Nissan Consults Lawyers, Scores `Minor Miracle' With Unclaimed Leaf Name Nov 1, 2009
Hamamatsu, Japan-based Suzuki now plans to enter the mid- size sedan market in the U.S. with its Kizashi model. The name means good omen, which the company hopes the new challenge will be for Suzuki, spokesman said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Forecast » Sep 23, 2009
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Japan's election: Lost in transition Sep 10, 2009
Hamamatsu, a coastal town south-west of Tokyo, has its share of shattered lives ... The first to be thrown out of work, as the Brazilians in Hamamatsu attest, are those doing irregular and part-time jobs and earning up to 40% less than those on full contracts. (The Economist)
Suzuki Says New Facilities Won't Expand Its Automobile Output in India Sep 6, 2009
Costs for the new plant wont reach 30 billion yen ($323 million), President told journalists today in Hamamatsu, Japan. He also denied a report the plant will increase production by 300,000 vehicles a year, saying the automakers output in India will remain at the present 1 million. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Strong quake rattles Tokyo, disrupts transport Aug 11, 2009
A passenger (L), flanked by railway company employee, waits for bullet trains to resume service at Hamamatsu station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan August 11, 2009 ... "I was sleeping and there was a big jolt right at the beginning, so I leapt out of bed," said Rieko Yoshizaki, 57, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, near the epicentre. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Suzuki Profit Drops on Lower Demand as Recession Saps Demand for New Cars Aug 3, 2009
6 million), for the three months ended in June, compared with a profit of 26 billion yen in the year-earlier period, the Hamamatsu City, Japan-based carmaker said in a statement today. Sales fell 37 percent to 577 billion yen. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Suzuki, Mitsubishi Urged to `Forget About America' as Vehicle Sales Plunge Jul 10, 2009
1 billion yen ($258 million) in North America in the fiscal year that ended in March, the only unprofitable region for the Hamamatsu Japan- based company, which earned 27. 4 billion yen worldwide. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Yamaha Selects TwonkyMedia Server to Power MusicCAST2 Home Audio Product Line Jul 2, 2009
Yamaha is headquartered in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan, and its group now has 106 sales and production subsidiaries. Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
* Yamaha to shutter Taoyuan plant Jul 2, 2009
Yamaha Corp was founded by Torakusu Yamaha in 1887 in Hamamatsu, Japan. It produced its first Yamaha piano in 1900 and by 1991 had manufactured 5 million Yamaha pianos. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bic Camera, Daiwa, Hamamatsu, Nichia, Takashimaya: Japan Equity Preview Jun 27, 2009
Bic Camera, Daiwa, Hamamatsu, Takashimaya: Japan Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Bic Camera, Daiwa, Hamamatsu, Takashimaya: Japan Equity Preview. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Sun shines in Japanese league May 29, 2009
Able to dunk while barely leaving the ground, Sun just completed the most successful season of his pro career, helping the Hamamatsu Phoenix to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference of Japan's professional basketball league. "I just want to keep playing basketball," the 25-year-old Sun said after the final game of the season. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Chinas 7-foot-9 Sun shining in Japan league May 29, 2009
Able to dunk while barely leaving the ground, Sun just completed the most successful season of his pro career, helping the Hamamatsu Phoenix to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference of Japans professional basketball league ... Sun was on a one-year contract with Hamamatsu and said he will weigh his options as he bids to take his game to the next level. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Ibiden, Bookoff, Mitsubishi Materials, Sparx, Tokio Marine: Japan Stocks May 21, 2009
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (6965 JT) dropped 3. 7 percent to 1,941 yen. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Sony Corporation Realignment of Manufacturing Operations in Japan May 15, 2009
The development of manufacturing technologies and support functions for factories outside Japan relating to optical pickups currently conducted at Sony EMCS Corp. Hamamatsu TEC (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture), and the development of manufacturing technologies and support functions for factories outside Japan relating to optical pickup lenses located at Sony EMCS Omigawa TEC, will be transferred to Sony EMCS Corp. Kisarazu TEC (Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture), which currently manufactures optical... (JCN Network, Japan)
Migrants return May 1, 2009
So many Brazilians live in Hamamatsu in central Japan that Carlos Zaha has set up a radio station broadcasting pop songs in Portuguese ... But visit the local advice centre in Hamamatsu, and there is evidence enough that times have changed. (BBC News -- Business)
Russia mulls rocket power 'first' Apr 30, 2009
According to the presentation made by Nikolai Bryukhanov, the leading designer at RKK Energia, at the 26th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science in Hamamatsu, Japan, the spacecraft would fire its engines at an altitude of just 600-800m, as the capsule is streaking toward Earth after re-entering the atmosphere at the end of its mission. After a vertical descent, the precision landing would be initiated at the altitude of 30m above the surface. (BBC News -- Europe)
Japan to Immigrants: Thanks, You Can Go Home Apr 20, 2009
The 49-year old director of the Japan Metal and Information Machinery Workers called up the Brazilian Embassy in Tokyo April 14, fuming over a form being passed out at employment offices in Hamamatsu City, southwest of Tokyo ... Hamamatsu has 18,000 Brazilian residents, about 5% of the total in Japan, and is home to the nation's largest Brazilian community ... Since last September, Carlos Zaha has seen many in his Hamamatsu community lose their jobs. (Time.com)
Japan takes aim Mar 28, 2009
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force will shift its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) ground-based interceptor missiles currently deployed at the Hamamatsu base in Shizuoka prefecture to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bases in Akita and Iwate prefectures in northeastern Japan, where rocket debris from a failed launch might fall. Japan's BMD Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) can intercept inter-continental ballistic missiles at an altitude of about 100 kilometers and the PAC-3 has a range of about 20... (Asia Times Online)
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Aegis guided-missile destroyers headed Saturday for the Sea of Japan to intercept a rocket the DPRK plans to launch if the launch goes awry.• Japan starts to deploy Patriot missiles Mar 28, 2009
2 Patriot fire units based at Hamamatsu Air Base will soon be moved to northeastern Japan ... Two Patriot fire units based at Hamamatsu Air Base in Shizuoka Prefecture will soon be moved to northeastern Japan -- one to the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, and the other to a village near Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. (Xinhuanet, China)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
