Tokushima Prefecture

End of the Week

wordpress.com     16 hrs ago          

Well I didn't even know it, but yesterday was the 1-year birthday of Things I Love Thursday. Fancy that! Today things are winding down... or are they gearing up? I went to the Prefectural Office this morning for the ceremony to...                    

Chinese youth delegation visit Tokyo

xinhuanet.com     Jul 29, 2008          

Janpanese youngsters perform tradional dance of Tokushima to welcome a Chinese youth delegation at a get-together in Tokyo, capital of Japan, July 28, 2008. The delegation was here to attend a symposium to mark the 30th...                    

Uohide president ordered warehouse contractor to cover up eel deliveries

mainichi.jp     Jul 5, 2008          

TOKUSHIMA -- The company at the center of the eel mislabeling scandal ordered a contractor to cover up any shipping or receiving of eels from their warehouse, its parent company has revealed. "Please don't record any entering...                    

Companies raided over eel mislabeling scandal

mainichi.jp     Jul 3, 2008   4 related          

Police on Thursday raided companies suspected of involvement in an eel mislabeling scandal, in which imported eels from China were sold as domestic products, law enforcers said. The joint investigation task force of Hyogo and...                    

Police to raid more firms over eel mislabeling scandal

mainichi.jp     Jun 30, 2008          

Police are set to raid more companies suspected of involvement in an eel mislabeling scandal, law enforcers said. Hyogo and Tokushima prefectural police have questioned Akihiro Nakatani, 44, president of eel importing company...                    

Police consider fraud charges against companies in eel mislabeling scam

mainichi.jp     Jun 28, 2008   4 related          

Police are considering fraud charges against those involved in an eel mislabeling scandal, in which Chinese eels were imported and falsely declared as a domestic product. Hyogo and Tokushima prefectural police plan to raid the...                    

Crime › Escapee recaptured in Tokushima

japantoday.com     Jun 19, 2008   2 related          

Thursday 19th June, 06:17 AM JST TOKUSHIMA — A suspected thief who escaped from a police cell in the city of Mima, Tokushima Prefecture, on Tuesday night, was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of fleeing from prison, police...                    

Sanyo Electric to invest 80 billion yen in lithium-ion battery production

j-cast.com     Jun 12, 2008   1 related          

Sanyo Electric Co. announced on May 28, 2008 that it will invest by 2015 a total of 80 billion yen in the production of lithium-ion batteries to be used for hybrid cars (HEV's). The company's Tokushima Plant will complete the...                    

[Biochemistry] Characterization of endogenous human Argonautes and their miRNA partners in RNA...

nas.edu     Jun 10, 2008          

Asuka Azuma-Mukai, Hideo Oguri, Toutai Mituyama, Zhi Rong Qian, Kiyoshi Asai,¶, Haruhiko Siomi,||, and Mikiko C. Siomi,||,, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan; First Institute of...                    

Delivery worker wearing 18 million yen watch nabbed for theft

mainichi.jp     May 31, 2008          

TOKUSHIMA -- A delivery worker who stole a luxury watch priced at 18 million yen was arrested Saturday after an acquaintance became suspicious when he saw the worker wearing it and alerted his workplace, police said. Arrested was...                    

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