Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Climate change is threatening the major central Japan industry of cultivating seaweed for nori, a sector that has been going strong since the late Edo Period. Read more ...
Giusec&frienz (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Rebtel just announced free calls to China and Burma due to the recent earthquake. Cool. http://www.rebtel.com/callforhelp twitted by Robert Sanzalone @ 1.25km from Nagoya, , Japan - 16 minutes ago. Warms the heart. tags: skype, china, burna, rebtel, earthquake,...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Do you mind if I smoke? The above image is purely illustrative, and not the actual incident or from Japan at all. Like the title says, some cops in Nagoya didn't add 2 and 2 to get fire! when they gave a cigarette and a lighter to a man that was not only soaked in a [...]
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Quakes Could Cause Damage Of Y107tln In Osaka, Nagoya: PanelTOKYO (Kyodo)--A government panel said Wednesday that if a powerful earthquake were to hit a wide area encompassing Osaka, Nagoya and surrounding regions it could cause damage totaling 107 trillion yen.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Taking care of your teeth just became imperative, for Japanese researchers have found a strong link between tooth loss and increased risk of esophageal, head and neck, and lung cancers. The boffins from Aichi Cancer Center in Nagoya and Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine say that that bacterial infection and inflammation [...]
The Liberal Avenger (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Hifumi Kubota, 45, was taken for questioning to a police station in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on Saturday after a woman who was living with him told police that he was acting violently. When officers came to his house, “he poured kerosene over himself in front of police”, a police spokesman said. Mr Kubota refused [...]
Japundit (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
It's a situation that almost beggars belief, but a Nagoya man died on Sunday after having doused himself in kerosene and being given a lighter by police. Police were called to a domestic disturbance on Saturday night in Atsuta. Six officers were dispatched to the scene and the man walked out onto the road to greet them, [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Nagoya, Japan to Bangkok, Thailand
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
April Office Vacancies Keep Rising In Tokyo, Osaka, NagoyaTOKYO (Nikkei)--April office vacancy rates in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya grew on a monthly basis for the second straight month, Ikoma Data Service System said Monday.
PSPHyper (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Four stops and more than 16,000 hunters later, the 5-stop Monster Hunter Festa ‘08 came to an end at Nagoya last Saturday, where another 4,000 hunters came. At 36 years of age, Famitsu vice editor Otsuka Hideyuki said five events in just a few days is tiring but he is sad that the event that [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
NAGOYA (Kyodo) A Nagoya man taken into custody after dousing himself with kerosene suffered severe burns when he lit himself on fire during police questioning, police said Sunday. Read more ...
James' Empty Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
From the department of "you couldn't make it up": Kerosene-soaked man catches fire after trying to smoke at Nagoya police station.
News & Information (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
(Kyodo) _ A Nagoya man who was taken into custody Saturday night after dousing himself with kerosene suffered severe burns when he tried to smoke during police questioning, local police……Read more
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Ten people sustained minor injuries after an escalator suddenly stopped at a subway station in Nagoya during the morning rush hour Friday, police said. Read more ...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Escalator At Nagoya Subway Suddenly Stops, Slightly Injuring 11NAGOYA (Kyodo)--An escalator at a Nagoya subway station suddenly stopped and briefly moved in the opposite direction on Friday morning, causing 11 people to sustain minor injuries, local police said.
