Isolation linked to rising filicide rate in Japan Nov 11, 2008
Kaoru Tomiishi sobbed as the body of her 6-year-old son Koki was lowered into a small plot near the family home in Fukuoka. She told supporters gathered at the funeral that she wanted to find and kill the murderer to avenge her son's death. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Japan, South Korea Officials Discuss Ways to Stabilize Markets, Kang Says Nov 6, 2008
Heads of state from the three Asian nations are scheduled to meet Dec. 14 in Fukuoka, Japan. South Korean President met with Aso last month in Beijing, where he sought to speed up the creation of the $80 billion fund to protect the region's currencies. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Japan's WWII legacy Nov 6, 2008
In fact, as prime minister, Mr Aso has courted both China and South Korea, offering to host a three-way summit in the southern city of Fukuoka. "He is not anti-China - he just has a loose tongue," says Tsuneo Watanabe of the Tokyo Foundation think-tank. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Report: SKorea, Japan and China to meet next month Nov 2, 2008
Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified government official as saying Sunday that the three nations have tentatively agreed to meet in Fukuoka in southern Japan on Dec. 14. The meeting would bring together South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Aussie great Hackett hangs up his goggles Oct 28, 2008
He broke Perkins 1500m record at the 2001 Fukuoka world championships then Thorpe s 800m mark at the 2005 world titles in Montreal. Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
More Top Stories Asia Pacific Headlines Oct 28, 2008
Kuma was convicted of kidnapping and killing two girls, both seven, in 1992 in western Fukuoka prefecture. Takashio stabbed an elderly woman and her daughter to death in northern Fukushima prefecture in 2004 to get money. (Yahoo! Asia News)
* World News Quick Take Oct 23, 2008
The policeman in Fukuoka Prefecture met the woman through a dating site for mobile phones. She asked him to meet her in a supermarket car park, where he was confronted by six men who were allegedly working with the woman. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Community Compass: Writer from Japan still discovering Taiwan Oct 21, 2008
HOT TOPIC: Meiko Fukuokas stories about Taiwan have been very popular with local Japanese, and now she has been hired by magazines in Japan to write about Taiwan STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008, Page 4 ... X Meiko Fukuoka, Japanese writer ... Since moving to Taiwan with her husband 10 years ago, Meiko Fukuoka, a freelance writer and a graduate student at the universitys Institute of Applied Japanese, has written numerous online articles describing what she has seen and heard in... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
SG Holdings to Pull Plug on Air Cargo Biz Oct 7, 2008
On Sept. 28, Galaxy halted flights on all of its four domestic routes, linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with Hokkaido's New Chitose, Fukuoka Prefecture's Kitakyshu and Okinawa Prefecture's Naha, and Osaka Prefecture's Kansai airport with New Chitose. By. (JCN Network, Japan)
JAL Receives 1st Brazil-Made Small Jet for Demestic Service Oct 6, 2008
on Friday received delivery of a small jet plane from a Brazilian maker, becoming the first Japanese carrier that will put a Brazil-made plane in domestic service (JCN Network, Japan)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Say it ain't so Oh ends 50 years in baseball Sep 24, 2008
He will continue on as manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks until the end of the season ... I think I ended up putting a peculiar kind of pressure on the players, Oh told a press conference in Fukuoka. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Sadaharu Oh, Japan's Home Run King, Resigns as Hawks Manager, AFP Reports Sep 24, 2008
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- , 68, said he will resign as the manager of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks baseball team because of health problems, Agence France-Presse. Oh, the left-handed home-run record holder, said yesterday he will resign after this season, concluding 50 years in Japanese professional baseball, as he has struggled to recover from surgery to remove his stomach for cancer, AFP said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
All Nippon Bombardier Plane Diverted Due to Glitch in Landing Gear Door Sep 20, 2008
Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- An flown Bombardier Inc. plane was diverted to Fukuoka airport from Osaka in western Japan after a warning light signaled a landing gear door wasn't fully shut ... The plane involved in today's emergency landing left Saga airport on the southwestern island of Kyushu at 9:24 a.m. local time and safely landed in Fukuoka on the same island at 9:58 a.m. The Asahi newspaper reported the landing earlier. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
AirAsia to Launch Flights to Japan in 2009 Sep 19, 2008
The company also hopes to start services to such major Japanese cities as Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka in the future. AirAsia is the leading low-cost airline in Southeast Asia. (JCN Network, Japan)
AGU Journal Highlights -- Sept. 16, 2008 Sep 17, 2008
K. Yumoto: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Source: Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) paper 10. (EurekAlert!)
