Crime › Police track emails of woman whose body was found in freezer at Fukui lake

Source: Japan Today

Police investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in a freezer at a lake shore in Ono, Fukui Prefecture, on May 21, said Friday that messages were sent to a male acquaintances of the victim after she was reported missing ...
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Aichi Pref Sets Sights On Privatizing Toll Roads

Source: Nikkei News

NAGOYA (Nikkei)--Aichi Prefecture intends to sell business rights to a combined 83km of publicly managed toll roads to private firms in hopes of lifting business efficiency, a first such attempt by a local government. read full article ...
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Iran's Pollock Masterpiece Seized Upon Return from Japan

Source: ArtsJournal

Exhibition catalogue page for the star attraction of Japan's recent Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective Usually, when a loaned masterpiece gets returned unscathed, all is well. But in yet another blow to ...
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Managing biodiversity data from local government

Source: PhysOrg.com

Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work. GBIF Executive Director Donald Hobern said, "This gui ...
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Chikyu Kagaku Kenkyusho Exhibits at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting

Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

NAGOYA, JAPAN, May 25, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Chikyu Kagaku Kenkyusho Corp. will be exhibiting at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU 2012) slated for May 20 to May 25, 2012, in Chiba City. Mr. Sumihisa Matsuyama of Chikyu K ...
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OP-ED: Mass Extinctions in the Cards Absent Urgent Action

Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

OP-ED By Bo Normander and Supriya Kumar* WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 (IPS) - This past Tuesday, May 22, marked World Biodiversity Day, but it came and went without too much public interest. The loss of biodiversity has not received the same amount ...
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UN chief: World’s oceans need greater protection

Source: eco-business.com

Marine diversity needs more protection. Image: Surfs Spots GPS Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biod ...
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MovinCool Updates Spot Air Conditioner Product Selector

Source: Business Wire

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MovinCool® announced that it has updated its online spot air conditioner product selector to include the company’s latest ceiling-mount and water-cooled units, in addition to its other porta ...
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Country eyes more marine parks by 2020

Source: The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry plans to increase the number of marine parks in the country to 50 by 2020 from the 42 currently. Its deputy minister, Tan Sri Joseph Kurup (picture) ...
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