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  Mie Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mie Prefecture was formed after the Meiji Restoration from the old province of Ise, as well as the smaller provinces of Shima and Iga.
Mie Prefecture forms the eastern part of the Kii Peninsula, and is bordered by Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama.
As of 2000 Mie Prefecture's 5,776.44 km² landmass is divided into 64.8% forest, 11.5% agriculture, 6% residential area, 3.8% roads, and 3.6% rivers.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mie_prefecture   (219 words)

  
 Mie Prefecture - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mie prefecture (三重県; Mie-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan.
Mie prefecture is bordered by Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama.
As of 2000 Mie prefecture's 5,776.44 km²; landmass is divided into 64.8% forest, 11.5% agriculture, 6% residential area, 3.8% roads, and 3.6% rivers.
open-encyclopedia.com /Mie_Prefecture   (84 words)

  
 Asahi, Mie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi.
Asahi (朝日町; -cho) is a town located in Mie District, Mie, Japan.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,685 and a density of 1,116.03 persons per km².
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asahi,_Mie   (79 words)

  
 Station Information - Mie prefecture
Mie prefecture is famous for the Mikimoto pearl island formerly known as Ojima island, the shinto shrine in Ise built in the 1st century, the invetion of Ninja spies at Ueno castle, the wedded rocks at Futamigaura beach, and Matsuzaka beef.
Mie is also a district in Mie prefecture.
Mie is also a town in Oita prefecture.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mie_prefecture.html   (114 words)

  
 asahi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Given the word Japan means "origin of the Sun", it is not hard to imagine Asahi is a popular name for many things/place in Japan.
It is the name of a major newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun and a Japanese television network, Asahi Television.
Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō is the former name of PENTAX Co.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Asahi.html   (146 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Asahi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Asahi (旭町; -chou) is a town in Higashikamo District, Aichi, Japan.
Asahi Breweries is a large brewery and soft drink company based in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan.
Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞; Asahi Shinbun) is a national leading newspaper in Japan, though the circulation, which is 8,200,000 as of 2005, is behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Asahi   (354 words)

  
 Asahi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Asahi (朝日) means "morning sun" in (A native or inhabitant of Japan) Japanese.
Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō is the former name of (additional info and facts about PENTAX Co.) PENTAX Co..
Asahi is a name of several places in (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/As/Asahi.htm   (507 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Mie has traditional industries such as textiles, ceramics, woodworking, and fishing, in addition to modern industries like chemicals, petrole...
It is the second largest, northernmost, and most sparsely populated of the major islands of Japan.
It is an important port and industrial center with large metal, textile, machinery, and processed food industries.
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Asahi,+Mie   (394 words)

  
 asahi.com:EDITORIAL/ Illegal dumping of waste: Mie Prefecture did nothing as the garbage piled up. - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A large quantity of industrial waste was found illegally dumped in a forest in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, a place the prefectural government had recognized as a dumping ground from 1981 until 1994.
Mie Prefecture should have made a thorough investigation into the amount of illegally dumped waste and the degree of contamination of the ground water.
The Mie prefectural government is now investigating the amount of poisonous materials dumped in the forest and the dangers of collapse of the piled-up waste.
www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507200131.html   (846 words)

  
 Appendix B: Toshiba Corporation, Mie Works
The Mie Works is a gray iron foundry producing motor frames for Toshiba's wide range of industrial motor sizes.
At the time of the WTEC visit, this plant was producing 900 tons of small motor parts and 450 tons of compressor components for air conditioners each month.
A current in-house RandD project involves a nickel alloy gray iron having a lower coefficient of thermal conductivity and expansion (1/5 the conductivity of normal gray iron).
www.wtec.org /loyola/casting/b_toshi.htm   (550 words)

