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Because of this photograph and others of bus stops and the people who use them, Shuichiro Shibata, 41, was one of four recipients of this year's Ken Domon awards given by Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, to amateur photographers. The top prize is the Ken Domon Culture Award, followed by three shorei-sho (encouragement) awards. (Asahi.com, Japan)
Festive spirit a sure cure for summertime blues Jul 3, 2005
Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri ... Which is just what happens every August in the city of Yamagata ... A 10-minute walk from JR Yamagata Station. (Asahi.com, Japan)
'Banzai Cliff' the site of a terrible tragedy Jun 30, 2005
Shortly after her birth in Yamagata Prefecture, her family emigrated to Tinian, a Northern Mariana Island near Saipan. When U.S. forces landed on Saipan in June 1944, she volunteered as a nurse at the Japanese army field hospital there. (Asahi.com, Japan)
Fujitsu Pushes Hard Drive Limits Jun 30, 2005
Itoh is working on the project with colleagues from Yamagata Fujitsu and the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology and the work is supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Researchers start with a piece of glass and a layer of aluminum is added to one side. (PC World)
Women's sumo re-evaluatedBy Akiko Yamazato Jun 30, 2005
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) Female sumo wrestlers wearing "mawashi" belts over their underwear once competed in tournaments throughout Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii, a popular entertainment until it disappeared in the 1960s ... In addition, novelist Akira Hayasaka plans to stage a play on female sumo wrestlers, and a university in Yamagata Prefecture, where women's sumo originated, is promoting studies on its roots ... Women's sumo is believed to have been created by Heishiro Ishiyama, an entertainment promoter... (Japan Times Online, Japan)
Fujitsu Group and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology Successfully Fill Anodic Alumina Nano-holes with Cobalt Jun 30, 2005
Tokyo (JCNN) - Yamagata Fujitsu, Fujitsu Laboratories, and the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology have jointly succeeded in filling up anodic alumina nano-holes with cobalt, a magnetic metal. The partners have developed a technology to linearly align alumina nano-holes by creating irregularities at intervals of 45nm on the aluminum surface in a linear fashion. (JCN Network, Japan)
Poetry in motion Jun 28, 2005
We took a less-traveled road through the mountains, lakes and marshes of Bandai-Asahi National Park and Yamagata, where the poet visited Risshaku ("Standing Rock") Temple, perched on a rocky hill dotted with caves ... For a more light-hearted experience, down the hill, there is a tourist center with Yamagata souvenir shops, a bungee-jumping operation, and an Amazon River nature museum. (Honolulu Advertiser)
JR East unveils 360-kph bullet train Jun 26, 2005
A Japanese driver died after the light van he was driving was hit by a Yamagata Shinkansen train near a level crossing between Takahata and Akayu They have had security problems with the Terrorist attack from the Asahara cult and recently there was a huge death toll at the Fukuchiyama line and Amagasaki, one other incident a Shinkansen train hit the buffers and overran the tracks for 150 m before coming to a stop across a road the 48-year old driver admitted to being asleep at the time. Germans... (Japan Today, Japan)
Zico sticks with misfiring duo Jun 22, 2005
Zico does not have a big talent pool to pick from up front but I am surprised he doesn't seem to have taken a look at Oshima (Marinos, was Yamagata before). Fully agree with pb. (Japan Today, Japan)
REFILING: Features schedule advisory Jun 21, 2005
Akiko Yamazato reports from Yamagata, Japan: Sumo in which women wrestlers took part was as popular as men's sumo throughout Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii until the 1960s, when it disappeared, but is attracting attention again. A biography of a woman ozeki has been published, novelist Akira Hayasaka plans a stage play, and a university in Yamagata Prefecture, where women's sumo originated, is studying its roots. (Kyodo, Japan)
So, what the heck is that?By Alice Gordenker Jun 16, 2005
To track down why they are there, I started with the photo you sent, which shows a sign stating the sandals were presented by the honokai (dedicatory committee) of a city in Yamagata Prefecture. I called up the Maruyama city office and was put through to an official in charge of culture and tourism. (Japan Times Online, Japan)
Sports schedule for Wednesday, April 27 Apr 26, 2005
Yamagata prefectural stadium. 6:30 p.m. Lotte vs Seibu. (Kyodo, Japan)
NEC Chips In to Power Xbox Apr 26, 2005
The chip, which will include NEC's embedded DRAM (dynamic RAM) memory technology, will be manufactured on the company's state-of-the-art production line at its factory in Yamagata, Japan. No other details of the chip or deal were announced. (PC World)
