A stylized a of Asahi; blue stands for sea and green for rich natures
In the "a" motif, the blue represents the sea, the green abundant nature and the whole silhouette expresses the citizens full of healthy vigour amongst that nature and the blessings of the earth and the town with energy leaping towards the future.
Three other designs (by Ryushiro Murakami(?) of Funabashi, Chiba; Takeshi Sugou of Ichihara, Chiba; and Yuichi Ishibashi of Sousa, Chiba) were selected for an excellence award.
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture.
Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary.
Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors.
Asahi Glass will increase its production capacity at the Kashima Plant (Kamisumachi, Kashima-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture), with construction scheduled to start in November 2004 and completion set for August 2005.
Asahi Glass decided to increase production capacity because it has become difficult to keep up with demand that has rapidly increased in recent years from new areas such as automotive and construction materials.
Asahi Glass intends to increase its production capacity as necessary to cope with this increasing demand, and at the same time will continue to provide high quality solutions to customers by using the unique expertise in fluorine chemistry that has become its core technology.
asahi.com：JEF grab Nabisco Cup on penalty kicks - ENGLISH(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
JEF United Chiba ended a dozen years of futility in the J.League on Saturday by defeating Gamba Osaka 5-4 on penalties to win the Nabisco Cup.
The key to Chiba's victory was containing Gamba forwards Araujo, Fernandinho and Masashi Oguro, who have terrorized J.League clubs this season with their sweeping runs and lethal shooting.
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Chiba University was established as a national university in 1949.
Currently (May 2001), Chiba University is made up of educational and research facilities in addition to its nine faculties and seven graduate schools, and even among those national universities with a faculty of 2,515 and a student body of 15,358, Chiba University has truly become a great university offering a broad range of studies.
Moreover, there are 697 international students hailing from 58 nations (including two regions), the majority from Asia, who are diligently pursuing their studies at Chiba University.
*Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan; and †National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
On February 16, 2001, severe dyspnea and fever developed, and the patient was referred to the emergency room of the Asahi General Hospital by her private practitioner.
Atsunobu Tsunoda, Department of Otolaryngology, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi I-1326, Chiba, 289-2511, Japan; fax: 81-479-63-8580; email: atsunoda@mac.com
EXCERPT: "Farmers adamant about preventing genetically modified plants from infiltrating their fields are declaring GM crop-free zones to bolster public awareness and fight the influx of such wayward crops.
When Hayashi heard that GM rapeseed had been found growing in Chiba Prefecture, he started worrying that his field could become ``contaminated'' and last year decided not to produce the crop.
Further, according to a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report released last June, two plant specimens out of seven, collected from Western rapeseed varieties found growing within a 5-kilometer radius of Kajima port in 2002, were found to be carrying genetically modified genomes.
Chiba City, the capital of Chiba Prefecture, is situated at a strategic point on Tokyo Bay approximately 40km east from the centre of Tokyo, and 30km from the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita.
Chiba City is today a city of 850.000 inhabitants, and has recently launched a programme on becoming a "major city".
Mayor of Chiba, Asahi Matsui, in August 1995, says: "As it enters fourth year as a major city, the City of Chiba is on the right course for future growth.
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Dear Sir, Asahi newspaper company has the second largest circulation of newspaper in Japan.
Asahi started the Asahi Digital Entertainment Awards last year and I am the chief jury.
We are sorry to say that Asahi can not cover the airfare and hotel accommodation cost.
