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Niigata Prefecture

                   

National › Two people attacked by bear in Niigata

japantoday.com
06-Oct-2008
        

Monday 06th October, 12:56 PM JST NIIGATA — A bear attacked two people on Sunday morning in Minami-Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. The victims suffered severe injuries to their head and face, police said Monday. According to...

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National › 2 dead, 1 missing in leisure fishing boat accident

japantoday.com
21-Sep-2008 4 related
        

Monday 22nd September, 06:34 AM JST NIIGATA — Two people died and one remains unaccounted for after a leisure fishing boat sank off the city of Niigata on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The 3.2-ton Koyo Maru No. 7...

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National › Lake Hyo to be registered in Ramsar list

japantoday.com
11-Sep-2008 1 related
        

Friday 12th September, 02:17 AM JST NIIGATA — Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, known as a wintering spot for swans, is expected to be added to the conservation list of the Ramsar Convention as an internationally...

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Crime › 63-year-old disabled man stabbed to death in Niigata home

japantoday.com
11-Sep-2008 1 related
        

Thursday 11th September, 10:34 AM JST NIIGATA — A 63-year-old physically disabled man was stabbed to death on Wednesday in his house in Konan, Niigata Prefecture, police said Thursday. Takeo Osawa was found dead by his...

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Japan temple burns down as monk attacked by bees

iht.com
04-Sep-2008 17 related
        

A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornet's nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday. The Buddhist monk had put lighted rags on a...

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Crime › Niigata cop helps Chinese student dodge police crackdowns

japantoday.com
27-Aug-2008 1 related
        

Thursday 28th August, 06:06 AM JST NIIGATA — A police officer overlooked a female Chinese student’s engagement in illegal labor at an adult entertainment shop in Niigata City last year and instead advised her on how to...

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What is liquefaction?

usgs.gov
13-Aug-2008
        

Liquefaction takes place when loosely packed, water-logged sediments at or near the ground surface lose their strength in response to strong ground shaking. Liquefaction occurring beneath buildings and other structures can...

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Essay winners get trip to Guam

guampdn.com
31-Jul-2008
        

Masako Watanabe/Pacific Daily News/mwatanabe@guamp Winners: Setsuna Tawa, 12, front, and others watch from a tower as a jet takes off from A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport yesterday. Tawa was among six Japanese students...

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Picture of the Day › Sunflowers

japantoday.com
30-Jul-2008
        

Wednesday 30th July, 01:09 PM JST A little girl enjoys herself in a sea of sunflowers in Tsunan, Niigata Prefecture. That has got to be the cutist picture ever. But what was JT doing in a small village in Niigata? Moderator:...

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ASDF plane makes emergency landing at Nagoya Airport 10 minutes after takeoff

mainichi.jp
29-Jul-2008
        

NAGOYA -- An Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) transport plane developed a fault with its undercarriage shortly after taking off from Nagoya Airport on Tuesday and was forced to return for an emergency landing. No-one aboard was...

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