  
 asahi.com:Editorial/ Industrial waste - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Mie prefectural government has filed an accusation with the police against Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Japan's largest manufacturer of titanium oxide.
The Mie prefectural police plan to search the company's head office in Osaka and its plant in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture.
Asahi Shimbun's well-known daily column, which deals with a wide range of subjects from history, culture to current events.
www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200511080102.html   (753 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Japan
In the telephone survey of 1,041 voters published on Aug 25 by the Asahi newspaper, the country's second largest with a daily circulation of about 8 million, 29 percent said they would pick the LDP to decide the 180 lower house lawmakers chosen based on the portion of the national vote for each party.
In an Asahi survey released on Aug. 29, support for the LDP fell to 24 percent from 29 percent, while backing for The DPJ rose to 16 percent from 13 percent.
An Asahi telephone poll on that day, with 1,052 responses, said the gap in support for the LDP and DPJ had narrowed with the ruling party falling to 23 percent and the opposition group rising back to 16 percent.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aYX49TBRks2k   (3291 words)

  
 Asahi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a name of several places in Japan:
Asahi Glass Company is a Japanese chemical products manufacturer
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asahi   (81 words)

  
 Shoujoai ni Bouken, a shoujo ai manga serial fiction, Issue 83
Mie sat at one corner of the conference table, her eyes fixed on her lap.
Mie is his only child and when Mie told us...what she told us, he became angry and hired a lawyer.
He didn't really care for Mie or her feelings, but he fed my husband's anger..." the woman's eyes filled with tears.
www.yuricon.org /snb/snb83.html   (1626 words)

  
 Mie Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mie Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 12:39, 15 Jun 2005.
Mie Prefecture, History, Geography, Cities, Towns and villages, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Tourism, Prefectural symbols, Miscellaneous topics and External links.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mie_prefecture   (258 words)

  
 Asahi - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Asahi Shimbun, Chiba, Asahi Glass Co., ...
Asahi - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Asahi Shimbun, Chiba, Asahi Glass Co.,...
Asahi, Japan, Asahi Shimbun, Asahi, Chiba, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Asahi,...
de:Asahi Asahi (朝日) means "morning sun" in Japanese.
www.thebestlinks.com /Asahi.html   (189 words)

  
 Mie prefecture
Quasicrystals: Proceedings of the 12th Taniguchi Symposium, Shima Mie Prefecture Japan, 14-19 November, 1989 (Springer Series in Solid-State Science)
Marine ranching proceedings of the seventeenth U.S.-Japan Meeting on Aquaculture, Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, October 16, 17, and 18, 1988, satellite symposium: October 20 (SuDoc C 55.13:NMFS 102)
Control of disease in aquaculture proceedings of the nineteenth U.S.-Japan Meeting on Aquaculture, Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, 29-30 October 1990 : satellite symposium, 2 November (SuDoc C 55.13:NMFS 111)
news-server.org /m/mi/mie_prefecture.html   (207 words)

  
 eLibrary Project : Mie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mie, Mie (a districts of Japan,district of Japan)
OWASE, Mie -- A father and son suspected of involvement in the murder of a 75-year-old man have been arrested for burying him in his car, police said.
Le mie ferrate - Vie ferrate sulle Dolomiti ed Alpi Lombarde.
elibraryproject.com /info/Mie.html   (1203 words)

  
 Mie prefecture : Mie
List of cities (in order of their founding date)
List of districts (in order of their founding date)
Grasp the Crusades, and you comprehend one of Crusades, so far as I am able to trace, was the adoption by the which pertained to self-expiation.
www.findword.org /mi/mie.html   (340 words)

  
 asahi.com : English
At least 4 are dead and 12 missing after the storm dumps heavy rainfall in the west.
Elsewhere, a 71-year-old man and another man were found dead after being swept away by floodwater in Miyama, Mie Prefecture.
In the town of Kii-Nagashima in southern Mie Prefecture, the flooded Akabagawa river swept away a concrete pillar holding up a bridge of the JR Kisei Line.
www.buzztracker.org /2004/09/30/cache/349990.html   (427 words)

  
 GMWatch.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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.
The Environment Ministry disclosed Feb. 14 that GM rapeseed with resistance to herbicides had been detected in 11 locations near ports.
These included Kajima and Yokkaichi in Ibaraki and Mie prefectures, respectively, along with Kobe, Chiba and Nagoya.
www.gmwatch.org /archive2.asp?arcid=4925   (1029 words)