Kamimura Gakuen through to quarters Apr 1, 2005
Kobe Kokusaidai Fuzoku (Hyogo), Keio (Kanagawa), Tenri (Nara), Aikodai Meiden (Aichi) and Haguro (Yamagata) are the other schools which advanced to the quarterfinals which will be played Friday and Saturday. The semifinal games are scheduled for Sunday, and the final for Monday. (Japan Today, Japan)
Five skiers found safe after overnight ordeal Mar 13, 2005
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) Five South Koreans who were reported missing after failing to return to their hotel at a ski resort in Yamagata Prefecture were found safe Saturday morning, prefectural police said. One of them suffered minor injuries to his leg, according to police and rescue officials. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
2ND LD: 5 S. Koreans confirmed safe after missing at ski resort Mar 12, 2005
Five South Koreans, who were reported missing Friday night after having failed to return to their hotel at a ski resort in Yamagata prefecture, were found Saturday morning and confirmed safe with one of them suffering a leg injury, prefectural police said Saturday ... They checked in at the Hotel Lucent Takamiya at around 3 p.m. Friday in the Zao Spa Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata. (Kyodo, Japan)
5 missing Koreans found at ski resort Mar 12, 2005
Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 10:48 JSTYAMAGATA All five South Koreans who had been missing since Friday afternoon at a ski resort in Yamagata prefecture have been confirmed safe, prefectural police said Saturday. The five are Yun Ku Han, a 42-year-old banker from Seoul, his son, the son's two male friends, all 13 years old, and the man's 23-year-old female colleague. (Japan Today, Japan)
Woman held for strangling son, 11 Mar 11, 2005
Shizu Yamagata has admitted killing her son, Teppei, at their home in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Wednesday, police said. She was quoted by police as saying she was annoyed by her husband's business failure and arrest. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Woman kills son, then botches suicide Mar 10, 2005
"Because I felt it would be pitiful to leave the child alone, I strangled him when he was sleeping," Shizu Yamagata was quoted by the police as saying, admitting to killing Teppei, an elementary school boy, at their home in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Her husband ran a bar in Higashiosaka but closed it in August last year because business was bad. (Japan Today, Japan)
Police raid Sendai oil firm Mar 7, 2005 Principal gets life for slaying in-laws Mar 5, 2005 Ex-school head gets life for 2 murders Mar 4, 2005 Readers weigh in Feb 28, 2005 3 SDF members arrested for gang rape Feb 28, 2005 Members of 4th GSDF contingent return from Iraq Feb 19, 2005 Rasmussen brings new insight back from Japan Feb 3, 2005 Cold air mass set to keep dumping snow, snarling transport nationwide Feb 2, 2005 Winter Storms in Japan Bring Heavy Snows Feb 1, 2005 LEAD: Heavy snow, winds disrupt transportation in Japan Feb 1, 2005 Waste disposal candidate sites named Jan 31, 2005 Juggling relationships and success Jan 30, 2005 JNC names sites put on nuke waste list in 1980s Jan 29, 2005 Saito elected Yamagata governor Jan 24, 2005 Kyodo news summary Jan 23, 2005 CORRECTED: Voting under way in Yamagata gubernatorial election Jan 23, 2005 Niigata quake draws flood of volunteers Jan 20, 2005 Tsutsumi's autocratic style exacted heavy toll Jan 18, 2005 Fossilized elephant footprints dating back 16 million years found Jan 16, 2005 3 perish in Yamagata house fire Jan 12, 2005 Balancing act Jan 12, 2005 Gubernatorial election campaigning under way Jan 7, 2005 Campaigning begins in Yamagata, Gifu Jan 6, 2005 Rasmussen to visit Japan for political study Jan 6, 2005 Kyodo economic news summary -3- Jan 4, 2005 Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries worth Y1,000 apiece Jan 4, 2005 Revealing 'The Japanese Sensibility': Humanism By Roger Pulvers Dec 26, 2004 Emergency medic network fell shy in Niigata Dec 23, 2004 Court orders JNC to give info on candidate sites for nuke waste Dec 17, 2004 Tadano to recall 15,000 mobile cranes Dec 10, 2004 Baseball: Rakuten to open 1st season with game against Lotte Dec 8, 2004 Rakuten to set up minor league team Dec 7, 2004 Adventurer plans trek across Canadian Arctic Dec 5, 2004 Adventurer Oba plans 3,800-km trek across Canadian Artic from Feb. Dec 4, 2004 Trio arrested for phone porn-peddling Dec 3, 2004 Kokudo employee found dead in suspected suicide Nov 29, 2004 Kokudo employee found dead Nov 27, 2004 GSDF replacements begin shipping out for south Iraq Nov 14, 2004 Soccer: Late Gral penalty rescues Iwata in Emperor's Cup Nov 13, 2004 Kyodo news summary -2- Nov 13, 2004 LEAD: Soccer: Late Gral penalty rescues Iwata in Emperor's Cup Nov 13, 2004 Japan sends 4th SDF contingent to Iraq Nov 13, 