Gifu Prefecture

Crime › Japan sends investigators to Thailand over slain Japanese

japantoday.com     03-Sep-2008   3 related          

Thursday 04th September, 06:24 AM JST GIFU — Japanese investigators were dispatched to Thailand on Wednesday to probe the suspected killing of a Japanese man whose body was found abandoned early last month. In Bangkok,...                    

Research team develops way to produce bioethanol from golf course grass

mainichi.jp     26-Aug-2008          

GIFU -- A research team has announced that it has developed a method of producing bioethanol fuel from grass cut at golf courses. Bioethanol, a substance produced by fermenting plants, can be used as automobile fuel by...                    

Death sentence demanded for man accused of killing 5 relatives

keralanext.com     29-Jul-2008   3 related          

GIFU — Public prosecutors demanded a death sentence Tuesday for a 60-year-old man accused of killing his five relatives, including a toddler and a newborn baby, in 2005 at his home in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture. Prosecutors...                    

Woman, son found dead at home in alleged murder-suicide

mainichi.jp     24-Jul-2008   1 related          

SEKI, Gifu -- A woman and her son were found dead with stab wounds at their home here early Thursday in an alleged murder-suicide, police said. At around 6:30 a.m., a 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son were found...                    

Burning car in Gifu leads to discovery of 2 bodies

mainichi.jp     19-Jul-2008          

OGAKI, Gifu -- Two bodies were found inside car that was spotted burning in a riverbed here in the predawn hours of Saturday, police said. Police said a 31-year-old man driving past the area spotted the burning car in a dry...                    

Man on motorbike assaults schoolgirl, steals her underwear on Gifu street

keralanext.com     16-Jul-2008   1 related          

GIFU — A man on a motorbike assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl on the street and stole her underwear in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, on Tuesday morning, police said. According to police, the schoolgirl was attacked while...                    

Officials have a beef with firm

thejapannews.net     24-Jun-2008   1 related          

GIFU--Agriculture ministry and Gifu prefectural officials Monday raided a meat packer suspected of passing off lower grade beef as Hida beef for years. Hida is a brand of quality beef like the better-known Kobe beef. Officials...                    

Wholesaler suspected of falsifying low-level beef as high quality+

tmcnet.com     23-Jun-2008   4 related          

GIFU, Japan, June 23_(Kyodo) _ State and local authorities on Monday raided the head office of meat wholesaler Maruaki for allegedly falsely labeling and selling low-level beef as high-quality Hida-brand beef grown in the Hida...                    

Post-Infarct Treatment with an Erythropoietin-Gelatin Hydrogel Drug Delivery System for Cardiac...

biowizard.com     16-Jun-2008          

Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 5011194, Japan. AIMS: We investigated the effect of an erythropoietin (EPO)-gelatin hydrogel drug delivery system (DDS) applied to the...                    

Foreigner crime gang collared over cruddy credit card caper

mainichi.jp     11-Jun-2008          

GIFU -- About 20 foreigners, mostly Nigerians, have been involved in a forged credit card caper that netted them over 100 million yen worth of consumer electronics they sold to a Tokyo buyer, police said. Of six Nigerian men...                    

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