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Nara (Japan)

Type: City

Name: Nara (Japan)

Country: Japan

Latitude: 34.689999

Longitude: 135.830002

population: 367,360

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9 articles

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Gusty winds hurt 40, whip property, transport

Strong winds caused by a low-pressure system blew across Japan on Sunday, injuring at least 40 people and disrupting rail and air services in Tokyo and other areas.The Meteorological Agency issued warnings for violent storms, high waves, lightning and ... [Published 6 hours ago by Japan Times]

Entities: Tokyo, Chiba, Kasuga (Japan), Sagamihara

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 1 Documents

7 governors considering introduction of anti-passive smoking measures

Seven governors are considering mapping out their own measures to prevent secondhand smoking, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday. The survey was conducted earlier this month before Kanagawa Prefecture introduces Japans first ordinance in April banning ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by Japan Today]

Entities: Smoking, Nara (Japan), Shizuoka, Kanagawa Prefecture

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Protected deer killed with crossbow

A sika deer, which has national treasure status in Japan, died after being shot with a crossbow bolt in Nara Park. ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by IOL]

Entities: Sika Deer, Nara (Japan), Japan

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

Buddhism's arrival, Shinto's endurance

Special to The Japan TimesIn A.D. 552 (or 538 — experts disagree; some say it never happened) a Korean envoy presented himself at the Japanese court of Emperor Kimmei.The Korea of that time was split among several perpetually warring kingdoms. The three ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by Japan Times]

Entities: Shinto, Buddhism, Nara (Japan), Japan

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

POINT OF VIEW/Shogo Arai: Japan is going to lag behind China? So what?

I believe it is very important for Japanese local governments to directly deal with their counterparts in China.I became more convinced of this when I took part in a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. In ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by Asahi.com]

Entities: Nara (Japan), China, Japan

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Hate sorting the recyling? Ask a robot

Living in Japan, you have to sort your household garbage into burnable trash, non-burnable trash, recycling, and probably one other category I've forgotten. Each goes to the curb on a different day. I'm tickled to see that Japanese researchers have built ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by CNET News.com]

Entities: Plastic, Recycling, Polyvinyl Chloride, Polyethylene

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

Recycling robot sorts six types of plastic using laser photonics

A recycling robot that uses sensors to detect five different wavelengths of laser beam light reflected from plastic materials, and will automatically sort six different polymer types currently is being tested in Osaka, Japan.The photonics sensing technology ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by PlasticsToday.com]

Entities: Photon, Plastic, Recycling, Laser

First Reported Mar 02 2010 - Updated Mar 03 2010 - 1 Documents

Recycling robot sorts rubbish into six piles

The device, created by Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Corp and Osaka University researchers, identifies different plastic materials among rubbish and sorts them into piles.Consisting of a robotic arm, the robot measures 5ft 6ins (1.7m) by 6ft 9ins (2.1m) ... [Published Mar 02 2010 by Telegraph]

Entities: Recycling, Plastic, Nara (Japan), Osaka University, Mitsubishi Electric Corp

First Reported Feb 26 2010 - Updated Feb 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Mini mobile gas chambers used to dispatch strays

A council in Japan has adopted a ruthlessly efficient method of dealing with stray dogs and cats: mobile extermination vehicles with pet-sized gas chambers.The so-called death trucks were introduced after residents of Tokushima prefecture, in south-east ... [Published Feb 26 2010 by Melbourne Age]

Entities: Tokushima (Japan), Japan, Asahi Shimbun

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Structure of Minor Carotenoids from the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci

Research Institute for Production Development, 15 Shimogamo-morimoto-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0805, Japan, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida-shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, Center for Computers and ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Journal of Natural Products]

Entities: Carotenoids, Japan, Kyoto

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Uzbekistan, Japan to create joint scientific society

Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Feb. 24 / Trend News D.Azizov /Uzbek and Japanese scientists will create a joint scientific society. The announcement was made at the Uzbek-Japanese international symposium on 'Ancient Civilizations and Religious of Uzbekistan - ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Trend News Agency]

Entities: Uzbekistan, Japan, Nara (Japan)

First Reported Oct 03 2009 - Updated Oct 03 2009 - 1 Documents

Japan: Visiting Todaiji Temple

Yama explains [ja] in detail the architecture of Todaiji temple [ja] (東大寺) in Nara and of its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world. Pictures of the temple complex are also provided. ... [Published Oct 03 2009 by Global Voices Online]

Entities: Japan, Nara (Japan), Architecture

Quotes

He came, says the 8th-century chronicle "Nihon Shoki," bearing a plea and a gift. The plea was for military aid; the gift, a "wonderful doctrine . . . of all doctrines the most excellent . . . hard to explain and hard to comprehend" but through it "every prayer is fulfilled."

Buddhism's arrival, Shinto's endurance [Japan Times - Mar 13 2010]

"Yamato is coming! The drummers of Japan bring their brand new show, Matsuri Fiesta to Budapest."

'Yamato Drummers', Budapest Congress Center, 22 - 26 April [XpatLoop.com - Mar 11 2010]

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Structure of Minor Carotenoids from the Crown-o... [Journal of Natural Products - Feb 24 2010]
Uzbekistan, Japan to create joint scientific so... [Trend News Agency - Feb 24 2010]
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Hate sorting the recyling? Ask a robot [CNET News.com - Mar 11 2010] Living in Japan, you have to sort your household garbage into burnable trash, non-burnable trash, recycling, and probably one other category I've forgotten. Each ...
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Sanjusangendo [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 25 2010] Heaven, may I be a Yurikamome amid Chrysanthemum flowers at Gion Matsori? High over Yasaka, show me a bird's eye view of Kannon, the god of mercy ...
Japan: deer wrangling and antler-cutting in Nara. [Global Voices Online - Nov 17 2009] Nestled in the heart of the Kansai region of Japan, Nara City exudes a subdued atmosphere unique from its neighboring Osaka and Kyoto. If there is a particular symbol ...
Top Japan pol calls Christianity self-righteous... [FaithWorld - Nov 11 2009] A top politician in Japan’s ruling Democratic Party has praised Buddhism while calling Christianity “exclusive and self-righteous” and Islam only somewhat better. ...
Japan: Visiting Todaiji Temple [Global Voices Online - Oct 03 2009] Yama explains [ja] in detail the architecture of Todaiji temple [ja] (東大寺) in Nara and of its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in ...