  
 Results of Japan general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Aichi Prefecture, the LDP gained four single-seat districts ringing Nagoya, often considered the DPJ's heartland.
In Mie Prefecture, there was no change, while in less urban Shizuoka Prefecture the LDP took a seat from the DPJ and held off a postal rebel.
In Gifu Prefecture rebels Seiko Noda and Keiji Furuya held their seats against candidates backed by the LDP leadership.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Results_of_Japan_general_election,_2005   (1230 words)

  
 Kusu, Mie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Kusu, Mie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Kusu (楠町; -cho) was a town located in Mie District, Mie, Japan.
On February 7, 2005, the town was dissolved after it was merged into a city of Yokkaichi.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kusu,_Mie   (102 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Tropical storm Meari kills 19 in Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The tempest was slowing and losing steam, but strong winds still were blowing along its tail end, the agency said.
Four people were confirmed to have died in a mudslide in southern Ehime prefecture after rescue workers recovered the body of a 63-year-old woman Thursday afternoon.
That included 11 people in Ehime, six in Mie and two others in separate southern prefectures.
www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2004-09-29-japan-storm_x.htm   (485 words)

  
 Mie town says `no` to nuke plant.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Miyama, Mie Prefecture-Residents on Sunday voted against any plan to build a nuclear power plant in their fishing and forestry town.
Sunday`s referendum in Miyama was held amid renewed concerns about nuclear safety, following accidents earlier this month at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, also run by Chubu Electric.
Observers say the referendum in Miyama will likely end the company`s plans to build any nuclear facilities in Mie Prefecture.
nuclearno.com /text.asp?1015   (337 words)

  
 APStracts 8:0221J, 2001.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Ionic mechanisms underlying burst firing of layer iii sensorimotor cortical neurons of the cat: an in vitro slice study.
Nishimura, Yoshihiro, Masaru Asahi, Koichi Saitoh, Hirofumi Kitagawa, Yuichi Kumazawa, Kunio Itoh, Min Lin, Takanobu Akamine, Hiroshi Shibuya, Toshihiro Asahara and Tetsuro Yamamoto.
We examined the ionic mechanisms underlying burst firing in layer III neurons from cat sensorimotor cortex by intracellular recording in a brain slice.
www.uth.tmc.edu /apstracts/2001/jn/June/221j.html   (387 words)

  
 3/10/2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This one caught my eye because it is updated from a mobile phone that is capable of taking pictures and movies.
The author, Mie, records pictures and movies, comments on them and is able to send them via her mobile phone to update her blog.
Mie discovered one downside of blogging from a phone.
drewby.net /blogHome.aspx?eraBlogID=7975&eraCatID=8134&eraPostID=9880   (119 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The sticking point is that part of the holy grounds are off-limits to women, who tend to spend the bulk of the tourist yen in Japan.
Shiretoko is now receiving a good deal of media coverage, and, according to the Hokkaido edition of the Asahi Shimbun, the number of visitors to the area increased noticeably after it was approved as a candidate.
In fact, according to an article in the Asahi Shimbun, bears on Shiretoko seem to be unintimidated by humans.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20040808pb.htm   (995 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
They were third after the first stage and dropped to fourth after the third stage.
At the end of the fourth stage, Kyudenko was a minute and 18 seconds behind the leader Asahi Kasei.
Next on 3 November, Mitsui-Sumitomo run away from the field and won the East Japan District Ekiden championships with a course record, 2:12:57.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=27997,printer.html   (604 words)

  
 Thin film filters, beamsplitters, mirrors and other optical components
OCJ has 2 manufacturing facilities in Japan (Gotemba, Mie).
Asahi Techno Glass Corp. participated in capital and management.
Merged Ise Vacuum Optics Corporation as the Mie Plant.
www.techmark.nl /ocj/co.htm   (430 words)

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