Panasonic Develops Power-Saving Simulation Technology for Factories; Technology Helps Panasonic Factory to Halve CO2 Emissions per Basic Unit Jun 29, 2009
By introducing the new energy-saving simulation technology, Panasonic's Energy Company has successfully reduced CO2 emissions at its factory in Wakayama Prefecture in central Japan. The factory, a core of Panasonic's energy business, produces rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for mobile devices. (JCN Network, Japan)
Panasonic Releases Eco Ideas Report 2009 Jun 29, 2009
One example of such efforts is Energy Company's plant in Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, which reduced CO2 emissions per basic unit of production output by as much as 46% with an improvement on equipments in the production lines. Another example of Panasonic's efforts in the Eco Ideas for Manufacturing is its Superior Clean Factory (Super CF) recognition. (JCN Network, Japan)
Shanghai donates 50,000 face masks to Osaka May 28, 2009
The number of new-flu infections in Japan came to 364 in 10 prefectures as of Wednesday afternoon, with Wakayama Prefecture joining other western Japan prefectures in reporting an outbreak. The newly confirmed infection in Wakayama city government is a male company employee in his late 20s. (Xinhuanet, China)
* More flu cases in Japan as 4,400 schools close May 20, 2009
Neighboring Kyoto, Nara, Okayama and Wakayama prefectures closed 32 schools voluntarily. Japans number of confirmed cases rose to 178 X the fourth largest national figure on the world infection table, local authorities said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Cash handout? Stupid, wasteful idea, Japanese say Mar 4, 2009
"We have no industry, and we're old," said Okada, leader of Kitayama village in Wakayama prefecture. "So they are certainly looking forward to the money. It's a decision that's been made, so at this point, they just want to see their cash.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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)
Therapeutic cloning treats Parkinson's disease in mice Mar 24, 2008
Scientists in Japan include group leader Teruhiko Wakayama and scientists Eiji Mizutani, Sayaka Wakayama and Hiroshi Ohta. This research was supported by the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the Starr Tri-institutional Stem Cell Initiative, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research, the Michael W. McCarthy Foundation and an unrestricted grant from the Kinetics Foundation. (EurekAlert!)
Japan's Long-Awaited Inflation Erodes Household Spending, Economic Growth Jan 29, 2008
Living on my husband's pension, higher prices are a big concern,'' said Yuriko Takenaka, a 72-year-old housewife in Wakayama, western Japan, who has managed the household budget every day since their marriage in 1961. I make it a strict rule to only buy necessities and avoid any lavish spending. (Bloomberg)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Matsushita Battery to Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Production Nov 15, 2007
Tokyo, Nov 15, 2007 (Jiji Press) - Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. said Thursday it will build a lithium-ion battery plant on the premises of its battery parts plant in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, to expand the production capacity by 50 pct. In addition to boosting the production capacity, the new plant will enable the fully owned subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. to reduce the risk of concentration of production at limited locations. (JCN Network, Japan)
Human Clones: New U.N. Analysis Lays Out World's Choices Nov 14, 2007
Researchers Teruhiko Wakayama and Ryuzo. (May 15, 2002) Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that the activity of a single gene is a powerful predictor of whether newly cloned mammalian embryos will survive and thrive, but the. (Science Daily)
Postcard: Taiji Oct 9, 2007
Thursday, Oct. 04, 2007 By Japanese fishermen riding a boat loaded with slaughtered dolphins in Taiji harbor, in Japan's Wakayama prefecture ... Sea Shepherd Conservation / HO / AFP Japanese fishermen riding a boat loaded with slaughtered dolphins in Taiji harbor, in Japan's Wakayama prefecture. (Time.com)
`Love Love Hot Cake' Maid Fantasies in Japan Fuel Concern for Inept Geeks Sep 30, 2007
Last month officials in western Wakayama prefecture blocked a maid cafe that planned to serve 580-yen ($5) pancakes with saucy names from opening in a local government building. We thought some people might get offended,'' says Masaya Tajiri, a spokesman at Wakayama's cultural affairs department. (Bloomberg)
Consumer Prices Slide 0.1 Percent in August in Seventh Month of Decline Sep 28, 2007
Transportation authorities this week allowed taxi fares to climb in Wakayama, western Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Higher charges have already been approved in Nagoya, Akita, Nagasaki and Okinawa and Tokyo-based taxi operators are also asking passengers to pay more. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Mercury scare hits schools' dolphin dinners Sep 6, 2007
In a rare departure from the official line that cetacean meat - that of aquatic mammals - is safe and nutritious, two assembly members from Taiji in the southern Wakayama prefecture broke ranks. They said that tests on samples of short-finned pilot whales - a type of large dolphin, despite its name - had found mercury levels 10 to 16 times higher than those advised by the health ministry. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Surf's up as Japan plans artificial reef Sep 5, 2007
The western prefecture of Wakayama, just south of Osaka, plans to make a reef out of natural stones and shaped like a boomerang, which would produce waves of up to 1. 5 meters to 2 meters (6. (News on Japan, Japan)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Small tsunami hit Japan following quake off Peru Aug 17, 2007
