Early 20th century Yumeji Takehisa painting discovered in old house Mainichi Daily News A Yumeji Takehisa painting, left, and poems by Isamu Yoshii, right, are seen at the Shizuoka City Museum of Art on Feb. 4. (Mainichi) SHIZUOKA -- A painting by the early-20th century painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) discovered in an old house here ...
Annual snow festival begins in Sapporo Mainichi Daily News "I'm impressed that details of the sculptures, such as tiles of the castle, are created carefully," said Michiyo Maeshima, 70, from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. "It's beautiful as white sculptures contrast sharply with the blue sky."
TEXT-Fitch afrms Japan's Shizuoka Bank at 'F1' Reuters (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Feb 06 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.'s (Shizuoka) Short-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'F1',Viability Rating (VR) at 'a', and Support Rating at '2'.
Asian Markets Trade Higher On Upbeat U.S. Jobs Data NASDAQ Shizuoka Bank and Chiba Bank were up with modest gains, while Aozora Bank declined marginally. Shares of Tokyo Electron Limited tumbled by over 6.5 percent following a significant drop in earnings for financial year 2011. GS Yuasa, Sharp Corp., ...
Shizuoka to force cyclists onto dedicated bike path from Feb. 14 Mainichi Daily News (Mainichi) SHIZUOKA -- Bicycles will be required to run on an exclusive single-lane section of sidewalk here from Feb. 14, heralding the start of the nation's first such regulations for cyclists. The Shizuoka Prefectural Police say the prefectural ...
Yamaha Gives Details On US Audio, Musical Instruments Merger Twice Shizuoka, Japan - Yamaha's board approved a merger effective April 1 of its US home-audio subsidiary with its US-based musical instruments and pro audio subsidiary, but the merged entity has no plans to merge sales or rep forces.
City in Shizuoka Pref. to burn 10 tons of debris from Iwate in trial Mainichi Daily News SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- Shimada city in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, will accept about 10 tons of wood debris from Iwate Prefecture, resulting from the March earthquake and tsunami, and incinerate it on a trial basis, local officials said ...
How the One Piece Manga Heist Went Wrong Kotaku 23 last year, a 26-year-old man entered a Shizuoka Prefecture bookstore, carrying a large travel bag over his shoulder, reported the Yomiuri Shimbun. The two clerks working at the time thought he seemed suspicious, but, being a national holiday, ...
