguide Dye Laser Containing SiO_{2}...

Authors: Hirofumi Watanabe, Yuji Oki, Takashige Omatsu We have demonstrated a highly efficient, long-lifetime waveguide dye laser using nanosized-particle-dispersed random scattering active media. An experimental laser slope...

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Anomalous Enhancement of Scanning Tunneling Microscope-Excited Light Emission from Gold Films on...

Authors: Tie-Zhu Han, Hongwen Liu, Koichi Sudoh, Ryusuke Nishitani, Hiroshi Iwasaki We investigated light emission from Au films (2–90 nm) deposited on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrates by excited with a...

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Robotic Samurai will guard you from the Ninjas

Robot Square in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka is place where the future meets with the past. What you see above is Kuroda a 57 cms tall robot created by expert puppeteer Yasuhiro Usuki and the clothing is designed by...

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Bodies of Japanese killed in Busan fire brought back to Japan+

FUKUOKA, Nov. 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The bodies of seven Japanese killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, South Korea, were brought back to Japan on Thursday, arriving at Fukuoka airport with family members. Busan...

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