Topic: Osaka Prefecture

To Mass Produce New Type Of Solar Cell At Sakai Plant

FOX Business - 436 days ago
Sharp Corp. (6753. TO) Wednesday said it will soon start mass producing a new type of solar cell at its Sakai City plant in western Japan, with a...

Urgent: GSDF helicopter carrying 4 crashes in Japan's Kinki region

Investors Business Daily - 496 days ago
A Japanese GSDF chopper with four on board crashed in Japan's Osaka Prefecture in Kinki region, the Kyodo News reported Sunday.

Japanese man releases hundreds of worms in train

AFP Global Edition - 1172 days ago
A Japanese man was arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police said Tuesday. "I wanted to see women get scared and shake their legs," police quoted 35-year-old Manabu Mizuta as ...

Japanese teacher punished for horsing around

AFP Global Edition - 1199 days ago
A Japanese teacher was reprimanded after leaving her classes more than 150 times so she could take horse-riding lessons, the education board said Wednesday.The 50-year-old middle school teacher in western Osaka prefecture would leave her students waiting as she went out ...

Japanese waist watchers use cell phone cameras to get diet advice

AP Features - 1714 days ago
Wondering how much of a diet-buster that banana cream pie on your plate is? Some Japanese have a novel way to find out: Photograph it with your cell phone and send the image to an expert.With cell phones ubiquitous in Japan ...