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Kumamoto Prefecture

Type: Province

Name: Kumamoto Prefecture

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

‘Kumamon’ mascot to visit France

KUMAMOTO – “Kumamon,” the official black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, will visit France in July to take part in the Japan Expo, local officials said Monday.Kumamon, one of Japan’s most popular regional promotional mascots, will be making its European ... [Published Japan Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: France, Kumamoto, Japan

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Likelihood of Hague treaty ratification brings mixed reactions

The House of Representatives has passed a proposal for Japan to join the Hague Convention on cross-border parental abductions, and endorsed a bill outlining domestic procedures that would return children to their country of residence.This raises the likelihood ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Japan, Ratification, Joint Custody

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

15th Case of Deadly Tick-borne Virus Confirmed in Japan

The 15th case of a highly fatal disease transmitted by ticks has been confirmed in Japan.Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases said a 71-year-old woman in Kumamoto Prefecture tested positive for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 18 2013]

Entities: Virus, Japan, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, thrombocytopenia

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Kumamon leads Japan's mascot craze, but don't mention Pluto-kun

Kumamon, the mascot of Kumamoto prefecture, rose from humble beginnings promoting a new bullet train station to become the country’s pre-eminent mascot. Photograph: guardian.co.uk He is a genuine household name in a country where celebrities are ten a ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 12 2013]

Entities: Celebrity, Japan

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Spring fever hits workers, students hard after Golden Week

Print: May 08, 2013Last Modfied: May 08, 2013It’s now a month since freshmen, finally freed from the stressful life of studying to pass rigorous university entrance exams, began their new lives at their new schools.April was also when newly hired workers ... [Published Japan Times - May 07 2013]

Entities: Kasuga (Japan), Sojo University, Workers

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

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Minamata disease’s 57th anniversary marked in ceremony

KUMAMOTO – The city of Minamata held a ceremony to pray for victims of its namesake disease Wednesday as it marked the 57th anniversary of the year it was officially recognized by the government.The anniversary came amid discussions on how best to improve ... [Published Japan Times - May 01 2013]

Entities: Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Chisso, Mercury Poisoning

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

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Pocatello and Kumamoto

Read comments | Post a commentAs Maui’s population doubled in the last 15 years, there are many residents today who have no family members on Maui or anywhere in Hawai’i, and no parent or grandparents resting forever in the Maui ground or as ashes in ... [Published Maui News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Kumamoto, Skype, Studs Terkel

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Nippon Paper Industries to Build Biomass Plant at Yatsushiro Mill in Japan

HOME SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES EDITORIAL CALENDAR MEDIA GUIDE EVENTS CALENDAR INDUSTRY LINKS ABOUT US CONTACT Nippon Paper will build a 5,000 kilowatt biomass power plant at its Yatsushiro Mill, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Paper will build a 5,000 ... [Published PaperAge.com - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Yatsushiro (Japan), Nippon Paper Group Inc, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Japan

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Top court recognizes woman as victim of Minamata Disease

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a high court ruling that posthumously recognized a woman as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, one of the country's worst outbreaks of disease linked to industrial pollution.The ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Mercury Poisoning, Fukuoka, Relativity

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 2 reports

Kumamoto Residents Stay Indoors Amid China Pollution Fears

Residents of Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan's southwestern main island of Kysuhu were asked to voluntarily stay in their homes Tuesday, after air pollution levels surpassed government safety standards amid fears about toxic air spilling over from China ... [Published WSJ.com: China Real Time Report - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Kumamoto, Pollution, China

First reported Jan 09 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Minamata-named treaty, like disease, contentious

People from Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture have sometimes been hesitant to reveal where they come from because of prejudice toward sufferers of the pollution-triggered disease that hit the area more than half a century ago, and bears the small coastal ... [Published The Japan Times - News & Business - Jan 09 2013]

Entities: Minamata Disease, Mercury Poisoning, Convulsion

First reported Dec 26 2012 - Updated Dec 26 2012 - 1 reports

The Life and Times of Japan’s Mascots

Kumamon, the mischievous black bear mascot, is not only the face of Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture; he's also the face of a movement. No other “creature” captures the craze surrounding Japan’s mascot boom as the rosy-cheeked bear. ... [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - Dec 26 2012]

Entities: Japan

Quotes

A 42-year-old woman in Kumamoto Prefecture, whose 43-year-old American former husband abducted her two children, says, "I want Japan to sign the treaty as soon as possible to make sure that what happened to me doesn't happen to anyone else."

Likelihood of Hague treaty ratification brings mixed reactions [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 18 2013]

...journal of Kyoto University Suzue wrote that in less than two years he assembled from 50 to 60 bodies and made skeleton models out of most of them. "This valuable collection was presented proudly to famous doctors visiting Kumamoto University" he wrote

Bones of leprosy patients used in medical school's pre-WWII skeletal models [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 10 2013]

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‘Kumamon’ mascot to visit France [Published Japan Times - May 20 2013]
Likelihood of Hague treaty ratification brings ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 18 2013]
15th Case of Deadly Tick-borne Virus Confirmed ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 18 2013]
Kumamon leads Japan's mascot craze, but don't m... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 12 2013]
Bones of leprosy patients used in medical schoo... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 10 2013]
Spring fever hits workers, students hard after ... [Published Japan Times - May 07 2013]
Minamata disease’s 57th anniversary marked in c... [Published Japan Times - May 01 2013]
Pocatello and Kumamoto [Published Maui News - Apr 29 2013]
Ailing ?Mononoke? Forest Highlights Pollution T... [Published China Digital Times - Apr 28 2013]
Wider Minamata relief needed [Published Japan Times - Apr 21 2013]
Nippon Paper Industries to Build Biomass Plant ... [Published PaperAge.com - Apr 18 2013]
Supreme Court recognizes woman as Minamata victim [Published Japan Times - Apr 16 2013]
Top court recognizes woman as victim of Minamat... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - Apr 16 2013]
Bosai musen [Published Japan Times - Apr 15 2013]
Yamaha reaches 10 million mark in outboard prod... [Published Trade Only Today - Apr 05 2013]
Kumamoto Residents Stay Indoors Amid China Poll... [Published WSJ.com: China Real Time Report - Mar 05 2013]
Kumamoto Residents Stay Indoors Amid China Poll... [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - Mar 05 2013]
Minamata-named treaty, like disease, contentious [Published The Japan Times - News & Business - Jan 09 2013]
The Life and Times of Japan’s Mascots [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - Dec 26 2012]

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Kumamoto Residents Stay Indoors Amid China Poll... [Published WSJ.com: China Real Time Report - Mar 05 2013] Residents of Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan's southwestern main island of Kysuhu were asked to voluntarily stay in their homes Tuesday, after air pollution levels surpassed government safety standards amid fears about toxic air spilling over from China ...
Kumamoto Residents Stay Indoors Amid China Poll... [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - Mar 05 2013] Residents of Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan's southwestern main island of Kysuhu were asked to voluntarily stay in their homes Tuesday, after air pollution levels surpassed government safety standards. ...
The Life and Times of Japan’s Mascots [Published WSJ.com: Japan Real Time - Dec 26 2012] Kumamon, the mischievous black bear mascot, is not only the face of Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture; he's also the face of a movement. No other “creature” captures the craze surrounding Japan’s mascot boom as the rosy-cheeked bear. ...