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10 hrs ago | Berkman News

Call For Participation: Free Culture Research Workshop 2009

Berkman Center for Internet & Society / Harvard University The Free Culture 2009 research workshop builds on the enthusiasm generated by the First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture which took place during the 2008 iSummit in Sapporo, Japan.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Japan Times

Job fair finds slim pickings

A two-day job fair in Tokyo for bilingual Japanese and foreign students is seeing a sharp drop in participating employers this year amid the nation's worst postwar recession, the organizer said Tuesday.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Journal of Biochemistry

DNA-Binding Property of the Novel DNA-Binding Domain STPR in FMBP-1 of the Silkworm Bombyx mori

Tel: +81-11-706-3590, Fax: +81-11-706-3588, E-mail: takiya{at}rmg.hokudai.ac.jp Received January 31, 2009; Accepted March 6, 2009 Abstract The STPR domain is a novel DNA-binding domain composed of repeats of 23 amino-acid-long peptide found in the fibroin-modulator-binding protein-1 of the silkworm Bombyx mori .

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Daily Yomiuri

Transport ministry needs to recheck its checks

Another bid-rigging case involving officials at the Construction and Transport Ministry has bubbled to the surface.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Asahi Shimbun

FTC again slams land ministry for collusion

The nation's fair trade watchdog has yet again accused land ministry bureaucrats of underhand behavior, this time with regard to fixing bids among operators of fleets of cars for official use.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Daily Yomiuri

Top Zennorin officials also did paid work as Zenrosai execs

At least two senior officials of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry's Zennorin labor union were concurrently serving as executives of the National Federation of Workers and Consumers Insurance Cooperatives, known as Zenrosai, and were paid for their services, it has been learned.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Japan Times

Asia favoring Hokkaido milk after China scare

SAPPORO Milk produced in Hokkaido is becoming increasingly popular around Asia, with exports to the region hitting an all-time high and more than doubling to 798 tons in fiscal 2008 from the year before.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Workplace Collaboration Services

Enabling z/OS Applications for SOA

The objective of this IBMA RedbooksA publication is to demonstrate ways of enabling existing applications and data on z/OSA for integration into a service-oriented architecture .

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Asahi Shimbun

Doctor held in fake disability scam

Police arrested a medical doctor here Thursday on suspicion of fraud, saying he issued 12 false diagnosis certificates that allowed recipients to falsely claim disability pensions.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Portlandtribune.com

Sources Say * Metro group finds a wedge

Sapporo, Japan, Mayor Fumio Ueda and Portland Mayor Sam Adams joke around while signing a continuation of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Agreement, now 50 years old.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

The Japan Times

Idled Hokkaido elementary school auctioned for 30 million online

A vacant elementary school in Niikappu, Hokkaido, that was put up for sale online has been purchased by an Osaka-based operator of spas and hot springs.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

The Japan Times

Toyako G8 tourist boom goes bust

SAPPORO Toyako, the host city for the Group of Eight summit last July, saw a 10 percent drop in tourists in fiscal 2008, it was learned Sunday.

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The Taipei Times

MOFA to close five offices abroad

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is scheduled to close five representative offices abroad, Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Ou said yesterday.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

GroundReport.com

Earthquake shakes Northern Japan

Per Yahoo! Japan , a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Northern Japan at 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

The Dexter Leader-Heritage Newspapers...

Area honors and awards

Chelsea High School graduate Rob Knopper, 22, earned his Bachelor of Music degree on May 22 from The Juilliard School in New York.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Richmond Review

A tribute to our American friends

The Richmond Orchestra and Chorus Association is presenting its final concert of its 23rd season on Saturday, June 6. "American Sampler" is a tribute to our friends south of the border.

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Sun May 31, 2009

PR-inside.com

Micralyne Presents Gold-Tin Solder Bonding Process for Wafer-Level Packaging

Dean Spicer, will be speaking next week at The 2009 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference on Tuesday, June 2. The attendees of the twelfth IITC conference, located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, will take in Mr.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Portlandtribune.com

Common Threads

Japanese bowl carver Masamichi Nitani, who is an Ainu, will demonstrate his ancient craft as one of the demonstrations of 'Parallel Worlds,' an art exhibit at the Portland Japanese Garden.

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Wed May 27, 2009

Nanotechnology latest papers

A binary-decision-diagram-based two-bit arithmetic logic unit on a...

A two-bit arithmetic logic unit was successfully fabricated on a GaAs-based regular nanowire network with hexagonal topology.

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Mon May 25, 2009

Science Daily

Eartha s Climate And Ocean Acidification History

Three scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton were onboard.

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