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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Kumamoto prefecture
Kumamoto prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan.
Historically the area was called Higo[?] province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the Meiji Restoration as part of the abolition of the feudal system.
Kumamoto prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ku/Kumamoto_prefecture.html   (91 words)

  
 Kumamoto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyūshū, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands.
Aso (1592 m), an extensive active volcano, is in the east of Kumamoto Prefecture.
On March 27, 2006, the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka merged with the towns of Amakusa, Ariake, Goshoura, Itsuwa, Kawaura, Kuratake, Shinwa and Sumoto (all from Amakusa District) to form the new city of Amakusa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kumamoto_Prefecture   (671 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Historically the area was called Higo province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the Meiji Restoration as part of the
Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands.
Aso, an extensive active volcano, is in Kumamoto Prefecture.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Kumamoto_Prefecture.html   (82 words)

  
 Kumamoto Cities and Towns – Web Listings
Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese...
The Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (The Kumamoto Daily News) was founded on April 1...
Kumamoto, 43, ???, Kumamoto, 6907, 1837747, 1859793, 1859344, 1842140...
www.business.com /directory/government_and_trade/by_country/japan/regional_and_municipal_government/prefectures/kumamoto/cities_and_towns/weblistings.asp   (480 words)

  
 Kumamoto News
KUMAMOTO A museum dedicated to the history of people with Hansen's disease has opened on a trial basis in Kumamoto Prefecture, the first museum of its kind in the Kyushu region.
A museum displaying materials about the history of leprosy sufferers in Japan opened on a trial basis Tuesday in Kumamoto Prefecture, the first museum of its kind in the Kyushu region.
Tokyo District Court on Wednesday handed a suspended sentence to a former construction company official who became embroiled in the falsified building-strength scandal but was found guilty only of...
www.topix.net /jp/kumamoto?scoring=d   (713 words)

  
 Kumamato Prefecture of Japan - Japan's Geography
Kumamoto prefecture (Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan.
History: Historically the area was called Higo province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the Meiji Restoration as part of the abolition of the feudal system.
Geography: Kumamoto prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu.
www.japan-101.com /geography/geography_prefecture_kumamato.htm   (150 words)

  
 The Australian: Japanese regional banks to team up [ 16oct06 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kyushu-Shinwa, which has a non-performing loan ratio of 10 per cent compared with an average of 4.5 per cent for regional banks, said it would use the funds to write off most of its bad loans.
The move comes as Bank of Fukuoka is set to absorb another smaller lender, Kumamoto Family Bank, next April.
The enlarged banking group, including Kyushu-Shinwa, would have loans and assets of Y11,550 billion.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,20586646,00.html   (430 words)

  
 asahi.com:Kyushu bank woos white knights - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In terms of voting rights, the Bank of Fukuoka will become the top shareholder of Kyushu-Shinwa with 13.36 percent.
In April, the Bank of Fukuoka is scheduled to integrate operations with Kumamoto Family Bank, based in Kumamoto, under a joint holding company.
All three banks had about 11.5 trillion yen in combined assets as of the end of March, more than the 10.8 trillion yen for the Bank of Yokohama, the nation's largest regional bank.
www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610140137.html   (372 words)

  
 Lafcadio Hearn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Hearn stayed fifteen months in Matsue, moving on to another teaching position in Kumamoto, Kyushu, at the Fifth Higher Middle School, where he spent the next three years and completed his book Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894).
Koizumi Yakumo page (in Japanese), from Kumamoto Bungaku Sanpo [Kumamoto Literary Stroll], including Hearn's The Future of the Far East from Momoi Yuichi-sensei, in Japanese and English.
Hearn Exhibit at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County: December 5, 1998 - February 28, 1999.
www.trussel.com /f_hearn.htm   (5364 words)

  
 Seminars and Classes
Who is famous for writing the "Go Rin No Sho"(Book of Five Rings) and for having sixty victorious battles to the death.
I studied it for four years at the Musashi Dojo in Kumamoto Ken. I currently teach it with permission and occasionally return with students to train in Japan.
To my knowledge I am the only non-Japanese to complete the study in this famous art.
askwithin.com /_wsn/page5.html   (400 words)

  
 Evidence for the Involvement of a Pulmonary First-Pass Effect via Carboxylesterase in the Disposition of a Propranolol ...
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan (T.I., Y.Y., M.O.); and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan (M.H., K.C.)
Address correspondence to: Dr. Teruko Imai, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan.
Ahmed S, Imai T, Yoshigae Y, and Otagiri M (1997) Stereospecific activity and nature of metabolizing esterases for propranolol prodrug in hairless mouse skin liver and plasma.
jpet.aspetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/307/3/1234   (5866 words)

  
 The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Japanese pt. 10
-- Tokyo : Seishin Shobo, 1981 RID: wln95-162217 ITEM #: jpn00611 952.25 Shashinshu Kumamoto / creative direction, Ayukawa S532 Hisao ; photographic direction, Okuma Masayuki.
RID: wln95-21583 ITEM #: jpn00380 495.63 Shinsen jikyo kokugo sakuin / Kyoto Daigaku S556 Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyu- Ref.
RID: wln94-380847 ITEM #: jpn00381 299.56 Shinto jiten S556 RID: wln95-21560 ITEM #: jpn00672 398.0952 Shinwa densetsu jiten / Asakura Haruhiko...
www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/japan10h.htm   (1406 words)

  
 Murine Coronavirus-Induced Subacute Fatal Peritonitis in C57BL/6 Mice Deficient in Gamma Interferon -- Kyuwa et al. 72 ...
They also show that a resultant persistent JHMV infection induces
Present address: Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto
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jvi.asm.org /cgi/content/abstract/72/11/9286   (165 words)

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