Shizuoka Prefecture

Police fooled by life-sized doll

iht.com     02-Sep-2008   28 related          

Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll. Investigators found what seemed like a body wrapped...                    

Drills focus on tsunami on Disaster Prevention Day

thejapannews.net     02-Sep-2008   2 related          

BY TAKAYUKI KOZAKI AND YASUSHI OKUBO THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A Self-Defense Forces helicopter searches for tsunami victims in a drill at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka on Monday.(MASAAKI KOBAYASHI/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) For the first...                    

2-year-old missing boy found on Shizuoka mountain

keralanext.com     28-Aug-2008          

SHIZUOKA — A 2-year-old boy who had been missing since Tuesday was found by rescue workers Wednesday afternoon on a mountain in Shizuoka Prefecture. He was not injured, police said. Masahiro Chubachi, 2, was found by a...                    

High school teacher slapped with wage cut for borrowing 300,000 yen from student

mainichi.jp     26-Aug-2008          

SHIZUOKA -- A high school teacher has been slapped with a wage cut for borrowing 300,000 yen from a student, education officials said. The Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education cut the salary of the 33-year-old teacher...                    

GSDF conducts live-fire drill near Mt Fuji

keralanext.com     25-Aug-2008          

GOTEMBA — The Ground Self-Defense Force conducted its annual large-scale live-fire drill on Sunday at the foot of Mt. Fuji, mobilizing dozens of tanks and helicopters and spending some 400 million yen on ammunition and...                    

Crime › Ex-principal at Shizuoka school nabbed for doctoring report card

japantoday.com     23-Aug-2008          

Saturday 23rd August, 09:15 AM JST SHIZUOKA — The former principal of a prefecture-run senior high school in Shizuoka Prefecture was arrested Friday on suspicion of ordering a report card to be doctored in order to give...                    

Japan's GSDF stages annual military drill

people.com.cn     21-Aug-2008   2 related          

&$A soldier of Japanese Self-Defence Forces takes part in a military drill held in Shizuoka, on Aug. 21, 2008. Japanese Self-Defence Forces hold the annual military drill in Shizuoka on Thursday.(Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Japan's...                    

Crime › Ex-postal worker arrested for stealing customer's savings in Shizuoka

japantoday.com     21-Aug-2008          

Thursday 21st August, 05:12 PM JST SHIZUOKA — Police on Wednesday arrested a 52-year-old former postal worker for stealing 910,000 yen at a post office in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Kuniko Yamaguchi, 52, was arrested for...                    

Preamplifier for UV-sensitive CCD

optics.org     21-Aug-2008          

Preamplifier for UV-sensitive CCD Aug 21, 2008 Designed for use with the modular range of OEM electronics for diode array spectroscopy. The new preamplifier electronics supports the CCD type S9840 manufactured by Hamamatsu....                    

Buddha statues switched with fakes

newsonjapan.com     21-Aug-2008          

Nine statues of Buddha have been stolen from temples and other places in five cities and towns in Shizuoka Prefecture since late July, with thieves using such methods as replacing them with fakes during the thefts, police said....                    

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