Record could be tied Sep 30, 2009
In September the International Game Fish Association received documentation for a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth caught July 2 by Manabu Kurita, 32, on Lake Biwa, north of Kyoto. If certified by the IGFA, it would match the record caught by George Perry on Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932, near Jacksonville, Ga. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Record largemouth bass record under attack Jul 15, 2009
22-pound, five-ounce bass while fishing on Lake Biwa ... They even sell bass at the Lake Biwa Museum Restaurant. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Japanese bass might tie 77-year-old world mark Jul 7, 2009
The story comes out of Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan ... Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan, covering some 259 square miles, and is said to be one of the oldest lakes in the world ... In fact, the Lake Biwa Museum restaurant offers black bass as a menu item. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
'Trash' bass doesn't sit well Jul 5, 2009
That's how biologists view bass on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake and the one that produced Kurita's bass. In recent years, Biwa's commercial fishermen (think carp) have complained about largemouth bass hurting their business. (The Clarion-Ledger)
World Record?Breaking News Jul 3, 2009
Rumors say yes, there has, and the news comes from Lake Biwa in Japan. BLOG. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Tiny crustacean big on reproduction Jun 20, 2009
The research was supported by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, European Union Marie Curie Research and Training Networks, Ludwig-Maximilians University, the Lake Biwa Museum of Japan and the Natural History Museum, London. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Giant Sperm Is Ancient Evolutionary Tool, Study Finds Jun 19, 2009
"Only [shrimp] that produce giant sperm have this organ," study co-author Robin Smith, of Lake Biwa Museum in Japan, said by email. Furthermore, two female specimens also found in the sediment had huge reproductive cavities. (National Geographic)
Size did matter Jun 19, 2009
Now at the Lake Biwa Museum, Japan, Smith is a member of the research team. Eight years later, the same specimens were analysed using synchrotron X-ray holotomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, through collaboration with Paul Tafforeau, a palaeontologist at the ESRF. This method is currently the most powerful and sensitive way to investigate in three dimensions and at a microscopic scale, the internal anatomy of exceptional fossils without damaging them. (EurekAlert!)
Giant Sperm Found In Microfossils Jun 19, 2009
"So, reproduction with giant sperm had already developed around 100 million years ago in this group of ostracods," Dr. Robin James Smith of Lake Biwa Museum in Shiga, Japan ponders ... The project led by the LMU Munich paleontologist was funded by ESRF (Grenoble), the European Union in the scope of the Marie Curie RT Network "SEXASEX" and the Lake Biwa Museum. (Science Daily)
Glen Pilkington Mar 21, 2009
He then worked in Japan on freight detail in the Kobe region and later at Lake Biwa, where he planted rice and built a dike. At the end of the war, he returned to the Philippines and to the United States. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Kenya's Tergat wins Lake Biwa marathon Mar 1, 2009
Kenya's Tergat wins Lake Biwa marathon ... Kenya's Tergat wins Lake Biwa marathon ... 5 kilometres to win the Lake Biwa marathon with a time of two hours 10 minutes 22 seconds. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Kenya's Tergat wins Lake Biwa marathon Mar 1, 2009
Former world record holder Paul Tergat of Kenya won the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. Tergat pulled ahead of Spain's Jose Rios with one kilometer remaining and crossed the finish line with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes, 22 seconds. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
DENSO to Hold Second International Educational Program Feb 23, 2009
Students will participate in an on-site program focusing on water resources in which they will observe and experience how humankind coexists with nature in environmentally rich regions in Japan, including Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture and sites in Aichi Prefecture. Based on what they learn, the participants will formulate an action plan for attaining a sustainable society and present their ideas at a forum in Aichi, Japan on Dec. 12, 2009. (JCN Network, Japan)
