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 Shizuoka, Shizuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shizuoka(静岡市) (静岡市; -shi) is the capital and the most populous city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shizuoka lies on the JR main rail line from Tokyo to Osaka "Tokaido main line" and is well served by the Shinkansen, limited express and regional trains.
The Shizuoka Shimbun is the area's primary newspaper.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shizuoka,_Shizuoka   (239 words)

  
 Shizuoka, Japan - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) A 36-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment for murdering a 53-year-old woman and fatally injuring a 21-year-old student in...
SHIZUOKA — A 36-year-old man in Numazu was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for murdering a 53-year-old woman and fatally injuring a 21-year-old...
SHIZUOKA -- A housewife was tricked into paying more than 10 million yen when a man pretending to be her son tearfully asked her for money to pay back his debts...
www.4newz.net /world/nz/Shizuoka.html   (5117 words)

  
 Shizuoka Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Born and raised in Shizuoka Prefecture, Uchida attended university in Tokyo.
A total of 345 households were advised to evacuate in Shizuoka Prefecture and Tokyo as the typhoon sideswiped Chiba Prefecture.
Shizuoka prefecture (静岡県; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan.
shizuoka-prefecture.wikiverse.org   (172 words)

  
 Shizuoka - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
SHIZUOKA, Japan — A tea recipe contest for foreign residents in Japan will be held in the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, a major producer of Japanese...
The suit, to be filed with the Shizuoka District Court by 218 plaintiffs, mainly citizens in the Shizuoka Prefecture area, seeks10,000 yen in compensation for...
The Shizuoka Shimbun responds angrily to a recent survey in Shizuoka that found a whopping 40 percent of hotels not interested in welcoming foreign visitors in...
news.daylightonline.com /Shizuoka.html   (4454 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Shizuoka
In Shizuoka, some 150 kilometres west of Tokyo, the drills included responding to a tsunami touched off by an earthquake, similar to the one that struck the n Ocean on December 26 and.
The Shizuoka bureau is JH's second-largest Kanto branch.
Shizuoka Prefectural Police returned funds claimed for travel after admitting some trips were never made, but no court action was involved, the association said.
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Shizuoka_Japan.html   (4948 words)

  
 Numazu - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
SHIZUOKA — A 10-year-old Iraqi boy underwent surgery Friday in a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on his left eye after it was injured during a...
SHIZUOKA — A 10-year-old Iraqi boy undergoing a medical check on an injured left eye at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is expected to recover his...
NUMAZU, Shizuoka Prefecture-An Iraqi boy, whose sight is expected to be restored thanks to the wish of a slain journalist and those who carried it out in his...
www.news.daylightonline.com /Numazu.html   (1858 words)

  
 Shizuoka - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Shizuoka
Capital of Shizuoka prefecture, Chubo region, Honshu island, Japan, 150 km/93 mi southwest of Tokyo; population (1998 est) 471,000.
Industries include metal and food processing, and the manufacture of paper, plastics, and traditional goods, such as lacquerware, sewing boxes, and geta (wooden clogs).
Shizuoka is home to the 17th-century Tokugawa-leyasu mausoleum and Shizuoka University (1949).
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Shizuoka   (137 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- Civic Journalism Gains Momentum in Japanese Newsrooms
Each morning, the reporters and editors at the regional newspaper The Shizuoka Shimbun in Tokai go to work wondering if this is the day they will need to cover a massive earthquake that scientists are certain will hit the region sometime in the next few years.
Two years ago, The Shizuoka Shimbun started a project called "The Tokai Earthquake Campaign" aimed at driving down the number of deaths by methodically preparing the community to survive an earthquake through "pre-quake reporting" rather than the traditional approach of covering disaster after the fact.
The Chugoku Shimbun staff, concerned about the increasing youth gang activity in Hiroshima and ties they had unearthed between the gangs and organized crime syndicates, decided to help their community begin to see ways to reclaim their city from the gangs.
ojr.org /japan/media/1077241122.php   (1448 words)

  
 Shizuoka - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
SHIZUOKA — Two men and two women were found dead Monday afternoon inside a van in Shizuoka Prefecture, apparently in a suicide pact, police said.
SHIZUOKA — Two safes containing a total of 100 million yen in securities and 11.4 million yen in cash were reported stolen Saturday from the office of a...
SHIZUOKA — A knife-wielding man was taken into custody and arrested after he took a 29-year-old woman hostage Saturday at a supermarket outlet in Shimoda...
news.daylightonline.com /2003/Shizuoka.html   (4885 words)

  
 asahi.com:Utility told to disclose nuke-plant blueprints - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
SHIZUOKA-A court has ordered Chubu Electric Power Co. to reveal all crucial design data on the Hamaoka nuclear power plant because of fears the facility isn't sufficiently quake-resistant.
The Shizuoka District Court's decision was the result of lobbying by a citizens group worried about a disastrous Tokai earthquake that experts say will hit the area within 30 years.
The facility in Omaezaki, western Shizuoka Prefecture, was built in 1976.
www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200503230134.html   (450 words)