2004 JR resumes work on Joetsu line Nov 11, 2004 Japanese diver drowns; another missing in Philippines Nov 10, 2004 4TH LD: Magnitude 5.3 quake jolts Niigata Pref., 2 women injured Nov 10, 2004 Rotation troops get marching orders Nov 6, 2004 Niigata quake spurs disaster-relief rethink Nov 4, 2004 2 die of acute brain disorder in Akita Oct 28, 2004 Two more 'sugihiratake deaths' in Akita Oct 26, 2004 Two more die of acute brain disorder Oct 26, 2004 5 die of mysterious acute brain fever Oct 22, 2004 Japan takes curry fare to new heights, depths Oct 7, 2004 M4.8 quake jolts central Japan Oct 5, 2004 Livedoor emerges as early fan favorite to own new team Oct 4, 2004 "Swing Girls"Blow your horns, little girls blue Sep 29, 2004 Read Indepth Article Sep 3, 2004 Prison waived for vote-buyer, briber Aug 24, 2004 One dead, another missing as boat flips in big waves Aug 22, 2004 On the path of poets By Hiroko Kimura Aug 20, 2004 Typhoon Megi slams into northern Japan Aug 20, 2004 Free spirit moves between jazz and classical Aug 15, 2004 Medicine mixup kills aged patient; hospital probed Aug 12, 2004 Man dies after getting wrong injection Aug 11, 2004 LEAD: Relatively strong quake hits northern Japan, no tsunami alert Aug 10, 2004 Five killed, 22 hurt in fiery tunnel crash Aug 8, 2004
Police authorities searched more than 20 locations, including the company's headquarters in Sendai, and branch offices in Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, Saitama and Tokyo. (Kyodo News). (Japan Today, Japan)
Kubo set to make Marinos return Mar 6, 2005
Newly-signed striker Hideo Oshima, who netted a league-leading 22 goals for J2 side Montedio Yamagata last year, is also doubtfulafter picking up an injury to his left foot during the Marinos' Super Cup defeat at Tokyo Verdy last weekend. The Yokohama side kicks off the defence of its J. League title against Japan's other AFC Champions League representative, Jubilo Iwata, this weekend. (Xinhuanet, China -- Sports)
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) A former elementary school principal was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering his in-laws and wounding his two daughters in the town of Fujishima, Yamagata Prefecture. Shozaburo Amo, 69, used a gavel to pummel to death his 87-year-old father-in-law and 82-year-old mother-in-law at their house on Dec. 6, 2001. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Friday, March 4, 2005 at 13:55 JSTYAMAGATA A former elementary school principal was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing his parents-in-law and injuring his two daughters in the town of Fujishima, Yamagata Prefecture. Shozaburo Amo, 69, killed his father-in-law, then 87, and mother-in-law, then 82, by hitting their heads with a gavel at their house Dec 6, 2001. (Japan Today, Japan)
USATODAY.com - Readers cast their votes, weigh in on worst jobs. Posted 2/27/2005 10:28 PM. (USA Today -- Sports)
In the cities he sampled (Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Kumamoto, and Yamagata) a significant percentage (18. 1 to 32. (Japan Today, Japan)
They are the first batch to have returned from the fourth contingent, mainly from the GSDF's 6th Division based in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture. They carried out their mission at a time when Iraq held its first democratic elections in 50 years. (Kyodo, Japan)
While there, Rasmussen spent time with a host family in Yamagata in northern Japan, where it was about 25 degrees, and the area had about 3 feet of snow, he said. His host family lives in a middle-class home with three generations --- a grandmother, parents and a daughter. (Longview Daily News, WA)
At least two people were reported killed in snow-related accidents -- one in Yamagata Prefecture and the other in Tokushima Prefecture. The Meteorological Agency warned of more snow, strong winds and high waves in the coming days. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
In northern Yamagata prefecture, a 67-year-old man died after falling off the roof of a two-story home in Oguni while removing snow, said local police spokesman Kazunori Furusawa. Further south in Okayama prefecture, unusually frosty weather caused roads to ice over. (The Ledger)
The snowfall in the 24-hour period through Tuesday noon amounted to 90 centimeters in Toka, Niigata Prefecture, 77 cm in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, and 75 cm in the village of Okura in Yamagata Prefecture. The agency predicts that up to 90 cm of snow will fall in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning in mountainous areas in the Hokuriku, northern Koshin and northern Tokai regions, and up to 60 cm along the Tohoku region's Sea of Japan coast and the Chugoku area. (Kyodo, Japan)
"The prefectures named were Hokkaido, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Nagano, Gifu, Ehime, Kochi, Nagasaki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima". What a coincidence. (Japan Today, Japan)
