Ishikawa Prefecture

Woman treated for premature menopause gives birth

A 37-year-old woman diagnosed with premature menopause had a baby boy earlier this month from an egg grown through the administration of a hormonal agent, her doctors said Saturday. St. Marianna University School of Medicine in...

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Asian Markets Overview of November 20

Asian share markets mostly fell on Friday as investors' sentiment turned soured after the Wall Street losses overnight. Company News Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. (TYO:8766) plans to establish an Indian life insurance joint...

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KOMATSU FINANCING UNIT IN CHINA LIKELY TO TURN PROFIT IN FY09

TOKYO, Nov 20, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- -- Komatsu Ltd.'s (TSE:6301) financing business in China is expected to post a 600 million yen (US$6.7 million) operating profit for the year ending in March 2010, its first black...

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Nikkei set to fall after Wall St losses, tech tumble (at Reuters)

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is set to fall on Friday, with tech stocks such as Advantest Corp (6857.T) vulnerable after disappointing U.S. data fed concern about the economic recovery and tech shares fell...

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Hyperopic astigmatism after LASIK. “… alternative for the treatment of hyperopic astigmatism...

“… report on a patient in whom hyperopic Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICL, STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland) and limbal relaxing incisions have been beneficial for the correction of hyperopic astigmatism after laser in situ...

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Magnetocaloric Effect, Specific Heat, and Entropy of Iron-Substituted Gadolinium Gallium Garnets...

Authors: Koichi Matsumoto, Ayumi Matsuzaki, Koji Kamiya, Takenori Numazawa A series of Gd_{3}(Ga_{1-x}Fe_{x})_{5}O_{12} (GGIG) compounds for magnetic refrigerants were characterized by magnetization and specific heat...

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Golf: Ishikawa to play in Three Tours team event

Teenage star Ryo Ishikawa is making his second consecutive appearance in the upcoming Three Tours Championship team competition, event organizers said Tuesday. The top three in the money rankings as of Nov. 1, plus two players...

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UPDATE 1-Doosan spends on clean energy, sees nuclear deals

SEOUL, Nov 16 (Reuters) - South Korean power plant and equipment firm Doosan Heavy Industries&Construction will invest an additional 700 billion won ($605.4 million) in clean energy by 2013, company executives said. As global...

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Kanazawa world craft triennial 2010 pre event by Nendo

architecture and design magazine in Kanazawa, Japan. The exhibition forms a preview of the Kanazawa World Craft Triennale 2010. Each of the 62 objects on show is presented inside a small, mass-produced domestic greenhouse....

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A ring by Atelier Tekuto

Tokyo architects Atelier Tekuto have completed a prefabricated aluminium house in Kanazawa, Japan. Called A-ring, the building is the culmination of the practice’s Aluminium House Project (see our previous story). Here’s some...

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