Japan's Banks, Insurers Have $2.3 Billion at Risk From Lehman's Bankruptcy Sep 17, 2008
2 Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. 4. 0 Hyakugo Bank Ltd. 4. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Johjima closing Mariners season well Sep 13, 2008
Johjima has been a good soldier throughout the most frustrating season of his professional career, which started in 1995 with Fukuoka. He became that team's daily catcher in '97 and maintained that status, when healthy, for the next nine years in Japan and two more with the Mariners. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Hey Scorsese, Japan's Yakuza Has a Story for You Sep 10, 2008
Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Far from the neon lights and glitz of Tokyo, the western Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka doesn't seem an obvious sight for a backlash against mobsters. About 600 residents of Kurume last month asked a local court to block an organized-crime group from using office buildings in the city. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Ruling party losing grip of Japan Sep 2, 2008
The 53-year-old LDP is reaching the end of its political shelf life,'' said Masayuki Fukuoka, a professor of political science at Hakuoh University north of Tokyo. Koizumi promised to change Japan by destroying the LDP, and that's what we're seeing -- an eviscerated party on its last legs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
500 Afghans attend service for slain NGO worker Aug 30, 2008
Mitsuji Fukumoto, 60, secretary general of the Peshawar-kai group, held a press conference Thursday evening at the group's headquarters in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka. He relayed information passed on by Tetsu Nakamura, a medical doctor who represents the group in Afghanistan and Pakistan, about the ceremony and other related matters. (The Daily Yomiuri)
Cabrera brings energy, humor to Reds Aug 30, 2008
In a Reds clubhouse with an increasing number of fresh faces, veteran utility man Cabrera is emerging as a clubhouse leader, keeping the mood lighter than he was able to with his last baseball team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League. Almost right away from his arrival in Spring Training, Cabrera became a walking punchline among his teammates. (MLB.com -- Cincinnati Reds)
All Nippon Air Aims to Boost Seat Occupancy With Expanded Hub Connections Aug 29, 2008
It also cut its Sapporo to Matsuyama and Fukuoka to Sendai flights, which were flying less than 70 percent full last fiscal year. Domestic passenger travel is ANA's largest business, accounting for 50 percent of its sales last fiscal year. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Abducted Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan Aug 28, 2008
It's what we hoped would never happen, Mitsuji Fukumoto, who worked for the same Peshawar-kai aid agency, told reporters in Fukuoka. We must not waste Ito's efforts. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Afghan officials say Japanese hostage killed Aug 27, 2008
"Of the four, two were armed," Fukumoto told a news conference Tuesday in Fukuoka, Japan, where the aid group is based. Ito was an agriculture specialist with the Peshawar-kai, which runs clinics in the region. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Country ordered to pay damages for sailor's suicide Aug 26, 2008
The Fukuoka High Court in southern Japan ordered 3. 5 million yen ( 32,000) be paid to the parents of the petty officer third class, a court spokesman said, declining to give further details. (Yahoo News)
Kyushu Electric to Build Large-Scale Solar Power Plant Aug 26, 2008
said Monday it will build a large-scale solar power plant near this southwestern Japan city in an effort to increase its use of renewable energy (JCN Network, Japan)
Drunk-Driving Accidents Fell by Half With Tougher Penalties, Yomiuri Says Aug 26, 2008
The government strengthened driving laws last year, extending liability to those abetting drunk-driving, following a crash in Fukuoka in August 2006, the newspaper said. Fukuoka municipal government employee Futoshi Imabayashi was found to be intoxicated when he crashed into a car driven by Akio Ogami, in which his wife and three children were riding, pushing the Ogami vehicle into the sea. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Shares Drop as Credit Market Concerns Reemerge; Property Developers Fall Aug 26, 2008
