Chef's Night In: Off duty, he's all about meat and potatoes Jun 19, 2008
Kamio was born in Sendai, a Japanese city rich in cultural history and known for its rice farms and fish. He began cooking at the age of 9 after his mother was seriously injured in a car accident and wound up in the hospital for three years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bodies found after Japan earthquake Jun 16, 2008
Sendai, the nearest large city to the earthquake's epicentre, appeared to be unaffected by the tremor. Aftershocks More than 260 aftershocks had jolted the area by Sunday morning, and officials warned there could be strong quakes to come. (Aljazeera.Net)
Small Radioactive Water Leak Within TEPCO Plant Jun 16, 2008
Japan's top refiner Nippon Oil Corp's 145,000 barrel-per-day Sendai refinery was not damaged. The quake had no impact on operations because the refinery has been shut since earlier this month for scheduled maintenance, a Nippon Oil official said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Japanese gamecalled off because of earthquake Jun 15, 2008
SENDAI, Japan (AP) -A baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Rakuten Eagles was postponed due to the magnitude 7 ... No damage was done to the stadium in Sendai where the game was to take place, but officials postponed the game due to transportation problems and the treat of aftershocks. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Bodies Found After Quake Landslide Jun 15, 2008
Video cameras in the closest largest city, Sendai, shook for about 30 seconds. Kitty Logan reports. (Sky News)
Japan beat Tonga in quake-zone Jun 15, 2008
Japanese officials had considered calling off the match in Sendai after a powerful quake struck the northern prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate. Nine people were killed and more than a dozen still missing after Saturday's earthquake. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Deaths in Japan earthquake Jun 15, 2008
"It was the worst quake I have ver felt," said Rinji Sato, a shopkeeper whose store near the epicentre was badly damaged, "it was impossible to stay on your feet." Sendai, the nearest large city to the earthquake's epicentre, appeared to be unaffected by the tremor. The quake buckled roads, including one highway that was severed when a stretch of road collapsed. (Aljazeera.Net)
7.2-magnitude quake kills 2 in rural Japan Jun 15, 2008
Footage from the closest large city, Sendai, showed that the force of the quake shook surveillance cameras for 30 seconds. NHK interviewed an official from Miyagi prefecture, where Sendai is located, who said he saw tiles coming off the roofs of some homes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Search goes on after Japan quake Jun 15, 2008
Footage from NHK television showed surveillance cameras in the city of Sendai being shaken violently for about 30 seconds. Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries and experiences thousands of minor tremors each year. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Strong quake shakes northern Japan Jun 14, 2008
Footage from the closest large city, Sendai, showed the force of the quake shook surveillance cameras for 30 seconds ... Sendai appeared largely unscathed ... Everything is normal, said Hideki Hara, a police official in Sendai. (Globe and Mail)
Powerful quake hits Japan Jun 14, 2008
The quake, which hit at 8:43 a.m. (7:43 p.m. ET Friday), was centered 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Sendai, Japan, in southern Iwate Prefecture, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. Several strong aftershocks followed, it said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Pro baseball game in Japan called off because of earthquake Jun 14, 2008
No damage was done to the stadium in Sendai where the game was to take place, but officials postponed the game due to transportation problems and the treat of aftershocks. The game was resheduled for Monday. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Two Dead in Northern Japan Quake; Radioactive Water Spills at Power Plant Jun 14, 2008
Nippon Oil Corp.'s Sendai refinery sustained no damage, company spokesman said. To contact the reporter on this story: in Tokyo at ; in Tokyo at. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Earthquake rocks northern Japan Jun 14, 2008
The epicentre was in Akita prefecture, 100km (60 miles) north of the city of Sendai, at a depth of 10km (6 ... Footage from NHK television showed surveillance cameras in Sendai being shaken violently for about 30 seconds ... Four people were badly injured near the airport in Sendai when a bus in which they were travelling was jolted by the tremors, Japanese television reported. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Cellular Seduction Jun 7, 2008
D. student at Tohoku University in the northern Japanese city of Sendai when he wrote Parasite Eve, his first published novel and the recipient of the first Japan Horror Novel Prize. The book was partly inspired by mitochondria research he was pursuing at the time. (Time.com)
Kyushu Electric to Miss 2008 Profit Goal on Record Fuel Costs, Manabe Says Apr 21, 2008
The utility owns six nuclear reactors, two in Sendai and four in Genkai, on the island. The utility plans to add a third reactor at its Sendai nuclear power station in the southern part of Kyushu. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Toyota to Start Engine Production in Northern Japan Apr 1, 2008
