Chiba, Japan News

A 48-year-old assistant inspector of the Chiba prefectural police was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing stimulant drugs, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

After years of reluctance, Japan finally reached an "open skies" agreement with the United States on Friday, but only after the U.S. side agreed to reduce its presence at Narita Airport.

In March 2007, the Japanese police came under intense scrutiny at home and abroad after Tatsuya Ichihashi escaped barefoot from under the noses of a group of officers at his apartment in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.

We consider primordial fluctuations in thermal inflation scenario. Since the thermal inflation drives about 10 e -folds after the standard inflation, the time of horizon-exit during inflation corresponding to the present observational scale shifts toward the end of inflation.

The father of a British teacher murdered in Japan has made an emotional return to the country for the first time since the main suspect was charged.

In a move that should enhance Haneda Airport's envisioned role as a major travel hub, the government will begin allocating slots for daytime flights to and from the United States and Europe, transport minister Seiji Maehara said Monday.

Abstract This paper describes mentor development', a means of collaborative professional development through peer observation that was initiated by the author with 18 peers, all native English speaker EFL teachers at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan.

We construct static soliton solutions with non-zero Hopf topological charges to a theory which is an extension of the Skyrme-Faddeev model by the addition of a further quartic term in derivatives.

Tatsuya Ichihashi: Police arrested the 30-year-old last month, initially on suspicion of abandonment of a body.

Japanese police have added fresh charges of rape and murder against Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the slaying of British language teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker.

THOUSANDS of manga fans flocked to the funeral on Monday of Japanese cartoonist Yoshito Usui, whose cheeky schoolboy character Shin-chan delighted millions.

Tokyo-area railways recently started considering the installation of surveillance cameras inside trains to deter groping and other offenses that can occur in crowded situations.

Friday, 27 November 2009, 11:20 am Article: Citizen News Service Endoscopic breast surgery - a new hope for cancer patients Exclusive CNS interview with Internationally acclaimed expert Dr Eisuke Fukuma Dr Eisuke Fukuma, Director of Breast Cancer, Kameda Medical Centre at Chiba, Japan, has done pioneering work in the field of endoscopic breast ...

After finishing eighth at last year's event, Team USA took fifth-place at the 2009 International Chiba Ekiden Monday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:09:42. Host team Japan won the event in 2:05:58. The format of the 21st annual race featured mixed teams of men and women running six alternating legs totaling 42.195 km.

Actor Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at Narita International Airport with their children Maddox, Vivienne, Zahara and Knox on January 27, 2009 in Narita, Chiba, Japan.

With fuming factories of the Eco Industrial Town in Japan's Chiba province on the background, wooden poles set in the seawater to raise clams are clearly visible.

Onward: Ryozo Watabe, 86, in his home in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in October, talks about his experiences as a Christian who was sent to war.

By Julian Ryall in Tokyo The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net containing dozens of huge Nomura's jellyfish.

A social welfare organization accused of illegally receiving government subsidies plans to disband after selling a hotel saddled with at least 100 million yen in debt, sources said.

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita recently sent a condolence letter to the parents of Lindsay Hawker, the 22-year-old English-language teacher who was found murdered in Chiba Prefecture in 2007, it has been learned.