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Shiga Prefecture

Sanyo Commences Operation of HIT solar modules from its New Shiga Factory

Sanyo has completed construction of the Shiga Plant at its Shiga facilities in Japan (Ohtsu City, Shiga Prefecture) which was constructed for the assembly of HIT solar cell modules as part of continuing plans to expand and...

Shiga toxin-negative attaching and effacing Escherichia coli: distinct clinical associations with...

Institute for Hygiene and the National Consulting Laboratory on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, University of Münster, Wernigerode, Germany. mbiela@unimuenster.de BACKGROUND: Attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) that lack...

Tablet linked to 'Manyoshu' entry found in Shiga

OTSU, Shiga Pref. (Kyodo) A famous poem from the "Manyoshu," the earliest existing collection of Japanese poetry, was found written on an ancient wooden tablet unearthed in 1997 in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, the local education committee said. The implement, a "mokkan," is the first such item found...

Mid-8th century wooden tablets in Shiga found to contain ancient poetry

KOKA, Shiga -- A wooden tablet unearthed from the Miyamachi ruins here contains a version of a poem from the Manyoshu, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, municipal education board officials have announced. The tablet, estimated to be from the mid-eighth century, contains the...

Human leg found in Shiga Prefecture's Lake Biwa

OMIHACHIMAN, Shiga -- A human leg was found on the shores of Lake Biwa here early on Saturday morning, police said. Two anglers found the leg on the shore of the lake in Omihachiman at around 5:40 a.m. and called police. Officers say it is a 68-centimeter-long part from thigh to ankle, adding...

Fear of outing drives cross-dressing druggie sadist into deadly night-long orgy of torture

Fears of exposure of drug use, kinky sex habits and a "harem" of women led a Tokyo man to batter his ex-wife to death, but his trial revealed an even more chilling side to his actions than the heinous acts he was accused of, according to Shukan Gendai (5/10-17).

CR Review: Bookhunter

Creator: Jason Shiga Publishing Information: Sparkplug Comic Books, softcover, 144 pages, May 2007, $15 Ordering Numbers: 9780974271569 (ISBN13) Jason Shiga's Bookhunter dials down the formalist fireworks and high concept puzzle-solving of past works for a different brand of offbeat storytelling....

The continuing evolution of E. coli O157:H7

First recognized a quarter of a century ago, E. coli O157:H7 causes bloody and non-bloody diarrhoea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which is the leading cause of acute renal failure in children. One of the most potent toxins ever described, Shiga toxin, is a critical...

Newborn abandoned outside Shiga gynecological clinic

KONAN, Shiga -- A newborn boy with his umbilical cord still attached was found dumped outside a gynecological clinic here Saturday morning, police said. ... Although the newborn's temperature was low when he was first found at about 6:20 a.m., he was treated quickly and...

Car chased by police crashes into truck, killing 3 in Shiga

A car being chased by police crashed into a large truck in the opposite lane in a tunnel in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, early Friday morning, killing three males inside the car. The three who died in the accident, which took place at around 2:50 a.m., have yet to be identified. Another truck was also...

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