Shikoku

...Mie, Nara and Wakayama prefectures with an endangered bear population estimated at just 180 animals. A similar history reduced the Shikoku population to fewer than 30. Bear hunting has been banned in Mie since 1994, and no injuries have...

In this article: Mie Prefecture, Owase, Mie, Wild Boar, The Japan Times, Hiroshima Prefecture, Nara, Nara, and Japan

...(extending through Mie, Wakayama and Nara prefectures) and the Shimokita Peninsula (Aomori Prefecture), as well as on the island of Shikoku. They do not live in Okinawa or Hokkaido, which is inhabited by brown bears, and are thought to have...

In this article: Japan, Climate change, Hiroshima Prefecture, Brown Bear, Rural depopulation, and Hokkaido

...paper reported that the Toshiba worker, Tetsuya Masumura, was arrested on Wednesday in the Ehime Prefecture in northwestern Shikoku, the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. He sold software that bypassed the Dubbing10 copy...

In this article: Toshiba, Japan, Allegation, DVD, Blu-ray, Sharp, Panasonic, Sony, and Ehime Prefecture

...the island's slopes. But Olive Park, an organic farm-cum-Greek theme park on Shodoshima's southern slopes facing the island of Shikoku, does a fine job of allowing visitors to trace - and taste - the story of this bountiful tree and how...

In this article: Olive, Shodoshima, Inland Sea, Twenty-Four Eyes, Japan, Soy sauce, and Greece

...to preserve the Tibetan cultural heritage, which remains in a more pristine form in exile than in Tibet," the Dalai Lama said at Shikoku Island. "At present, there is a healthy community of over 160,000 Tibetans in exile, and a new...

In this article: Dalai Lama, Tibet, People's Republic of China, Shikoku Island, Japan, Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Dharamsala, and Lhasa

...also contains photographs and videos from the trip and blog entries. It is also possible to turn on other layers showing the 88 temples of Shikoku and other interesting locations. 30min.jp is a Japanese city guide that displays information...

In this article: Google Maps, Street View, Google Sky, Iphone, Google, Moon, and Planet Mars

...a weather forecaster at the Meteorological Agency. The storm was packing gusts of up to 216 kilometres an hour, moving south of Shikoku, one of Japan's four main islands, late Wednesday, the agency reported. The typhoon was...

In this article: Japan, Honshu, Toyota Motor, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Asia, and Tokyo

Tim writes: "My girlfriend and I have snorkeled around the coast of Japan - Izu, Shikoku, Sado Island - and now plan to scuba-dive in Okinawa this autumn. "Up to now we have rented equipment, but are thinking to invest in some of our own...

In this article: E mail, Okinawa, Okinawa, Sado Island, Tokyo, and Japan

TAKAMATSU, Kagawa Pref. (Kyodo) The joint holding company under which Kagawa Bank and Tokushima Bank, two regional lenders based in Shikoku, will integrate their operations next spring is to be called Tomony Holdings Inc. The company is...

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...he resigned as party leader in 2002, Kan shaved his head and went on a walking pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist temples on the island of Shikoku, saying he needed a period of reflection. * Kan has said the Democrats would aim not only to...

In this article: Naoto Kan, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Buddhist, Democratic Party, and HIV