said Tuesday it will spend 50 million yen to build an engine plant at an industrial park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. "> Toyota to Start Engine Production in Northern Japan Tokyo, Apr 1, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Toyota Motor Tohoku Corp., a fully owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp. , said Tuesday it will spend 50 million yen to build an engine plant at an industrial park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.The company plans to start production in late 2010 for... (JCN Network, Japan)
Machine Orders Surge 19.6% in January; Fastest Pace in More Than 7 Years Mar 10, 2008
Central Motor Co., a Toyota subsidiary, plans to build a 49 billion yen ($480 million) factory in Sendai, northern Japan. Toyota's first new assembly plant since 1993 will employ 1,200 people. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Day Out | Marunouchi, Tokyo: A district, suddenly, of the fashionable Mar 7, 2008
Anchoring the south edge of Marunouchi, the 314-room luxury hotel is shaped like a lantern and has four notable restaurants, including Peter, which serves Japanese-inspired Continental cuisine like Sendai confit beef brisket and Tasmanian salmon with glazed fig. (Dinner is 11,000 yen, or $104 at 110 yen to the dollar, for four courses, or 13,000 yen for five courses. (International Herald Tribune)
Advantest probes new growth model Feb 9, 2008
SENDAI, Japan, Feb 8 -- Advantest Corp, the world's largest maker of microchip testers, is considering an alliance or acquisition to supply probe cards as it seeks a new business model to weather slumping orders. Advantest, whose shares have dipped to 4-1/2-year lows since it halved its earnings outlook in January, also intends to keep its 50-yen dividend, President Toshio Maruyama told Reuters in an interview on Friday. (EETimes)
No time for mental fatigue Feb 2, 2008
"To hear this may put you off - but my hobby is work," he told AFP in an interview at his office in the northern city of Sendai. Asked whether he ever thought of taking the royalty money and moving to a tropical island, Kawashima simply said: "I wouldn't know what to do there. If I had such time to spare, I want to do my research.". (The Age, Australia)
'Brain training' Dr Kawashima has no time for games Jan 31, 2008
SENDAI, Japan (AFP) - Ryuta Kawashima, the scientist behind the smash-hit "brain training" games on Nintendo DS portable consoles, turned down the chance to become a millionaire, saying he'd rather work for a living ... "To hear this may put you off -- but my hobby is work," he told AFP in an interview at his office in the northern city of Sendai. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
* Business Briefs Jan 30, 2008
EVA Air provides 63 flights a week to six destinations in Japan, including Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Sendai and Osaka. NT dollar strengthens. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Indonesian libraries: Time for reDesign Jan 27, 2008
Another new library with a different approach to the advancement of new media is the Sendai Mediatheque in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Mediatheque serves more like a cultural center rather than a traditional library. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Japan to Shut Fewer Refineries in Spring, Reduce Need for Gasoline Imports Jan 16, 2008
Nippon Oil, Japan's largest refiner, will shut the 127,000 barrels-a-day No. 4 crude distillation unit at the Marifu refinery in western Japan between March 15 and April 24, and the 145,000 barrel-a-day No. 1 crude distillation unit at Sendai refinery in northern Japan between May 29 and July 10, the report shows. At the 340,000 barrel-a-day Negishi refinery near Tokyo, the company plans to idle the 70,000 barrel-a-day No. 2 unit between May 3 and June 9, according to the document. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Magnitude 6.0 quake hits northern Japan Dec 26, 2007
0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 62 miles northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. ADVERTISEMENT. (News on Japan, Japan)
Is Jakarta for individuals or for individualism? Dec 19, 2007
Raphaella Dewantari Dwianto, Sendai, Japan. Earlier this week, people rushing to or from Jakarta International Airport were being challenged - again -- by hideous traffic condition. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
* World News Quick Take Dec 18, 2007
"Driving helps me from going senile because it keeps me alert," police in Sendai quoted the driver, Masaru Hori, as saying. The incident marked the second time Hori had been caught for driving without a license since it was revoked after a hit-and-run accident in August, police said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Young Taiwanese pianist plays with brio in Romania Dec 16, 2007
This was Lu Yi-chih's (c) second international award this year, having already been the runner-up at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan in June ... Lu has won many piano prizes over the past three years, including second place at Barcelona's Maria Canals and Slovakia's Hummel International Piano Competition, grand prize at Austria's Gradus ad Parnassum and runner-up status at the third Sendai International Music Competition. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Never so few veterans as now to remember Pearl Harbor day Dec 8, 2007