Japan Today - Newsmakers - U.S. singer Rachel Yamagata juggles relationships and sudden success - Japan's Leading International News Network ... Rachel Yamagata PHOTO BY SMASH ... TOKYO Speaking over the phone to Rachel Yamagata at her management company's apartment in New York, it's easy to imagine her as she draws a mental picture of herself. (Japan Today, Japan)
The prefectures named were Hokkaido, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Nagano, Gifu, Ehime, Kochi, Nagasaki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. The court ruling followed the filing of a suit in February 2003 by the head of the civic group, urging JNC to disclose the information. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Monday, January 24, 2005 at 07:15 JSTYAMAGATA A former Bank of Japan official, Hiroshi Saito, won Sunday's gubernatorial election in Yamagata Prefecture, beating incumbent Kazuo Takahashi, who sought a fourth four-year term, in a close three-way race, election returns showed. Saito, 47, won 275,455 votes, while Takahashi obtained 270,978 and Kazuya Homma 30,877. (Japan Today, Japan)
---------- Voting under way in Yamagata gubernatorial election. YAMAGATA, Japan - Voting is under way Sunday for the Yamagata gubernatorial election, with incumbent Gov. Kazuo Takahashi running against two other candidates in seeking a third four-year term. (Kyodo, Japan)
(Kyodo) _ Voting is under way Sunday for the Yamagata gubernatorial election, with incumbent Gov. Kazuo Takahashi running against two other candidates in seeking a fourth four-year term ... Takahashi, the oldest governor in Japan at 74, is supported by the Social Democratic Party and the Yamagata chapter of the Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo, Japan)
He is now a member of the Tsuruoka Municipal Assembly in Yamagata Prefecture and is helping survivors of the earthquakes that struck Niigata Prefecture's Chuetsu region in October. He set up Chuetsu Genkimura and is putting his experience from Kobe to use. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Kyodo News On a beach in Atsumi, Yamagata Prefecture, a man was found drowned on Nov. 21 with only a little cash, a few cigarettes and a sake cup in his clothes. He was Tamotsu Kiuchi, deputy director of the general affairs department of Kokudo Corp., a company at the center of scandals involving the Seibu Railway Co. group. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Business)
The finding will be reported at a meeting of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, which gets under way Friday in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture. News Search Highlights. (Kyodo, Japan)
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 09:53 JSTYAMAGATA Three people were killed in a fire at a house in Kahoku, Yamagata Prefecture, early Wednesday, police said. The three are believed to be Nobuyuki Ishihara, 61, the owner of the house, his wife Yasuko, 64, and his mother Motoko, 86, the police said. (Japan Today, Japan)
On the other hand, Rachael Yamagata, another American singer-songwriter, doesn't provide an easy handle ... Apparently, Yamagata did not fit his image of the 20-something female American singer-songwriter ... "That's true in America, too," Yamagata says over the phone from a friend's apartment in New York City. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Arts)
Campaigning began Thursday for the Yamagata and Gifu gubernatorial elections, with three independent candidates, including Yamagata incumbent Kazuo Takahashi, registering for each race ... He faces challenges from newcomers Hiroshi Saito, 47, a former Bank of Japan employee, and Kazuya Homma, 50, vice chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's Yamagata prefectural committee ... In the Yamagata race, Takahashi, the oldest governor in Japan, is backed by the Social Democratic Party, the... (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 10:58 JSTTOKYO Campaigning began Thursday for the gubernatorial elections in Yamagata and Gifu prefectures on Jan 23, with three independent candidates, including incumbent Gov Kazuo Takahashi, registering for each race. In Yamagata Prefecture, Takahashi, 74, will seek his fourth consecutive four-year term while facing challenges from two newcomers Hiroshi Saito, 47, a former Bank of Japan employee, and Kazuya Homma, 50, vice chairman of the Japanese Communist... (Japan Today, Japan)
The delegates will meet with local, municipal and national leaders, businesses and civic groups and will travel to Yamagata, Kyoto and Osaka. The group also will study the Japanese political system and talk about issues. (Longview Daily News, WA)
---------- Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries worth 1,000 yen apiece. YAMAGATA, Japan - A farmer in Yamagata Prefecture on Tuesday made this year's first shipment of his greenhouse-grown cherries, which last year sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack. (Kyodo, Japan)
