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Osaka Prefecture

Type: Company

Name: Osaka Prefecture

Nationality: Japan

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)

SANYO Electric Co Ltd

Sanyo to quadruple photovoltaic cell production capacity

OSAKA Sanyo Electric Co said Tuesday it plans to more than quadruple its photovoltaic cell production capacity in six years to 1.5 million kilowatts in fiscal 2015. Sanyo, the 11th-largest PV cell producer in the world in terms of production volume as ... [Japan Today - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Sanyo (Japan), Solar Cell, SANYO Electric Co Ltd

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Fugitive spent year working in Osaka

Fugitive Tatsuya Ichihashi, the prime suspect in the 2007 slaying of British language teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, worked as a construction worker in Osaka Prefecture for more than a year until last month, police sources said.Ichihashi, 30, used the alias ... [Asahi.com - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Fugitive, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Police arrest Ichihashi in Osaka

OSAKA (Kyodo) Police arrested on Tuesday the suspect in the 2007 murder of a British woman after fingerprints confirmed he is Tatsuya Ichihashi, a 30-year-old fugitive wanted in the case who has altered his appearance to conceal his identity. Ichihashi ... [Japan Times - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Osaka, Plastic Surgery, Arrests

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

No. of volunteers trying to preserve Japan's forests on the rise

Japans logging industry is on the decline due to an increase in imported timber, but the number of volunteer groups working to preserve trees in danger is on the rise.The value of timber production in Japan in 2007 came to 225.6 billion yen, about one-fifth ... [Japan Today - 11/11/2009]

Entities: Japan, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Mino (Japan), Osaka Prefecture

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents

1 vending machine nets 1.5 billion Yen for city

OSAKA--A cigarette retailer is exploiting a legal loophole to earn massive kickbacks from a municipality for drastically increasing its tobacco tax revenue.The retailer owns just one cigarette vending machine in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. But by ordering ... [Asahi.com - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Osaka Prefecture, Taxes, Asahi Shimbun

First Reported 10/20/2009 - Updated 10/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

Japan launches pandemic vaccine campaign

TOKYO Japan on Monday started vaccinating medical workers against swine flu, which is known to have killed 27 people in the country, the health ministry said.The country has a limited supply of the domestically-made vaccine, with doses for about 1.18 ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 10/20/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Pandemic, Japan, Tokyo

First Reported 10/19/2009 - Updated 10/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Union claims English instructors hired illegally at Aichi schools

NAGOYA A labor union comprising foreign workers in Japan on Monday requested the Aichi prefectural education board to address the situation of English language instructors at primary and secondary schools who they say are working under illegal contra ... [Japan Today - 10/20/2009]

Entities: Labor Unions, Tokai (Aichi, Japan), Education

First Reported 07/02/2009 - Updated 07/03/2009 - 6 Documents (in Biology)

Tamiflu resistant case: HK

HONG KONG - HONG Kong on Friday detected a strain of swine flu that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main anti-viral flu drug, the health department reported on its website. Hong Kong nervous about infectious diseases LAST month, authorities ordered all ... [Straits Times - 07/03/2009]

Entities: Tamiflu, Hong Kong, Relenza, Osaka Prefecture, Swine Flu

First Reported 08/08/2009 - Updated 08/08/2009 - 1 Documents

Vacationers' exodus peaks at Narita; roads and trains jammed

The annual rush of travelers leaving Narita airport for overseas destinations during the Japanese Bon summer holidays peaked Saturday, while roads and railway stations were jammed with people heading for their hometowns and other domestic destination ... [Japan Today - 08/08/2009]

Entities: Narita (Japan), Central Japan Railway Co, Tokyo

First Reported 08/17/2009 - Updated 08/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Osaka construction worker arrested for throwing feces at female passersby

A 39-year-old construction worker was arrested on Sunday night for allegedly throwing his own feces at women from a minibike in two separate incidents, police said Monday. According to police, the man turned himself in after the second attack in Settsu, ... [Japan Today - 08/17/2009]

Entities: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Assault

First Reported 10/13/2009 - Updated 10/13/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Maehara eyes turning Haneda into hub airport for int'l flights

In Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2009, transport minister Seiji Maehara (L) talks with Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (R), who asked the central government to step up investment to turn Kansai International Airport, serving Osaka, into a hub airport. ... [Kyodo - 10/13/2009]

Entities: Seiji Maehara, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

First Reported 10/14/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Asia-Pacific nations adopt statement on civil aviation cooperation

A civil aviation conference bringing together civil aviation officials from the Asia-Pacific region Wednesday adopted the first joint statement of its kind vowing cooperation in air traffic control for the smoother and safer operation of airlines.The ... [Japan Today - 10/14/2009]

Entities: Nationalism, Osaka Prefecture, Air Traffic Control, Traffic Management

Quotes

...'It's a bolt out of the blue,' Koizumi said. "To unilaterally do away with the principle of having Narita serve international flights and Haneda serve domestic flights, without consulting the local populace, is undemocratic." Maehara, meanwhile, remained noncommittal to a request Monday by the Osaka prefectural governor for Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka...