"We would have had ringside seats for the signing of the peace treaty," he said, "but they sent us to Sendai.". There, about 200 miles north of Tokyo, they liberated the POW camps. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Military)
Japan elderly abuse much more than disclosed-media Dec 4, 2007
The Sendai Dementia Care Research and Training Centre, which issued the survey last month, could not immediately be reached for comment. Rapidly ageing Japan, where a tenth of the population is aged 75 or older, is confronting cases of abuse against the elderly. (AlertNet)
FSA Orders Nippon First Securities to Suspend Operations for Six Months Dec 4, 2007
Nippon First, formed in 2000, has 149 employees and branches in Sapporo, Sendai and Osaka. It reported a loss of 1 billion yen ($9 million) for the year ended March 31, its fifth loss in seven years. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Takahashi wins men's event at NHK Trophy Dec 3, 2007
SENDAI, Japan (AP) -Daisuke Takahashi did what countrywoman Miki Ando couldn't, winning the NHK Trophy on Sunday to close out the Grand Prix series. Takahashi, who also won Skate America this season, showed that Japanese men's skating is almost as strong as the nation's women's contingent. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Briefs | Schild wins World Cup women's Super-G Dec 3, 2007
Takahashi wins men's event at NHK Trophy: Daisuke Takahashi did what countrywoman Miki Ando couldn't, winning the NHK Trophy men's title in Sendai, Japan, to close out the Grand Prix series. Takahashi also won Skate America this season. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Briefs | American Vonn captures World Cup downhill Dec 2, 2007
A clearly nervous Ando tripped up to finish fourth behind winner Carolina Kostner of Italy at the NHK Trophy in Sendai, Japan. A poor free skate dropped Ando from the top six qualifying spots for the Grand Prix final, which starts Dec. 13 in Turin, Italy, site of the 2006 Olympics. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Sport briefs Dec 2, 2007
Barely eight months after capturing the world championship at home, Miki Ando failed to make the Grand Prix final in Sendai, Japan. Ando tripped up to finish fourth behind winner Carolina Kostner of Italy at the NHK Trophy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Affordable supercar Dec 1, 2007
SENDAI, Japan -Its tenure as one of the rides of choice in the Gran Turismo video game franchise made it a legend. Through five generations, the GT-R has been Nissan's flagship for outright performance and advanced technologies. (National Post)
Packers say Favre's streak 'not in danger' Dec 1, 2007
European figure skating champion Carolina Kostner surprised local favorite and world champion Miki Ando in the women's short program at the NHK Trophy while Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany won the pairs in Sendai, Japan. VOLLEYBALL. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Briefs | Johnson collects $15 million-plus again Dec 1, 2007
Kostner takes lead: European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy surprised world champion Miki Ando of Japan in the women's short program at the NHK Trophy in Sendai, Japan. Kostner scored 61. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
NHK Trophy figure skating results Dec 1, 2007
Results Saturday from the NHK Trophy, the sixth event of the International Skating Union's Grand Prix series at the Sendai City Gymnasium. Women. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
French ice dance duo, German pair lead as NHK starts Nov 30, 2007
SENDAI, Japan European champions Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France took the lead in the ice dance event Thursday at the NHK Trophy, where the final berths in the Grand Prix final will be determined. In the pairs short program, another set of European champions, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany, had a big lead. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
World champion Ando looks to clinch GP final spot at NHK Trophy Nov 28, 2007
In Sendai, Takahashi will meet Russian Andrei Griazev, who came in third in last week's Cup of Russia behind Weir. Stephen Carriere, who won the world junior title last year, is also entered and has an outside chance to make it three Americans in the GP final with a good finish in Japan. (International Herald Tribune)
Mori Trust in Talks to Build Westin Hotel in Sendai Nov 21, 2007
Tokyo, Nov 21, 2007 (Jiji Press) - Mori Trust Co. is in talks with Starwood Hotels ts Worldwide Inc. to build the U.S. chain's Westin Hotels ts brand hotel-office complex in this northeastern Japan city, it was learned Tuesday. Under Mori Trust's plan, the hotel will have 37 stories above the ground and two below, and have some 300 rooms on the 28th through 36th floors, informed sources said. (JCN Network, Japan)
Skin injuries to patients can be avoided when radiation dose is monitored Nov 21, 2007
Maximum radiation skin dose during coronary angioplasty can be accurately determined by monitoring the total entrance skin radiation dose as the patient is being examined and dividing that number in half according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. By knowing the maximum radiation skin dose, radiologists can avoid skin injury to the patient, the researchers said. (EurekAlert!)