The first of the series of tsunami was spotted in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, at about 5:05 a.m. on Friday. In Urakawa, Hokkaido, several tsunami up to 20 centimeters high were spotted at 8:20 a.m.. (News on Japan, Japan)
Ancient drumming art draws 1,000 Aug 8, 2007
He taught at Endos school, the Taiko Center of the Pacific, before going to Tokyo, Japan to study taiko with the Mihon Taiko Dojo and the bamboo flutes with Kyosuke Suzuki of the Wakayama school. Masato has been featured in the taiko documentary The Spirit of Taiko, representing the third generation of taiko artists in America (after Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and Kenny Endo). (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
Tammy Faye Remembered By Mourners Jul 23, 2007
Another fan identified as Paula wrote in her condolences from Wakayama, Japan. "I thank you for you," she wrote. (Click2Houston, TX)
McNeill: Harpooned Jun 10, 2007
The Agency resents that those hunts are classed as "subsistence" while under IWC rules the proposed whaling of four local fishing communities in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Abashiri in Hokkaido, Ayukawa (Miyagi) and Wada in Chiba is "commercial.". . (Zmag.org)
Nelson: New Guinea Comfort Women May 29, 2007
"In the Navy, SNP were classified into four categories: those available to admirals, to high ranking officers, to low-ranking officers, and those available to enlisted men and non-commissioned officers. When I examined them [in Rabaul], these categories numbered five, twenty, thirty and fifty girls respectively. I had no way of knowing their birthplaces, but in Kavieng their numbers were smaller and their categories were no longer strictly divided as in Rabaul. They were available to enlisted... (Zmag.org)
Laying down the spear| May 25, 2007
In the whaling heartland of western Wakayama prefecture, nearly 85 percent of public elementary and junior high schools started serving whale in 2005, sometimes in the form of burgers to entice children. Nagaoka began his career in 1956 at Kyokuyo, one of the nation's biggest whaling firms, joining as an apprentice before becoming a skilled harpoonist. (iAfrica.com)
Japanese Freighter Sinks After Crash; One Man Is Missing, Coast Guard Says Apr 7, 2007
The 313-ton Eifuku Maru No. 7 collided with the Cambodian- registered Yin He No. 1 off the coast of Wakayama prefecture near the town of Susami in western Japan, said Shoichiro Araki, a spokesman for the coast guard based in Kobe. A Japan Coast Guard ship is searching for a 65-year man missing from the crew of four on the Japanese freighter which is owned by Nagoya-based Tsutsui Kaiun K.K., Araki said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Mouse Stem Cell Line Advance Suggests Potential For IVF-incompetent Eggs Feb 22, 2007
The findings, reported by Teruhiko Wakayama, Sayaka Wakayama, and colleagues at RIKEN Kobe in Japan, appear in the February 20th issue of the journal Current Biology, published by Cell Press ... The researchers include Sayaka Wakayama, Rinako Suetsugu, Nguyen Van Thuan, Hiroshi Ohta, Satoshi Kishigami, and Teruhiko Wakayama of the Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN in Kobe, Japan ... Wakayama et al.: "Establishment of mouse embryonic stem cell lines from somatic cell nuclei by nuclear... (Science Daily)
Meet the 'Burqini' Jan 16, 2007
Commuters will need to brush off their mewing skills to get directions at one rail station in Kinokawa, Wakayama, in central Japan. The Mainichi Daily News reports that the stationmaster of the Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station is a 7-year-old cat named Tama. (Fox News)
Tsunami fears ease in Japan Jan 14, 2007
However, waves of 50cm were expected on the Pacific coast of Wakayama prefecture, central Japan, at around 4pm (07:00 GMT). A Japanese meteorological agency official said: "We ask that those who are under tsunami warnings to take this seriously and use caution. We also ask that those under advisories to also be careful". (Aljazeera.Net)
Japan hit by strong quake, tsunami alert issued Jan 13, 2007
Japanese authorities warned of a metre-high wave striking the western province of Wakayama and of upto 50-cm-high waves along the rest of the Pacific coast on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, television station NHK reported. Advertisement. (Telugu Portal)
Powerful earthquake hits NW Pacific, tidal changes observed Jan 13, 2007
Besides, a wave of around 50 centimeters will likely hit a large part of Japan's Pacific coastal areas from central Hokkaido to Wakayama prefecture in western Japan Saturday afternoon. Tidal changes of around 10 centimeters have been observed at Kushiro, Nemuro and Tokachi port and several other places in Hokkaido from 2:52 p.m. (0552) to 3:36 p.m. (0636 GMT), the NHK public television said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tsunami fears ease as waves hit Japan Jan 13, 2007
It said smaller waves were likely to hit a wide area of Pacific coastal areas from Hokkaido to Wakayama prefecture in western Japan on the country's largest main island of Honshu. Hokkaido officials urged residents to move to higher ground and fire trucks made the rounds of coastal areas, warning about the possibility of a tsunami. (ABC News Online, Australia -- World)
'Loser' wins hearts| Jan 7, 2007
The aquarium said Lucky was caught "accidentally" in a fishing net in central Ishikawa prefecture not in western Wakayama where fishermen stab to death thousands of captive dolphins each year drawing international criticism. Lucky is not the only "loser" animal to be loved by the Japanese. (iAfrica.com)
China reports panda baby boom Jan 4, 2007
Giant panda Mei Mei holds her twins (pink, under her chin) at Adventure World in Wakayama, Japan. lect. (CNN -- International)