Haneda tipped to be hub airport [Asahi.com - 10/14/2009]

"We are working so that, in the future, people will look back to this election and say 'Japanese history changed from here," DPJ president Yukio Hatoyama cried out as he addressed voters in western Osaka prefecture. 'We will stop bureaucracy-led politics and draft policies through dialogue with the Japanese people,' said Hatoyama, a 62-year-old US-trained engineering scholar and the scion of a political dynasty sometimes dubbed Japan's Kennedy family. Turnout is expected to be high, with more than 10 percent of Japan's 104 million eligible voters expected to have cast early ballots by Saturday. Media exit polls are expected at 1100 GMT Sunday."

Japan election set to break political mould [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/29/2009]

...confirmed cases the infection is likely to be spreading to hundreds of people,' Japanese virologist Masato Tashiro told public broadcaster NHK. "There must be a number of people who slipped through border controls (at airports) as their symptoms were quite light, passing the virus to other people before they knew it." Tashiro was speaking from Geneva, where the World Health Organization (WHO) annual assembly will begin on Monday, with fears about the global outbreak...

Swine flu spreads in Japan ahead of WHO meet [AFP via Yahoo! - 05/17/2009]

...'She received surgery and a Cesarean-section,' her bereaved 26-year-old husband, a security guard, told AFP as Sota romped around the house. "The baby was born, but she passed away eight days later. She never regained consciousness. She probably didn't know her child was born. She never saw him." A string of similar cases have made headlines in recent months

Japan's hospitals slam doors on emergency cases [AFP via Yahoo! - 04/28/2009]

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Sony Corp. UK Regulatory Announcement: Initiati... [Business Wire UK - 11/13/2009]
Chiba cops start grilling Ichihashi [Japan Times - 11/11/2009]
Japan to bury pollution [iafrica.com - 11/11/2009]
No. of volunteers trying to preserve Japan's fo... [Japan Today - 11/11/2009]
Ichihashi, left, before undergoing plastic surg... [Asahi.com - 11/10/2009]
Japan builds technology to bury greenhouse gas ... [Telegraph - 11/10/2009]
ICHIHASHI ARRESTED BY POLICE IN OSAKA [Japan Today - 11/10/2009]
Police arrest Ichihashi in Osaka [Japan Times - 11/10/2009]
Police get more leads on Ichihashi [Japan Times - 11/10/2009]
Fugitive spent year working in Osaka [Asahi.com - 11/09/2009]
Man linked to slain British woman worked in Osa... [Kyodo - 11/09/2009]
Ichihashi's fingerprints found in Osaka constru... [Japan Today - 11/09/2009]
Fingerprint of man linked to slain British woma... [Kyodo - 11/09/2009]
Ichihashi's fingerprint found in Osaka construc... [Japan Today - 11/09/2009]
Ichihashi's fingerprint found in dormitory of O... [Japan Today - 11/09/2009]
Fingerprint of man linked to British woman's de... [Kyodo - 11/09/2009]
Hawker murder suspect Ichihashi had cosmetic su... [Japan Today - 11/04/2009]
Suspect in murder of British woman had face-lif... [Kyodo - 11/04/2009]
Suspect in slaying of British teacher believed ... [Asahi.com - 11/04/2009]
1 vending machine nets 1.5 billion Yen for city [Asahi.com - 11/02/2009]
Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions ... [Yahoo! News - 11/01/2009]
Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions [Times of India - 11/01/2009]
On a roll to cut emissions through pedal power [Asahi.com - 10/31/2009]
First H1N1 pig infection suspected [Japan Times - 10/21/2009]
1st H1N1 infection of pig confirmed in Japan [Kyodo - 10/21/2009]
Sharp starts shipping 10G panels, say reports [DigiTimes - 10/21/2009]
1st new-flu infection of pigs suspected in Japan [Kyodo - 10/20/2009]
Japan launches pandemic vaccine campaign [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 10/20/2009]

Blogs

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Osaka fails to report swine flu mutation [H5N1 - 07/04/2009] Via the Japan Times: Osaka fails to report swine flu mutation. Excerpt:An Osaka health official found a genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu ...
Japan: Four new flu cases; schools to reopen [H5N1 - 05/25/2009] Via the Japan Times: Four new flu cases; schools to reopen. Excerpt:The tally of swine flu infections in Japan rose to 342 on Sunday, as four more people, including ...
World Electric Vehicle Association recognizes S... [AutoblogGreen - 05/14/2009] The city of Seattle has made a lot of progress toward encouraging sustainable transportation in the Pacific Northwest. In recognition of these efforts, the World ...
Nintenducation – A New Take On Edutainment [Fea... [Kotaku - 04/22/2009] It's a great time to be in grade school, if you live in Japan or Great Britain. Several dozen schools in both countries are putting Nintendo DSs in K-12 classes. ...
Cops Crackdown On Bashcraft, North Korean Missi... [Kotaku - 04/06/2009] To: Crecente From: Bashcraft What a weekend! North Korea launched something into the air, parts of it fell into the Sea of Japan, and newscasters got panicky. At ...

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