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SOMERSET, N.J., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Interventional Systems, a strategic business unit of Terumo Medical Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Terumo Corporation, today announced the completion of U.S. patient enrollment in the Occlusive/Stenotic Peripheral Artery REvascularization StudY (OSPREY) designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the MISAGO(TM) Self-expanding Stent System. OSPREY is a single-arm, multi-center, non-randomized prospective clinical trial...
For mass production using sub-10nm process - dispersing risks in supply chainTokyo, July 10, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. (a company of Tanaka Precious Metals) today announced that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates the Tanaka Precious Metals' manufacturing business, has opened supply centers in Taiwan (Hsinchu City), South Korea (Incheon Metropolitan City) and the United States (Connecticut State) for the thin-film material (precious...
Center to Accelerate Development and Delivery of Microsoft Dynamics-based Solutions Irvine, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, and Beijing (PRWEB) July 09, 2012 Hitachi Solutions today announced that it has opened a “Global Center of Excellence” at Hitachi Solutions America’s Business Solutions Group Headquarters in Irvine, CA. The Center is dedicated to expanding the adoption of Microsoft Dynamics platforms globally through industry-focused solutions, technical expertise, education, and...
Tokyo, July 6, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - NAVITIME JAPAN released a limited-time version of the "Journey Pro by NAVITIME" application for the UK, where Olympic venues can be set as destinations while the games are held.Journey Pro is a smartphone application that provides transit routes using various combinations of available modes within the UK, including the London tube, London bus, DLR, Overground, Tramlink, River Service, National Rail, Birmingham Tram, Glasgow...
TOKYO, July 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan Corporation announced on July 4 the release of 'LINE Birzzle' (free for iOS/Android) and 'LINE Birzzle Plus' (available at 170 yen on both iPhone/Android) for its free-calling and free-messaging app 'LINE' (http://line.naver.jp/). http://naverland.naver.jp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LINEBirzzle.jpg 'LINE Birzzle' is an updated version of 'Birzzle', which is a popular gaming app offered by Enfeel Inc. This action puzzle game, in which players...
TOKYO, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan Corporation has announced that a new platform service, 'LINE Channel', is scheduled to be implemented very soon into its free-calling and free-messaging app 'LINE' (http://line.naver.jp/). This important announcement took place on July 3 at the first ever 'Hello, Friends in Tokyo' conference held at the new Shibuya Hikarie Hall. NHN Japan stated that 'LINE Channel' will be catered firstly toward the Japanese market, followed by a gradual...
TOKYO, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan Corporation has announced that it will release new 'Home' and 'Timeline' features within the very near future for its free-calling and free-messaging app 'LINE' (http://line.naver.jp/). The announcement took place at the first ever 'Hello, Friends in Tokyo' conference held at the new Shibuya Hikarie Hall on July 3. These new 'Home' and 'Timeline' features allow friends who are connected to one another on the LINE service to share their...
TOKYO, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement on June 30, 2012 (Japan Time) to acquire Gaikai Inc., the world's leading interactive cloud-based gaming company, for approximately USD 380 million. Through the acquisition, SCE will establish a new cloud service, ensuring that it continues to provide users with truly innovative and immersive interactive entertainment experiences. "By combining...
Tokyo, June 28, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has received approval from the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications on its May 25th application to establish specified base stations for 3.9G mobile communications that will use the 700 MHz band. The plan, which was formulated in response to a rapid increase in data traffic, will also allow DOCOMO to expand and improve its Xi(R) (read "crossy") LTE services. DOCOMO plans...
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(TM), the technology leader in Application Networking, today announced that its AX 3530 product received two Grand Prize awards for Best of Show at Interop Tokyo with live Performance Optimization and ShowNet demonstrations. For the awards, the AX 3530 competed against over 200 networking vendors, and A10 was the only vendor to win two Grand Prize awards out of 15 categories. "I was impressed that A10's AX 3530 achieved...
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The Japanese Alps are a major weather component and dictate a lot of weather patterns in Japan. The first is when Typhoons move northward and impact Japan. If they remain on the eastern side of the Alps they will bring very heavy rain to the capitol region of Tokyo along with very strong winds. In the winter the Alps create two types of climates at the same latitude. On the Western side near the city of Kanazawa Japan, the winters can be long and harsh with snowfall amounts in the feet....
Image Credit: Joshua Kelly Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in the country of Japan. It does have a large impact on the weather in the region. The first impact is shown in the image to the left. This is known as a cap cloud as it sits snuggly on top of the mountain. This feature can be indicative of strong turbulence in the area for aviation purposes. The second impact that Mt. Fuji can have is the winter weather in the Tokyo area. When storm systems come in from the west they tend to...
Typically when you think of tornadoes you think of the Plains of the United States. Japan does get tornadoes but most are associated with Tropical Activity. On May 5th 2012, the storm which produced this tornado was not associated with a Typhoon. It was more of a super-cell type thunderstorm. Videos and images available shown the tornado had a wide base. The damage left behind indicates that it could have been a strong storm approaching the middle of the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The storm...
Tokyo is located in the Central part of Japan. On the Eastern shore of Japan is Tokyo Bay which connects to the Pacific Ocean. Just outside Tokyo Bay runs a warm ocean current which plays a role in the climate of Tokyo. Temperatures for Tokyo Japan: Average temperatures for the months of January through March range from the 30’s in January upwards to the 50’s by March. April starts the season of spring and the temperatures range from the 50’s to the 70’s. The months of July...
The Frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, is a primitive shark species, of the family Chlamydoselachidae in the order Hexanchiformes. The Southern African frilled shark is a proposed new species from the Southern African range. These two species are very different from the other hexanchiform sharks, and it has recently been proposed that the two frilled sharks should be given their own order: Chlamydoselachiformes. Additional extinct types are known from fossil teeth; thought to be...
