Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
OITA (Kyodo) The daughter of a former senior member of the Oita prefectural board of education who was arrested over a recruitment scandal has resigned from her teaching job, board officials said Wednesday. The 23-year-old daughter of Tetsuro Yano, 52, was an elementary school teacher in Saiki. Yano allegedly gave two education officials gift vouchers worth ¥1 million each in return for...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
OITA (Kyodo) Police raided an elementary school Tuesday in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, whose vice principal has admitted giving vouchers to an arrested senior board of education official in return for his promotion. The search followed raids Monday of the prefectural and Saiki municipal boards of education over allegations that Katsuyoshi Eto, 52, a former senior Oita education official,...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
OITA (Kyodo) Oita Prefecture held hiring tests for public teachers on Saturday under a cloud of scandal produced by the arrests of five education officials suspected of bribery linked to the official exams. About 1,700 people sat the exam, which is pivotal in winning teaching jobs in elementary, junior and senior high schools. Competition is tough, with an average of 13.4 applicants vying...
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
(Kyodo) _ The Oita Prefecture education board decided Wednesday to dismiss teachers confirmed to have passed the recruitment test through illegitimate manipulation of exam results. It……Read more
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Oita Best Prefecture To Build Factories: METI SurveyTOKYO (Nikkei)--Oita Prefecture ranked as the most ideal place to set up a factory in Japan, according to a survey released Friday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
i4U (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Canon today announced that it has reached a new milestone by shipping its 100 millionth compact digital camera. Canon first began producing digital cameras in 1996 at Oita Canon Inc., which continues to handle the bulk of the company's digital camera pr...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | yesterday
... its 100 millionth compact digital camera. Canon first began producing digital cameras in 1996 at Oita Canon Inc., which continues to handle the bulk of the company’s digital camera production, in addition to such manufacturing subsidiaries as Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Canon Zhuhai, Inc. in China. Since releasing the PowerShot 600 as Canon’s first compact digital camera for sale...
Madshrimps Forum Madness (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Sony may sell graphic chip line to Toshiba-sources Wed Oct 3, 2007 11:08 PM BST TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sony Corp is in talks with Toshiba Corp to sell its production facility in western Japan's Oita prefecture that makes graphic chips used in the PlayStation 3 game console, sources close to the matter said. That would be Sony's latest step to shed costly semiconductor assets and focus on stra...
U.S. Soccer (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... Japan Roster by Position:GOALKEEPERS: Kaito Yamamoto (Shimizu S-Pulse), Shusaku Nishikawa (Oita Trinita) DEFENDERS: Hiroki Miumoto (Kyoto Purple Sanga), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Masato Morishige (Oita Trinita), Michihiro Yasuda (Gamba Osaka), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers), Maya Yoshida (Magoya Grampus) MIDFIELDERS: Takuya Honda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale),...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A corruption scandal involving the Oita prefectural board of education is expanding. At first, the corruption concerned teacher recruitment: Five educators, including a former No. 2 board official, have been indicted in this connection. Now it is also known that teachers who wanted to be promoted to the position of principal or vice principal gave gift certificates as bribes. So investigators...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Orix Real Estate To Assume Management Of Suginoi HotelTOKYO (Nikkei)--Orix Real Estate Corp., owner of the Suginoi Hotel, plans to directly operate the large hot spring resort facility in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, it was learned Thursday.
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After becoming entangled in a fishing net off the coast of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefrecture in Japan, a wounded and exhausted young dolphin was taken to Umitamago Aquarium, also known as Oita Marine Palace Aquarium. The dolphin did not have the energy to keep itself afloat and after a couple of days of holding the dolphin [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The J. League issued Oita Trinita and its Olympic team goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa a warning on Wednesday after Nishikawa wrote in his personal blog that he intentionally got himself booked in Sunday's 2-1 win over Jubilo Iwata. The 22-year-old wrote he "got booked on purpose," because he would be able to serve the subsequent one-match suspension while he is on national team duty with Japan's...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Daughter Of Arrested Official Quits Teaching PostOITA (Kyodo)--The daughter of a former senior official of the Oita prefectural education board, who was arrested over a teachers' recruitment scandal there, has resigned from her teaching post, board officials said Wednesday.
Inhabitat (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
This beautiful Onigiri House was created by NKS Architects in Oita, Japan. Constructed entirely out of locally-sourced cedar, the wood-paneled wonder features a gorgeous light-laden interior that celebrates clean, simple lines and an elegant, uncluttered floor plan. Modeled after the triangular shape of one of japan’s favorite delicacies, the project is the latest in NKS’ [...]
