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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mazda Foundation is pleased to announce the six recipients of the Mazda scholarships to the 2013 Youth For Understanding (YFU) international high school exchange program in Japan. The scholarship winners will spend six weeks this summer living with host families near Mazda's worldwide headquarters in Hiroshima. The following sons and daughters of MNAO and Mazda Dealer employees received scholarships: Samuel Fields...

New Pilots in Tsukuba, Higashi Matsushima, and Hiroshima Demonstrate Growing Momentum SAN JOSE, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) today announced that building on the successful demonstration of intelligent street lighting control in the Japanese technology city of Tsukuba in 2011, several leading Japanese cities are now piloting street lighting management systems based on technology from Echelon. The systems being piloted are built on the open...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mazda Foundation is pleased to announce the eight recipients of the Mazda scholarships to the 2012 Youth For Understanding (YFU) international high school exchange program in Japan. The scholarship winners will spend six weeks this summer living with host families near Mazda's worldwide headquarters in Hiroshima. The following sons and daughters of MNAO and Mazda Dealer employees received scholarships: Nicholas Houghland...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Web developer ES Corporation has opened two love-related websites -- 'Love Counter,' which collects the word 'Love' on Twitter, and 'Love Tree,' open till December 25, 2011. 'Love Counter' collects the word 'Love' tweeted on Twitter, and shows the tweets in real time. Only 4 days after the December 1 opening of the site, it has collected 500,000 words of 'Love,' and as the first event to accelerate the trend, 'Love Tree' is open for a limited...

Naughtybitsâ„¢ are algae tabs like the ones that healed the Hiroshima and Chernobyl victims from radiation poisoning. The Fukushima disaster is a reminder that algae removes toxins of all kinds. It's been the best kept secret for 2 billion years. Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 11, 2011 As the Fukushima nuclear power plant catastrophe continues to unfold, Japan's radiation levels continue to climb and threaten the health of more people. While the impact in the USA is greatly reduced, the...

First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of multiple cancersIt is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful effects "“ including causing cancer "“ but until now, it has been unclear to what extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than one cancer.The first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose and risk of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan reveals a similar...

Music workshops taught by The Young Americans inspire hundreds of Hiroshima's young people. HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Young business men and women from the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Hiroshima, Japan, understand the importance of teaching the next generation about peace. To help commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Hiroshima bombings, the JC of Hiroshima invited The Young Americans, a California based non-profit performance group, to participate in a...

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A historic meeting between the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum will take place on March 1, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. CST (UTC/GMT: Tuesday, March 2, 01:00 to 03:00), via a live videoconference/webcast. This event, presented by Webster University (www.webster.edu) and its Holden Public Policy Forum, will be a first-of-its-kind symbolic meeting between President Truman and Hiroshima since the tragic events...

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Two thirds of Americans believe that Osama bin Laden will strike America again and this time it will be nuclear. Dr. Hugh Cort agrees and writes about the warning signs in his book, "The American Hiroshima: Osama's Plan for a Nuclear Attack, and One Man's Attempt to Warn America" (published by iUniverse). Dr. Cort also contends that the attack could occur in the very near future with Osama bin Laden planning to blow up several American cities. "The American...

A series of deadly wildfires in Australia contained the intensity of 1,500 Hiroshima atomic bombs, Melbourne University fire behavior specialist Kevin Tolhurst reported Thursday.The so-called "Black Saturday" fires broke out in February, killing 173 people.Tolhurst told the Black Saturday royal commission that the 100-meter high fires created enough energy within just a few hours to power Victoria's industrial and domestic energy needs for an entire year."It's an enormous amount of...