U.S. women upset Brazil at volleyball World Cup Nov 8, 2007
SENDAI, Japan The United States rallied from two sets down Wednesday to defeat powerhouse Brazil and remain undefeated at the volleyball Women's World Cup. Tayyiba Haneef-Park scored 26 points to lead the U.S. team to a 17-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 win in the second-round match. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Isle players help USA stun Brazil in women's volleyball Nov 8, 2007
The Americans got 21 points from Tayyiba Haneef-Park in the final three games to rally past Brazil, 17-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 Wednesday at Sendai, Japan. Both teams entered the match undefeated in the 12-team round-robin tournament that ends Nov. 16. (Honolulu Advertiser)
* Out of town Nov 7, 2007
On the train platform the next morning stand six young Zen monks, dressed in short robes and straw sandals and with big conical hats in their hands: descendants of Basho, wandering the earth, or at least the suburban train line to Sendai, the big city half an hour down the coast. I head north to Hirosaki, the city of apples. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In Brief: Promoter is trying again to set up fight Nov 7, 2007
Tayyiba Haneef-Park and former University of the Pacific player Jennifer Joines scored 10 points each as the United States coasted to a 25-9, 25-20, 25-10 win over Kenya at the Women's World Cup in Sendai, Japan. The U.S. team, 3-0 in the first round, will face unbeaten Brazil today. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Four teams remain unbeaten at women's volleyball World Cup Nov 5, 2007
Twelve teams will have rest day on Monday with the round-robin competitions to resume on Tuesday in Osaka and Sendai. Top three finishers from the tournament will qualify for next summer's Beijing Olympics. (Xinhuanet, China)
Early koto lessons pay dividends Oct 25, 2007
"She not only plays, but she explains about the instrument and where it came from."Nosker grew up in Sendai, Japan, and began playing the koto at age 6 ... "After the war, she returned to Sendai. After college, she got a secretarial job at the American Embassy in Tokyo, where she met her husband, the late Ellis Nosker.After they married, they lived in Japan for 17 years before coming to the United States in 1970.Nosker, who is also a koto instructor, says the koto is an adaptable instrument and... (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Toyota May Pick Sendai Suburb as New Assembly Plant Site Oct 13, 2007
is now seriously considering constructing a new domestic vehicle assembly plant in an industrial complex near the northeastern Japan city of Sendai, it was learned Thursday. "> Toyota May Pick Sendai Suburb as New Assembly Plant Site Tokyo, Oct 11, 2007 (Jiji Press) - Toyota Motor Corp. is now seriously considering constructing a new domestic vehicle assembly plant in an industrial complex near the northeastern Japan city of Sendai, it was learned Thursday. Toyota finds it easier to acquire a... (JCN Network, Japan)
Tokyo Eyes Readiness for Big Quake Oct 1, 2007
Tsurugaya Elementary School children in Sendai, northern Japan, duck under their desks during an earthquake drill on the assumption that they have received a strong quake prediction on TV Wednesday, May, 17, 2006. Scientifically, it's almost a sure thing _ Tokyo is awaiting a catastrophic earthquake. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Acts & Openings: The Arts on Kaua i Sep 28, 2007
Enjoy a special hula exhibition by Halau Ka Hula O Hawaii from Sendai City, Japan. From noon to closing, local crafters will be located around the hotel walkway. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Ceccoli considers A-League return Sep 27, 2007
They are currently seventh, nine points behind third-placed Vengalta Sendai, with seven games remaining. Returning to the A-League, and possibly his former club, is an option under consideration. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Campaign for Japanese PM Winds Down Sep 22, 2007