  
 Numazu - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Three crew members were aboard the chopper that landed in Numazu, about 100km south-west of Tokyo, a Shizuoka Prefectural (state) police spokesman said.
Three crew members were aboard the chopper that landed in Numazu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) kilometers southwest of Tokyo, a Shizuoka Prefectural (state...
SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) — An Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing Tuesday at a baseball field in Numazu, Japan.
news.daylightonline.com /2003/Numazu.html   (425 words)

  
 Ho-no-Hana offered 5 mil. yen to assemblyman, police say   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After the Shizuoka prefectural government registered the organization, Ho-no-Hana began buying about 1.8 hectares of land in the city in 1988 and began constructing Fuji Tenseimura, the facility that would eventually function as its headquarters, at a cost of about 4 billion yen.
With regard to the organization's bids to be registered elsewhere, an official of the Tokyo metropolitan government said, "As this happened more than 10 years ago, we have no way of confirming what happened." The two prefectural governments also said they did not have details of the applications.
Meanwhile, a joint investigation squad from the Metropolitan Police Department and Shizuoka prefectural police sent Hogen Fukunaga, whose real first name is Teruyoshi, and the 11 leading members of Ho-no-Hana who were also arrested Tuesday to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday.
www.rickross.com /reference/ho_no_hana/ho_no_hana22.html   (546 words)

  
 Japan Media Review -- Smaller Japanese Markets Warm Up to Convergence
Across the local media landscape, talk like this is widespread: TV stations and newspapers from Yamagata Shimbun and Yamagata Hoso in the north to Chugoku Shimbun and RCC Corp. in the south are beginning to cooperate in a similar fashion.
The Shizuoka Shimbun and SBS TV, a regional TV station, recently set up a "synergy desk" in March where reporters and editors from different sections meet to share information.
Although progress is slow, Shizuoka Shimbun's Oishi said they have received many queries from other newspapers and TV stations eager to hear how the experiment is going.
www.ojr.org /japan/media/1066850174.php   (1097 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online
The Shizuoka Shimbun responds angrily to a recent survey in Shizuoka that found a whopping 40 percent of hotels not interested in welcoming foreign visitors in the future.
While Shizuoka hopes to provide a more comfortable environment for foreigners by building special facilities, erecting information-signs and developing language-skills, the paper says, the prefecture should look to change its way of thinking first.
Sankei Shimbun reports, however, that government policy is running counter to the needs of the academic market in Japan.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040518tk.htm   (508 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Hamamatsu
The case was heard at the Hamamatsu branch of the Shizuoka District Court.
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) Four people were killed Sunday morning in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, when their minicar collided head-on with a sedan heading the wrong way, police said.
In Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where Brazilians comprise half of the foreign population, it was estimated that 20...
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Hamamatsu_Japan.html   (3771 words)

  
 Japan Times: Passengers stranded as downpour hits shinkansen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bullet train services were gradually resumed in the afternoon as the rain abated, but JR Tokai warned delays and cancellations could continue into later in the day.
In the city of Shizuoka, the cumulative rainfall through noon reached 362 mm, already topping a daily record for the area.
The rain caused floods and landslides in Shizuoka and the neighboring cities of Fujieda, Yaizu and Okabe.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn07-2004/nn20040701a5.htm   (332 words)

  
 Jezebel in the media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The magazine's representative, Neely Shearer, used to work as an editor and graphic designer in the U.S. Her friends have encouraged her to publish this magazine since she came to Japan two years ago.
The Australian artist that she met on a trip abroad and the photographer she met on a Shizuoka street have both sent her articles.
Two English teachers living in Shizuoka, Chris Church (Canadian) and Neely Shearer (American) have published their first issue of Jezebel Magazine, which they are planning to publish every other month.
www.al-media.com /dagmar/jznwe2.html   (1287 words)

  
 J League Teams: Jubilo Iwata
Jubilo Iwata has established itself as one of the top teams in the J.League, and in recent years the team has developed a fierce rivalry with Kashima Antlers for the top position in the league.
In 1978, Yamaha entered the JSL second division, and opened its current home stadium at Higashiyama, Shizuoka, in central Japan.
The future looks bright, but we suspect that the Iwata faithful will have to wait a year or two before their new local heroes can deliver another championship trophy.
www.wldcup.com /Asia/jleague/jubilo.html   (831 words)

  
 TOTOWN Press Release 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The program was presented by Shizuoka Broadcaster SBS Radio.
In the program, Adams, producer and reporter, interviewed senior Japanese citizens ranging in age from 88 years to 102.
The seniors recalled the original work songs from decades ago which they sang while picking tea leaves in the plantations of Shizuoka Prefecture.
www.totown.net /pr01.htm   (174 words)

