Gifu Prefecture

Death sentence demanded for man accused of killing 5 relatives

keralanext.com     Jul 29, 2008   3 related          

GIFU — Public prosecutors demanded a death sentence Tuesday for a 60-year-old man accused of killing his five relatives, including a toddler and a newborn baby, in 2005 at his home in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture. Prosecutors...                    

Woman, son found dead at home in alleged murder-suicide

mainichi.jp     Jul 24, 2008   1 related          

SEKI, Gifu -- A woman and her son were found dead with stab wounds at their home here early Thursday in an alleged murder-suicide, police said. At around 6:30 a.m., a 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son were found...                    

Burning car in Gifu leads to discovery of 2 bodies

mainichi.jp     Jul 19, 2008          

OGAKI, Gifu -- Two bodies were found inside car that was spotted burning in a riverbed here in the predawn hours of Saturday, police said. Police said a 31-year-old man driving past the area spotted the burning car in a dry...                    

Man on motorbike assaults schoolgirl, steals her underwear on Gifu street

keralanext.com     Jul 16, 2008   1 related          

GIFU — A man on a motorbike assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl on the street and stole her underwear in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, on Tuesday morning, police said. According to police, the schoolgirl was attacked while...                    

Officials have a beef with firm

thejapannews.net     Jun 24, 2008   1 related          

GIFU--Agriculture ministry and Gifu prefectural officials Monday raided a meat packer suspected of passing off lower grade beef as Hida beef for years. Hida is a brand of quality beef like the better-known Kobe beef. Officials...                    

Wholesaler suspected of falsifying low-level beef as high quality+

tmcnet.com     Jun 23, 2008   4 related          

GIFU, Japan, June 23_(Kyodo) _ State and local authorities on Monday raided the head office of meat wholesaler Maruaki for allegedly falsely labeling and selling low-level beef as high-quality Hida-brand beef grown in the Hida...                    

Post-Infarct Treatment with an Erythropoietin-Gelatin Hydrogel Drug Delivery System for Cardiac...

biowizard.com     Jun 16, 2008          

Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 5011194, Japan. AIMS: We investigated the effect of an erythropoietin (EPO)-gelatin hydrogel drug delivery system (DDS) applied to the...                    

Foreigner crime gang collared over cruddy credit card caper

mainichi.jp     Jun 11, 2008          

GIFU -- About 20 foreigners, mostly Nigerians, have been involved in a forged credit card caper that netted them over 100 million yen worth of consumer electronics they sold to a Tokyo buyer, police said. Of six Nigerian men...                    

It's Thirty Degrees, Why Are You Freezing?

bloggingzoom.com     May 31, 2008          

Summer is just around the corner, and the staggering heat of the Japanese sun will soon bake us into exhaustion with its ceaseless presence. Last year the mercury reached 43.2 Celcius in some parts of Gifu prefecture, and this past...                    

Hundreds evacuated as man gasses himself in hotel room with homemade hydrogen sulfide

mainichi.jp     May 31, 2008          

GIFU -- A man has gassed himself to death at a hotel here by producing hydrogen sulfide in a guestroom, sickening 12 other people, police said. The man, believed to be a 28-year-old resident of Adachi-ku, Tokyo, had stayed at the...                    

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