"I have not made any personnel decision yet _ it's still blank," he said in the city of Sendai, northeast of Tokyo ... "Today is the last day, I hope he will provide more details of his policies so that we can have a real debate," Aso said in Sendai. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Japan's Fukuda set for victory in leadership race Sep 22, 2007
"Although I am said to be inferior (to Fukuda), I want you to tell the parliamentarians about your views directly," Aso, 67, told voters in the northern city of Sendai. The leadership race winner is guaranteed to become prime minister by virtue of the ruling coalition's huge majority in parliament's powerful lower house. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Fukuda ahead on eve of vote for Japan PM Sep 22, 2007
Fukuda, 71, and former foreign minister Aso, 67, went on the road for joint campaign appearances, delivering speeches in the northern city of Sendai. Fukuda apologised to the audience for mismanagement of the pension system -- an issue which incensed the public in the rapidly greying nation and led to a plunge in Abe's popularity. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
More Asia Pacific Stories World Headlines Fukuda ahead on eve of vote for Japan PM Sep 22, 2007
Fukuda, 71, and former foreign minister Aso, 67, went on the road for joint campaign appearances, delivering speeches in the northern city of Sendai. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Asia News)
ANA to Scrap 2 More Domestic Routes Sep 13, 2007
The major Japanese airline currently offers two round-trip services a day on both routes--one connecting the southwestern city of Fukuoka and the northeastern city of Sendai and the other between Fukuoka and Niigata, central Japan. "> FeaturedNews Rooms New 2007Annual Reports ? 2001-2007 The Japan Corporate News Network (JCN) K.K.. (JCN Network, Japan)
Dodgers' Saito living his unlikely American dream Sep 11, 2007
Saito did not start pitching until his sophomore year at Tohoku Fukushi University, and his early memories of American baseball as a kid in Sendai, 190 miles north of Tokyo, revolved around Pete Rose sliding into home plate and Hank Aaron belting a home run ... "He was off the radar. He was not a pitcher on the BayStars all of us were talking about," says Marty Kuehnert, assistant to the president of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Sendai. (USA Today -- Sports)
Typhoon kills two, heads north Sep 8, 2007
Elsewhere, more than 240 domestic flights, mainly those arriving at and leaving Tokyo's Haneda airport and Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai airport, were scrubbed Friday. Winds of 160. (News on Japan, Japan)
Footballs results Sep 2, 2007
Sendai Cup (Under-18): Japan 1 Brazil 4, Yohoku 1 France 1. Turkish Super League: Bursaspor 1 Trabzonspor 1. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
* Behold Japan's heart of darkness Aug 12, 2007
" The day Japan accepts the imposed provisions of defeat is also the day that Detective Minami starts finding bodies of young geishas in Shiba Park strangled with their own shawls. The case is a real one - it emerged, we discover, out of a newspaper article (Peace is a great fossicker in archives) with the headline "Sex maniac confesses to killing four young women" and the information that the accused, Kodaira Yoshio, "was executed at the Miyagi Prison in Sendai Prefecture on the fifth of... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Repositioning cruises in vogue Aug 11, 2007
Departing from Seward on Sept. 12, the ship's 13-night itinerary includes Kodiak, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Hakodate, Sendai and Yokohama before ending the cruise in Osaka, Japan. The voyage features six days at sea. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Japan's average land prices surge 8.6% this year Aug 1, 2007
Nine capital cities -- Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Fukuoka -- saw more than 20 percent increases in average land prices this year. Only Tokyo and Nagoya saw increases of that much last year. (News on Japan, Japan)