Japan Today - News - Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries worth Y1,000 apiece - Japan's Leading International News Network ... Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 14:49 JSTYAMAGATA A farmer in Yamagata Prefecture on Tuesday made this year's first shipment of his greenhouse-grown cherries, which last year sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack ... Each one contains around 50 cherries, according to a Yamagata agricultural cooperative official. (Japan Today, Japan)
Inoue was born in 1934 in a small town in Yamagata Prefecture. He lost his father when he was 4 years old and was subsequently sent off to a Lasallian home for children (no doubt the inspiration for Father Mockinpott originated in this experience). (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Life)
In neighboring Yamagata, Fukushima, Gunma, Toyama and Nagano prefectures, eight out of 45 facilities responded to the request, the ministry said. Only 28 percent of the facilities entered the information by the following day. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The prefectures are Hokkaido, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Nagano, Gifu, Ehime, Kochi, Nagasaki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. Friday's ruling was made on a suit filed in February 2003 by the head of a civic group, which urged the institute to fully disclose the information. (Kyodo, Japan)
As five property damage accidents also involving Tadano-made cranes took place in Gunma, Ishikawa, Hokkaido, Iwate and Yamagata prefectures in 1996 and after, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will order the company to improve its management because of the delayed report, when it receives a recall notice Friday, the sources said. (Kyodo News). (Japan Today, Japan)
Rakuten will host five games in other cities in the Tohoku region -- two in Yamagata, one each in Fukushima, Iwaki and Morioka. The Orix Buffaloes, created through the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, will host 34 games at Osaka Dome and 32 at Yahoo BB Stadium in Kobe. (Kyodo, Japan)
Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 00:11 JSTTOKYO The minor-league affiliate of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, which calls Miyagi Stadium in Sendai its home field, will be based in Yamagata Prefecture, the Eastern League said Monday. Rakuten initially planned to base its minor-league team in Sendai but failed talks to use the 770-seat stadium which belongs to corporate team JT and neighboring parks forced them to reapply with the 25,000-seat Yamagata prefectural stadium in Nakayama as its home. (Japan Today, Japan)
He runs a school called Earth Academy in his hometown of Mogami, Yamagata Prefecture. He and other members of his team plan to answer questions from schoolchildren. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
He runs a school called Earth Academy in his hometown of Mogami, Yamagata Prefecture. He and other members of his team plan to answer questions from children at schools. (Kyodo, Japan)
Friday, December 3, 2004 at 12:49 JSTYAMAGATA Police on Friday arrested three people who allegedly used "wangiri" calls, random single-ring calls to cell phones, to peddle pornography ... They are believed to have used a device for linking phone lines with a computer to make random calls to cell phones registered in Yamagata Prefecture and other parts of Japan. (Japan Today, Japan)
An employee of scandal-hit Kokudo Corp. was found dead Nov. 21 on the seashore in Yamagata Prefecture, and police are looking into the possibility he killed himself, according to sources familiar with the case. The 54-year-old employee, who was a vice chief of Kokudo's general affairs department, was fielding requests from companies that want Kokudo to buy back Seibu Railway Co. shares amid the scandal linked to Kokudo's concealment of information, the sources said. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Saturday, November 27, 2004 at 11:31 JSTTOKYO The body of a 54-year-old male employee of scandal-hit Kokudo Corp was found last Sunday on the seashore in Yamagata Prefecture, and police are looking into the possibility that he may have killed himself, sources familiar with the case said Saturday. The man, who was a vice chief of Kokudo's general affairs department, was fielding requests from companies that want Kokudo to buy back Seibu Railway Co shares amid the scandal linked to Kokudo's... (Japan Today, Japan)
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) The unit colors of the fourth contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force troops headed to Iraq were transferred Saturday during a ceremony in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture ... The unit that began shipping out Saturday includes about 330 GSDF troops from Yamagata Prefecture, about 110 from Fukushima Prefecture and about 10 from Miyagi Prefecture. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Elsewhere, defending J-League champions Yokohama F Marinos won 2-1 away to Montedio Yamagata as the majority of first-division sides came through unscathed after joining the tournament in the fourth round. Albirex Niigata play later Saturday away to Shonan Bellmare with seven fourth-round matches taking place on Sunday. (Kyodo, Japan)