Fukuoka Financial slumped 4 percent to 405 yen, the lowest value since its listing as a holding company in April 2007 ... a Tokyo-based analyst for HSBC, today cut his ratings on Japanese regional banks including Fukuoka, saying rising bankruptcies among real-estate companies will drive up provisions and bad-loan costs over the next two years ... He lowered his recommendations on Fukuoka and Bank of Yokohama Ltd. to ``underweight'' from ``neutral'' and Suruga Bank and Chiba Bank Ltd. to... (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Fukuoka Financial Leads Declines in Bank Shares After HSBC Cuts Ratings Aug 26, 2008
Fukuoka Financial Leads Japan Banks Lower on Rating (Update1) ... Fukuoka Financial 4 percent to close at 405 yen in Tokyo, making it the second-worst performer in the 84-company , which dropped 1. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Fukuoka Residents Go to Court to Get Yakuza Gang Evicted, Asahi Reports Aug 26, 2008
Fukuoka Residents Go to Court to Evict Yakuza, Asahi Says ... Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- About six hundred residents in Fukuoka prefecture, southwest Japan, filed a court petition to block an organized-crime yakuza group from using a building in the area, the first such action by the public, the Asahi newspaper. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Wanjiru: Kenya's rising son Aug 24, 2008
Wanjiru has set two world half-marathon records since the start of last year and won the Fukuoka marathon last December. Then he improved further in being second to another Kenyan, Martin Lel, in London in April. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Wansiru gives Kenya first men's marathon gold Aug 24, 2008
Wanjiru, who trains at 7,600 feet on a trail that runs alongside spectacular Thompson Falls, won the Fukuoka International Marathon in Japan last December and was runner-up at the London Marathon in April. Americans Dathan Ritzenhein and Ryan Hall finished ninth and 10th, respectively. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Wanjiru wins Olympic marathon Aug 24, 2008
Wanjiru won the Fukuoka International Marathon in Japan last December and was runner-up at the London Marathon in April. He twice broke the world half-marathon record last year. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Wansiru wins marathon gold Aug 24, 2008
Wansiru won the Fukuoka International Marathon in Japan last December and was runner-up at the London Marathon in April. Defending Olympic champion Stefano Baldini of Italy, in his final marathon, finished 12th, then praised those who finished at the front. (India Times, India)
U.S. garners bronze in baseball's swan song Aug 23, 2008
A subsequent single by La Porta finished off Japan's starter, Tsuyoshi Wada (0-1) of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, who went 3 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on three hits and three walks while striking out three. The U.S. took its first lead in the bottom of the fifth off reliever Kenshin Kawakami, scoring four runs with two outs on a two-run double by Taylor Teagarden to score Brown, who had doubled, and Nate Schierholtz, who had walked. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final Aug 18, 2008
The popular Ai Fukuhara, ranked 12 in the world, then lost to Chinese-born Dang Ye-Seo 11-4, 13-12, 7-11, 11-3 before Kim paired with Park Mi-Young in the doubles to beat Hirano and Haruna Fukuoka 11-6, 11-8, 13-11. Women's team table tennis result: China beat Singapore 3-0. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Tunisian Mellouli wins men's 1,500m freestyle Olympic gold Aug 17, 2008
56 in the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The mark remained intact over the past seven years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Threat turns back Air China plane Aug 9, 2008
Two other jets underwent safety checks and departed Fukuoka, in southern Japan, one headed to Beijing and one to Shanghai, Yasukawa said. Two more flights scheduled to leave Tokyo's Narita airport had also left after safety checks, he said. (MSNBC -- International)
JAL to Cut Flight Services on 19 Routes Aug 9, 2008
said Thursday it will scrap or reduce flight services on a total of 16 domestic and three international routes between October and March, a drastic cutback in response to steep rises in fuel costs (JCN Network, Japan)
Terror flight threat to Bird's Nest Aug 8, 2008
