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TOKYO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kyoto International Manga/Anime Fair Executive Committee and the City of Kyoto announced on April 24 that it will hold "Kyoto International Manga/Anime Fair ("Kyo-mafu") 2013" from Sept. 7 to 8, 2013, as follows: Dates: Sept. 7, 2013 (Sat.) 9:00-17:00 - Sept. 8, 2013 (Sun.) 9:00-16:00 Venue: Miyako Messe, Kyoto International Manga Museum and some other places Organizers: Kyoto International Manga/Anime Fair Executive Committee /...

KYOTO, Japan, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ROHM Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6963) has announced the development of a dedicated system power management IC (PMIC) to support Intel(® )'s latest Atom(TM)-based platform, code name "Bay Trail". A highly integrated power management solution with industry leading power efficiency, ROHM's PMIC is targeted towards ultra-thin form factor tablet and convertible devices. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130304/LA70641) (Logo:...

Dom Liberati, popular rock artist and Jon Levy, Australian singer and songwriter will be performing four headlining performances in Japan Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Alternative rock artist Dom Liberati and Australian/New Zealander singer and songwriter Jon Levy have teamed up for an exciting international tour, Terra Incognita, that includes four headlining performances across Japan next month. The two talented and popular artists are taking the country by storm with...

TOKYO, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gurunavi, Inc., the operator of major Japanese restaurant search site GURUNAVI, opened on January 21 an English-version website for the "MICHELIN Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2013" and "MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka Kobe Nara 2013," both of which are published by Nihon Michelin Tire Co., Ltd. The website (URL: http://gm.gnavi.co.jp/) introduces in English the 712 restaurants, hotels and Japanese inns that are featured in "MICHELIN Guide Tokyo...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As a second week of climate talks begin at the Doha Summit in Qatar, the nearly 200 countries gathered there are no closer to a climate deal than when the last summit ended in Durban, South Africa in 2011. In fact, a rift that is continuing between wealthy nations and developing economies has led at least one country to back out of the talks altogether, saying it’s an outdated response to global warming. While New Zealand’s...

TOKYO, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing (TMSM) exhibited PES (Peace Eco Smile), an animation film produced in collaboration with Studio4C, at Kyoto's first large-scale manga & anime trade show, the "Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2012" (September 21-23, 2012, at Kyoto-shi Kangyo Miyakomesse, Kyoto). TMSM also collaborated with Kyoto, the city representing traditional Japanese culture, aiming at spreading Japanese culture to the world by...

TOKYO, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing (TMSM) will exhibit PES (Peace Eco Smile), an animation film produced in collaboration with Studio4C, at Kyoto's first large-scale manga & anime trade show, the "Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2012" (September 21-23, 2012, at Kyoto-shi Kangyo Miyakomesse, Kyoto). TMSM also plans to collaborate with Kyoto, the city representing traditional Japanese culture, aiming at spreading "Japanese Culture" to the...

KYOTO, Japan, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook fan page "Kyoto Fan" (https://www.facebook.com/discoverkyoto) allows people around the world to talk about Kyoto across distance. It will hold a real event, "Kyoto Fan Event," on April 28, 2012 (Saturday) in Kyoto's Sanjo area. The event aims to create a space for people to go beyond exchanges on the Internet and learn more closely the traditions and life of Kyoto. (Photo: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201204243952/) The...

Chimpanzee behavior suggests tree-to-ground transition occurred before emergence of ancient humans The first study into rarely documented ground-nest building by wild chimpanzees offers new clues about the ancient transition of early hominins from sleeping in trees to sleeping on the ground. While most apes build nests in trees, this study, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, focused on a group of wild West African chimpanzees that often shows ground-nesting...

Canada became the first country to declare it was formally exiting the Kyoto protocol on Monday, making itself a target of criticism from China and other countries. Canada decided to withdraw from the international efforts to combat climate change, which is a decision that will save the country billions of dollars. The Kyoto protocol is the only global treaty that sets down targeted curbs in global emissions and was adopted in 1997. "We are invoking Canada's legal right to formally...