Ex-Ozawa aide convicted over fund scandal to quit as Diet member
Source: Japan Times
Kushiro :: Japan | updated 2013-05-16 10:42:42 -0700 | political-news
Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former aide to veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa, said Thursday he will resign as a Lower House member but will not drop his appeal against a court conviction that he falsified political funds reports of Ozawa's fund management...
Hokkaido researcher uses a gun to study deer-control issue
Source: Japan Times
Kushiro :: Japan | updated 2013-05-07 08:43:55 -0700 | technology-news
Mayumi Ueno works to mitigate the huge crop damage caused in Hokkaido by its estimated 640,000 indigenous Ezo deer, using an unusual tool for Japanese women a hunting rifle. The 36-year-old Ueno, chief researcher in the Environmental and Geological Research...
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocks Japan
Posted by: jesettextine
Kushiro :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 23:00:26 -0700 | disasters-news
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocks the East coast of Honshu, Japan. The tremor was felt around 7:08PM Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The epicenter was located at 40.899°N, 144.923°E with a depth of 26.6 km (16.5 miles). Here are the details...
Two Earthquakes triggered Tsunami Warnings in Japan.
Posted by: Vicky247
Kushiro :: Japan | updated 2012-04-19 12:35:10 -0700 | disasters-news
The first, of 6.8 degrees , was centered 210 kilometers north coast. A second movement, without consequences, felt in Tokyo. The meteorological agency although withdrew the warning of dangerous waves. The first earthquake caused a tsunami with waves two feet...
Marimo balls warning of global warming in the Lake Akan, Hokkaido Japan
Posted by: Yoko Otake
Kushiro :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 00:49:45 -0700 | technology-news
According to the today's local newspaper, Hokkaido Shimbun, Marimo, rounded weed, Cladophora aegagpropila are being decomposed from inside due to the warmer temperature of the Lake Akan in which they inhabit. The average temperature in August of the area was...
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