One of them had since flown out from Fukuoka airport in southern Japan after it was inspected, said Fumio Yasukawa, an official at the transport ministry. The remaining four, including the plane that turned back, were being checked by police, he added. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
Haruguchi relaxed as Summer Olympics near Aug 7, 2008
Beijing will cap a spectacular season for the native of Fukuoka, Japan. She set school records in the 100 and 200 freestyle, the 100 and 200 backstroke, the 100 and 200 butterfly, the 200 and 400 IM and two relays, and became OSU s first NCAA women s swimming champion when she captured the 200 butterfly on March 24. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
JAL, ANA Plan Major Cuts in Flight Services amid High Fuel Costs Aug 6, 2008
is set on Thursday to announce plans to cut or reduce flight services on a total of 16 domestic and five international routes between October and March, a drastic cutback that comes in response to steep rises in fuel prices (JCN Network, Japan)
Sony to Test Rare Metals Recycling in Kitakyushu Aug 6, 2008
and the city of Kitakyushu said Wednesday that they will test the recycling of rare metals used in small electronic devices from Sept. 1 (JCN Network, Japan)
Toyota Unit Cuts 800 Temp Workers Aug 5, 2008
unit in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka laid off about 800 temp workers in June and August in response to slowing vehicle demand in North America, informed sources said Tuesday. "> Toyota Unit Cuts 800 Temp Workers Nagoya, Aug 5, 2008 (Jiji Press) - A Toyota Motor Co. unit in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka laid off about 800 temp workers in June and August in response to slowing vehicle demand in North America, informed sources said Tuesday. The number accounts for... (JCN Network, Japan)
Twist of fate has Troop flying for Bird's Nest Aug 1, 2008
Even now, nearly three years after the event, Lee Troop winces with pain as he recalls his run in the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan. Just two kilometres into the race he reactivated a stress fracture in his lower back. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Nippon Steel Resumes Blast Furnace Operation at Yawata Works After Fire Jul 30, 2008
July 30 (Bloomberg) -- , the world's second-largest steelmaker, restarted the blast furnace at its Yawata works in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture after shutting it yesterday because of a fire. The mill's furnace started at 7 a.m., , spokesman for the Tokyo-based company said by phone. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Japan Chemical Makers Cutting Output amid Naphtha Price Surge Jul 25, 2008
Industry leader Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has decided to postpone the launch of the operation of its new polycarbonate resin plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, which has an annual output capacity of 60,000 tons, was initially scheduled to start operating this month. (JCN Network, Japan)
JAL to Reduce Domestic Flights at Kansai Jul 24, 2008
plans to reduce flights on three domestic routes using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, company officials said Thursday (JCN Network, Japan)
Magnitude-6.8 Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan; At Least 95 Injured Jul 24, 2008
Fujitsu Ltd. halted output at a chip factory in Iwate prefecture where the quake struck and an electronic component plant in neighboring Aomori, the company's Tokyo-based spokesman Toshiyuki Fukuoka said. Fujitsu is assessing the semiconductor plant for damage and has received no reports of damage in Aomori, he said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Toyota to Make 100,000 Units of Hybrid Car - Paper Jul 21, 2008
Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc, in Fukuoka prefecture, currently builds a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Toyota Harrier sport utility vehicle, sold as the Lexus RX outside Japan, as well as the Highlander SUV.. Hit by sinking demand for fuel-thirsty SUVs and pickup trucks, Toyota this month announced a big overhaul of its North American manufacturing structure which included a plan to build the Highlander at a truck factory in Indiana from late 2009. (Planet Ark, United States)
JAL May Also Cut Kansai-Hakodate, Hanamaki Flights Jul 18, 2008
is considering ending its daily round-trip flights connecting Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture with Hakodate, Hokkaido, and Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, by March 2009, informed sources said Friday (JCN Network, Japan)