  
 Hawaii-Hochi, Connecting between Japan & U.S.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
They included the promotion of the intereste of Japan in the Territory, to help to develop their American children into patriotic citizens to strengthen Japan-Hawaii ties, and to act as an impartial mediater between Japanese and japanese, and Japanese and other.
Following World WarII and the death of Makino in 1953, the newspaper was purchased by the late Konosuke Oishi, owner of the 'Shizuoka Simbun',in 1964.
The purchase enabled investments in plant and modernization of equipment, beginning with the purchase of web offset press in 1968.
www3.shizuokaonline.com /hawaii/hochi00.html   (231 words)

  
 Latest News
They intend to commercialize it by 2005 after confirmation of output power in January 2003 and verification of performance and durability for 10,000 h by the first half of 2004.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deliver the first demonstration unit of 1 kw PEFC for home use to The Japan Gas Association by the end of 2002 and participates in the field test for the standardization which JGA has been carrying out from 2001.
The research group of Professor Susumu Kitagawa, graduate school of Kyoto University, Assistant Professor Masaki Takada, graduate school of Nagoya University, and et al announced that they invented design process for porous material which adsorb gas such as oxygen, hydrogen and methane effectively and synthesize them under room temperature and 1 atm.
www.fcdic.com /eng/news/200301.html   (3298 words)

  
 doing total human resource servicesNihon Jinzai Center KK: organization analysis worker dispatch worker introduction ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
We are also issuing TORANOMAKI (guide to secrets), a series of booklets introducing human resources in Shizuoka Prefecture having special skills.
NAVIGATE JUKU, a private school for smooth personnel management, has been held in cooperation with Editorial Department of VEGA Magazine in Shizuoka Shimbun (Newspaper) Company, for case study, etc. with 40 officers in charge of personnel management inside and outside Shizuoka Prefecture.
We have three major offices in Shizuoka Prefecture, so that we may be distinguished from other companies by deeply entrenched in local communities.
www.bs-shizuoka.jp /e-kigyo/e-013_nihonzinzaicenter.html   (215 words)

  
 Shizuoka
It is a port and communications center and is known for its green tea, oranges, and lacquer ware.
Long the eastern outpost for Tokyo, Shizuoka retains a castle of the last of the Tokugawa shoguns.
Shizuoka Slush Fund 3 3 0407 2 arrested over embezzlement at Shizuoka Pref.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0844984.html   (291 words)

  
 Fujinomiya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Fujinomiya, Japan – Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and two local soccer teams helped prove that point by traveling 7,000 miles across the...
Fujinomiya (富士宮市; -shi) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 121,869 and the density of 387.12 persons per km².
www.wikiverse.org /fujinomiya   (91 words)

  
 Gamestyle
Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun has reported that Sega is beginning to move into sports theme facilities.
This move in part is an attempt to diversify its operations.
The first initial stage is the planning and design of the S-Pulse Dream House (a football theme park) to be operated by the S-Pulse soccer club in Shizuoka Prefecture.
www.gamestyle.net /news.php?newsid=475   (115 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Iwata
January 12, 2004 - In an interview with Japan's Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed a few new tidbits on his company's...
The bus ran some 500 meters from the scene in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, before officers arrived and ordered the driver to stop at a nearby bus stop.
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) A 42-year-old man was arrested Monday after he hijacked a bus in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, at knifepoint, police said.
www.nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/I/Iwata.shtml   (1742 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online
The moves, due to be proposed this month and presented to the Diet next year, come amid recent criticisms by the U.S. and U.N. of Japan's record in combating trafficking and protecting human rights.
Two brokers were recently arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of engaging in human trafficking involving a Thai woman, after they ran the woman into massive debt, the Shizuoka Shimbun reveals.
Nishinippon Shimbun reports on the arrest of 19 foreign women in Fukuoka on suspicion of violating the immigration laws.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040907tk.htm   (521 words)

  
 Shizuoka Shimbun - Japan newspaper covering news: general at Mondo Times
Shizuoka Shimbun - Japan newspaper covering news: general at Mondo Times
Shizuoka Shimbun is a Japan newspaper covering news: general.
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 La actualidad de Mediabriefing.com
El Shizuoka Shimbun y SBS TV crearon en marzo una "mesa de sinergia" en la que reporteros y editores de diferentes secciones se reúnen para compartir información.
La experiencia de Shizuoka Shimbun y SBS TV está siendo imitada por multitud de compañías en el entorno de los medios locales, cuyos propietarios se empiezan a dar cuenta de que este tipo de estrategias constituyen la única vía de supervivenvcia en un mercado sobresaturado.
Y en el sur del país, RCC Corp. y el Chugoku Shimbun de Hiroshima han establecido también una "mesa de sinergias" similar a la de SBS TV y Shizuoka Shimbun.
www.mediabriefing.com /actualidad.asp?idarticulos=1093   (817 words)

  
 Newspapers - Journal - Periodicos - Zeitungen - Giornali - Kranten > Asia > Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Shizuoka Shimbun - (Shizuoka-ken Shizuoka - Newspaper) (http://www.sbs-np.co.jp/)
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