YAMAGATA, Japan - A ceremony to hand over a unit flag to the fourth contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops was held Saturday in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, as the first batch of the GSDF troops prepared to leave for Iraq later in the day. About 200 of the 500-member unit, the bulk of which is drawn from the GSDF's 6th Division based in the Jimmachi Garrison in Higashine, are scheduled to leave Sendai airport for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo, Japan)
Elsewhere, South Korea striker Ahn Jung Hwan scored his first goal in seven weeks in Yokohama F Marinos' 2-1 win at Montedio Yamagata as the majority of first-division sides came through unscathed after joining the fourth round. Tokyo Verdy won 2-1 at Kyoto Purple Sanga, Kashima Antlers beat Ibaraki rivals Mito Hollyhock 1-0 away, Gamba Osaka won 3-1 at Sagan Tosu while FC Tokyo edged Vegalta Sendai 1-0. (Kyodo, Japan)
The roughly 200-strong group, mostly from the GSDF 6th Divisionbased in Higashine, northern Yamagata Prefecture, departed on a charter flight from Sendai Airport in neighboring Miyagi Prefecture, Kyodo News reported. They fly first to Kuwait for a week of training before enteringthe southern Iraqi city of Samawah, where more than 500 troops arebased. (Xinhuanet, China -- World)
The quake was also felt in Fukushima, Yamagata, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Ishikawa and Nagano. Its focus was 5 km underground in Chuetsu. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
A rescue team was searching for Chihiro Nawa, 20, from Yamagata Prefecture. He is also a certified diving instructor. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The quake was also felt in Fukushima, Yamagata, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Ishikawa and Nagano prefectures. Its focus was 5 kilometers underground in Chuetsu. (Kyodo, Japan)
According to the dispatch order, the GSDF troops, most of whom belong to the GSDF Sixth Division, headquartered in Yamagata Prefecture, will leave for the southern Iraq city of Samawah on a three-month mission of reconstruction and water-purification work. The GSDF troops rotate every three months and the tour of the current contingent, now deployed to Samawah, is scheduled to end in early December. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
After discovering food was short, Fukushima teamed up with Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures on Oct. 25 to send enough rations to feed 50,000 people, said Susumu Takano, a spokesman for the Fukushima Prefectural Government's disaster measures group. In addition, the prefecture sent about 20 officials to help their counterparts take care of the evacuees, he said. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The deaths of a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 60s brought the number of people who have died after suffering acute brain disorder since mid-September to six in Akita Prefecture, and to 12 in total in Akita, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures. (Kyodo News). (Japan Today, Japan)
The deaths of a woman in her 70s and a man in his 60s brought to four the number of people in Akita who have died from the acute brain disorder since mid-September, and to 10 the total number of deaths in Akita, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures ... Since late September, more than 10 people with kidney problems in their 50s to 90s in Yamagata and Niigata suffered from the acute brain disorder after eating the mushrooms, the two prefectural governments reported. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The deaths of a woman in her 70s and a man in his 60s brought to four the number of people who have died after suffering acute brain disorder since mid-September in Akita, and to 10 the total number of such deaths in Akita, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures. (Kyodo News). (Japan Today, Japan)
Friday, October 22, 2004 at 07:24 JSTTOKYO Five people have died recently after suffering from an acute brain fever of unknown cause in Niigata and Yamagata prefectures, local authorities said Thursday ... In a similar case, two people a man in his 70s and woman in her 60s died in neighboring Yamagata in the same period, the prefecture said. (Japan Today, Japan)
Okitama Chikusan Kosha of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, makes beef curry using deluxe Yonezawa beef cut into big chunks. "People love it because they can really taste the beef," company manager Ryoichi Hosoya said. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The quake, which occurred at 8:33 a.m., registered 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukui, Takefu and Katsuyama in Fukui Prefecture, Yoro, Yamagata and Motosuneo in Gifu Prefecture, as well as Tsukude in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo News). (Japan Today, Japan)