Citigroup Extends Deadline for Early Retirement Applications at Japan Unit Jul 16, 2008
Citigroup closed its Kyoto consumer finance branch last month, and will close five consumer branches in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo this month, the people said. CFJ's labor union chairman said in an interview on June 18 he cannot accept the two-months retirement package, and asked all employees not to accept it. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Carrasco glad to be back in the bigs Jul 13, 2008
At the same time, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of Japan offered him two years and nearly $3 million. Months earlier, Carrasco had just finished his Major League first season in which he was used primarily as a starter. (MLB.com -- Chi White Sox White Sox)
JAL May Abolish Some East Asia Flights Jul 13, 2008
is planning to abolish some flights between Japan and the two East Asian countries of China and South Korea by March 2009, it was learned Friday (JCN Network, Japan)
JAL May Discontinue Kansai-Heathrow Flights by March Jul 13, 2008
is considering abolishing flights between Kansai International Airport in western Japan's Osaka Prefecture and Heathrow Airport in London by March 2009, it was learned Thursday (JCN Network, Japan)
Japan's Lost Decade Threatens to Be Global Norm: William Pesek Jul 13, 2008
Chan, chairman of , said at the conference in Fukuoka, Japan, on July 8 ... To contact the writer of this column: William Pesek in Fukuoka, Japan, at. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
G-8 Visits Japan as Nikkei Relives Elvis's Debut Jul 7, 2008
Instead of going to Hokkaido, I decided to spend this week in the western city of Fukuoka, where Japan last hosted the G-8 in 2000 ... Japan spent about $750 million on the Fukuoka confab, which made little headway on anything ... Another reason: Fukuoka is experiencing all of the economic and political forces the G-8 should be discussing, but predictably won't. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Skymark Airlines Plans to Raise Ticket Prices to Cover Higher Fuel Costs Jul 7, 2008
Skymark in September will boost its regular ticket price to Fukuoka, in southern Japan, from Tokyo by as much as 20 percent to ($223) from 19,800 yen in the first half of July, according to its Web site. Skymark's tickets to Fukuoka will still be 35 percent less than and 's fares of 36,800 yen ... The nation's high-speed Shinkansen train network services Kobe and Fukuoka in western Japan, two of the five destinations that Skymark flies to from Tokyo. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Sony's Idei Can Take Japan Back to the Future Jul 5, 2008
That vision will get the attention it deserves next week in the western Japanese city of Fukuoka, where Idei is organizing the second annual. It's a pan-Asian effort to brainstorm about ways to cultivate new entrepreneurial ventures. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Myers’ move worthy of prank Jul 4, 2008
Don t forget to send me a postcard from Fukuoka. The first game I ever covered back in my baseball-writing days, Myers started it. (Scranton Times, PA)
Report: Japan popular site for Olympic camps Jun 30, 2008
The survey reports that about 150 athletes, coaches and other staff from Sweden will hold camps for 13 Olympic events in the southwestern city of Fukuoka. Copyright 2008. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Enter the dralion Jun 28, 2008
IT IS 1 o'clock on a Wednesday morning and the Hawkstown Bowling Alley in Fukuoka, Japan, has never seen such a motley crowd. A champion trampolinist from Ukraine rolls a spare and her friends roar their approval in Russian, English, French and Chinese. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Noodle Made in Japan Isn't Just About Hakata Ramen as Commodities Surge Jun 27, 2008
June 27 (Bloomberg) -- From dusk till midnight, office workers in suits and T-shirted tourists crowd Fukuoka's open-air food stalls to perch on benches and slurp steaming pork-bone broth with thin, yellow noodles ... In Fukuoka prefecture, Japan's second-largest wheat-growing area with an annual harvest of 68,000 tons, farmers traditionally could produce only lower protein varieties used to make a thick, white udon that is too soft for many diners' tastes ... Wheat demand for making udon noodles... (Bloomberg -- Japan)
