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Wakayama

Type: City

Name: Wakayama

Country: Japan

Latitude: 34.220001

Longitude: 135.169998

population: 375,341

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

Boxing

Japanese transgendered boxer wins her first world title

Go Shindo receives her trophy at Wakayama Big Wave in the city of Wakayama on May 19. (Mainichi) WAKAYAMA -- Go Shindo, a transgendered boxer, won her first world women's boxing title here on May 19 after defeating reigning champion Renata Szebeledi.The ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Wakayama, Boxing, World Boxing Council

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Manufacturing

SHIMA SEIKI to Exhibit at ITMA Texpo Eurasia 2013

Leading computerized knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan will exhibit at ITM Texpo Eurasia 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.Turkey's knitting industry is rapidly gaining recognition as a provider of high quality and quick response ... [Published Global Print Monitor - May 17 2013]

Entities: Shima Seiki Manufacturing Ltd, Turkey, Wakayama, Manufacturing

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Researchers at Wakayama Medical University Release New Data on Pediatrics

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Fresh data on Pediatrics are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Wakayama, Japan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "A possible mechanism of cyclosporine (CsA) ... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

Entities: Wakayama Medical University, Pediatrics, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Nephrology

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

GS Yuasa Corp

U.S. probes Barclays over ties to Saudi prince

(CNN) — Barclays and a Saudi prince are at the center of a U.S. Department of Justice probe into whether the U.K. bank made improper payments in the middle east kingdom.The DOJ is investigating whether Barclays paid illicit fees to Prince Turki Bin Abdullah ... [Published KETKNBC - May 13 2013]

Entities: GS Yuasa Corp, Barclays PLC, Al Obayya Corporation

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

Man arrested for molesting woman after being invited to do so online

TOKYO Wakayama police have arrested 26-year-old Masaya Ogawa for the indecent assault of a 23-year-old woman aboard a commuter train. Adding a bizarre twist to the story, Ogawa claims that she was asking for it.He doesn’t mean that in the lame wearing-a-mini-skirt-is-asking-for-it ... [Published Japan Today - May 12 2013]

Entities: Wakayama, Molestation, Police, Debarkation, Indecent Assault

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

Yuasa: Birthplace of soy sauce

Like gin and tonic without the lime, like Hendrix without the guitar, sushi wouldn't be sushi without soy sauce.You might pay scant attention to that funny bottle with the bright red cap, but for many, soy sauce is serious business, worthy even of a pilgrimage ... [Published WDSU New Orleans - May 12 2013]

Entities: GS Yuasa Corp, Edo Period, Wakayama

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

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal net profit report for Q4

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation reported a net profit for the fiscal Q4 ended March, underscoring the weaker yen's favorable impact on the business environment.The Tokyo based company, the product of an October 1st merger of the nation's biggest ... [Published Steel Guru - May 12 2013]

Entities: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, Steel, Net Profit, Ota (Japan)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

How to gauge whether health reform will make insurance more affordable

We had a lively chat this week on health reform. But a lot of participants wondered what the new plans and rates will look like when the Oregon health insurance exchange goes live in 2014.On Thursday, we got a better - albeit incomplete - picture.The ... [Published Oregonian - May 10 2013]

Entities: Oregon, Health Insurance, Wakayama, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

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

Crestview High School senior wins first Foy Shaw Scholarship

Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce President Karen Hardell, left, and Education Committee chairwoman Dr. Pam Meadows present Crestview High senior Natalie Wakayama with the first Foy Shaw Scholarship.BRIAN HUGHES / News BulletinCRESTVIEW — A Crestview ... [Published Crestview News Bulletin - May 07 2013]

Entities: Wakayama, Brian Hughes, Education, Northwest Florida State College

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

International calling for Freeman

GOLDEN GIRL: Samantha Freeman shows off a selection of medals and trophies collected over 10 years of competing karateWITH nine state titles and a selection of national titles under her black belt, Samantha Freeman will compete internationally later in ... [Published Border Watch - May 02 2013]

Entities: Mount Gambier (Australia), Japan, Wakayama

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Of Wheel Boots, Tow Trucks and FrankenBills

Hawaii Boot Removal ServicesThe owner of a local wheel boot company may lose his business if a bill is approved this week at the Hawaii Legislature.That's the worry of Sean Starn, co-owner of Hawaii Boot Removal Services. He makes his livelihood locking ... [Published Civil Beat - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Wakayama, ACE, Personal Property

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Interactive ad: Volkswagen: The Migrator Bird

The winter season makes Sweden a harsh part of the world, and you know it's coming when the birds start to move down to the southern hemisphere. Lucky for them. But for us sorry suckers who has to stay and fight the winter, Volkswagen's Skiteam cars are ... [Published Best ads - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Volkswagen AG, DDB Stockholm, Art Director, Katarina Mohlin, Wakayama

Quotes

"I'm happy that I won," Shindo said to the audience when her victory was announced, putting her fist up in the air. "I couldn't accept myself until I started boxing. I'm standing here now thanks to those who have supported me."

Japanese transgendered boxer wins her first world title [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 20 2013]

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "If stress is prolonged, cells undergo apoptosis, inducing the production of GADD153, a transcription factor, which in turn downregulates anti-apoptotic protein B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2)."

Researchers at Wakayama Medical University Release New Data on Pediatrics [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

Barclays said it had appointed the prince, through Al Obayya, to "advise it on strategic issues in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" but said it is not aware of any improper payments made. In a statement, Barclays said it is is fully co-operating with the investigation

U.S. probes Barclays over ties to Saudi prince [Published KETKNBC - May 13 2013]

Mr Ota said that "First of all, a weaker yen creates some resistance to steel imports flowing into Japan. Secondly, gives incentives to steel product users to ramp up production in Japan."

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal net profit report for Q4 [Published Steel Guru - May 12 2013]

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Scientists Create 581 Clones From Same Mouse [Published Singularity Hub - Mar 24 2013] [Source: Wikpedia] Scientists in Japan have taken cloning to a whole new level. They haven’t cloned a new species or even come up with a new technique. They have, however, managed to push the technique to new limits by cloning 581 mice – all from ...
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