Kyodo News polled 50 people each in the six Tohoku prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima by telephone over three days to Friday, during which both companies' presidents visited the region to build support for their plans. Forty percent of the respondents said they support Livedoor's bid -- far outnumbering the 7 percent backing the bid by Rakuten. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
The film's story, however, is a fiction, set in today's Yamagata Prefecture -- Japan's nearest equivalent to Arkansas ... Louis Armstrong once said, "If you gotta ask what jazz is, don't mess with it." "Swing Girls" doesn't ask -- it shows, in Yamagata dialect no less. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Arts)
Upon encountering Japanese culture, Scholnick found Hello Kitty to perfectly exemplify her frustrations as a woman while teaching English in the city of Yamagata. Shocked by her older female students proudly displaying the mute kitty on anything and everything imaginable, Scholnick began to explore the Japanese word for cute, kawaii. (AbsoluteArts.com)
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) A 65-year-old former chairman of a town assembly in Yamagata Prefecture was given a suspended prison term Monday for vote-buying and attempting to bribe a police officer during an interrogation. Suketaro Otaki, former chairman of the municipal assembly of Mikawa, was given a 18-month term in prison, suspended for four years. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Tsuruoka, Yamagata Pref ... The death toll from Typhoon Megi rose to 10 Friday when a man in Yamagata Prefecture was killed by a falling advertising display that was blown off by strong winds, police said. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
YAMAGATA On the path of poets ... Many people know that these two haiku are among the most famous by Japan's legendary poet Matsuo Basho, but probably many of them do not realize that the 17-syllable poems describe stunning natural scenery in Yamagata Prefecture -- the former refers to the Yamadera temple in Yamagata City, and the latter describes the breadth of the Mogami River in Kiyokawa City ... The Edo-period poet actually stayed in Yamagata for 43 days during his 150-day journey to the... (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Life)
"The winds have been really something, quite strong," said a police spokesman in Yamagata, south of Aomori. The strong winds pounded Aomori, a city at the centre of a famous fruit growing region at the northern tip of the island of Honshu, NHK television said. (Google News India -- World)
I've always wanted to do something like this, but have never had a chance until last year when the director of a classical festival here in Japan asked me to write a piano concerto and then to play it and conduct this full 70-piece Yamagata orchestra ... 4, 7 and 9:30, Tokyo Blue Note (03)5485-0088; Ozone with the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra: Sept. 8, 7 p.m. at Yamagata Kenmin Hall, (023) 622-71330; Sept. 9, 7 p.m., Denkokunomori Okitama Culture Hall (023)826-2666; Sept. 10, 7 p.m. Kibo Hall... (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Arts)
YAMAGATA (Kyodo) A male patient at a hospital in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, died after being injected with the wrong medicine, prefectural officials said Wednesday ... Yamagata Prefectural Police said they have launched an investigation into suspected professional negligence resulting in death after being notified of the incident by the hospital. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at 15:34 JSTYAMAGATA A man died Tuesday after being injected with the wrong medicine at a hospital in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, prefectural government officials said Wednesday. The man's condition worsened after he received the injection at Tsuruoka Kyoritsu Hospital on Monday and he died the following day, according to the officials. (Japan Today, Japan)
The quake was also felt in Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, as well as Hokkaido. More from. (Kyodo, Japan)
Travelers with big suitcases and bags full of souvenirs lined up on the platforms of JR Tokyo and Ueno stations, with some outbound bullet trains on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen lines trains near capacity. Numerous traffic jams formed on outbound highways, some extending up to 23 km on the Tomei Expressway linking Tokyo with Nagoya and 26 km on the Chuo Expressway connecting the capital with Komaki, Aichi Prefecture. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- News)
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