Sapporo, Japan News

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Harbin Ice-and-Snow World Festival, with its world-famous frozen sculptures, officially kicks off on January 5, 2010.

SAPPORO Two people were killed and one injured when a house burned down in Muroran, Hokkaido, early Sunday, police said.

If you're looking for your grandmother in the farming suburb of Iwamizawa, an hour northeast of Sapporo, your best bet may be to phone the municipal call center.

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Japanese beer company Sapporo has launched, literally, a new product line. It's made with "space barley" and called Sapporo Space Barley, as well.

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Psychiatrist Rika Kayama is an outspoken doctor specializing in mental illness, a best-selling writer and a popular social commentator.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, December 4, 2009 Source: Sapporo Beer - Comments Tokyo, Dec 3, 2009 is launching sales of the world's first beer produced using malt made 100% from "space barley," the progenies of spaceflight barley seeds, This limited offer is exclusive to the Internet and proceeds will go to charity.

A Lower House member of the Democratic Party of Japan reported paying rent and lease fees for an office and a vehicle provided at no cost by a real estate company, sources said.

The fabrication of Ni quantum cross devices with a 17 nm junction and their current–voltage characteristics Hideo Kaiju et al 2010 Nanotechnology 21 015301 doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/1/015301 Hideo Kaiju 1,2 , Kenji Kondo 1 , Akito Ono 1 , Nobuyoshi Kawaguchi 1 , Jonghan Won 3 , Akihiko Hirata 3 , Manabu Ishimaru 3 , Yoshihiko Hirotsu 3 and ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra presented an upbeat program during the past two weeks, primarily focused upon Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka," a Burlesque in four scenes produced in 1947.

Started in 1992 in Canada by artist Ted Dave, the Buy Nothing Day movement [en] has spread to more than 60 countries around the world, Japan included.

Kyoko Hida and colleagues at Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Japan and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA have found that endothelial cells associated with tumors have cytogenetic abnormalities.

The first Boeing 747 cargo aircraft to land at Prince George Airport touched down at approximately 8:15 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The development will be discussed at the 22nd International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference at the Sheraton Sapporo Hotel, Sapporo, Japan Nov.

VATICAN CITY, 17 NOV 2009 - The Holy Father accepted: - The resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sapporo, Japan, presented by Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi, upon having reached the age limit.

Tailoring the dose of a heart failure drug to a patient's response is better than the one-size-fits-all approach, according to research presented in a late-breaking clinical trial at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.

A typical Thursday night in Boston is not as typical as it would seem when a visit is made to Boston Symphony Hall for the latest show.

North of the 105m-wide, 13-block east-west park is Sapporo Station and south is the entertainment district of Susukino with its bars, strip joints and the Ramen Yokocho food alley .