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Shimazdu to Develop Tech for Very Early DiagnosisTokyo, Jan. 12 (Jiji Press)--Precision machinery maker Shimadzu Corp. said Wednesday that it will develop a molecular imaging system that would enable doctors to diagnose patients at very early stages of diseases. The company intends to nurture the product into one of its core revenue earners. Doctors can diagnose patients promptly, using the molecular imaging technology that is capable of monitoring the types of proteins produced in human cells by tumors and other abnormalities. ・core revenue earnerincome from business activities or taxes・molecular imaging system分子画像(診断)装置★微小細胞段階でがん診断 島津製が新装置、5年後にも実用化-----Norovirus hits infants as well as elderly(Kyodo) _ Infectious gastroenteritis caused by noroviruses has spread among children since December, a survey by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases showed Wednesday. Outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis have occurred at nursing homes for the elderly nationwide, causing a number of deaths, and the institute said that infants can also develop aggravated symptoms. ・gastroenteritisa short painful illness affecting your stomach and INTESTINES that is caused by bacteria in food or a VIRUS and makes you go to the toilet frequently-----Murders-for-insurance ringleader's death penalty upheldBy MASAMI ITOStaff writerThe Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty for a moneylender for the murder of two men and attempted murder of another for life insurance.Presiding Judge Masaru Suda ruled that there were no factual errors that led to the decision by the Saitama District Court in October 2002 to sentence Shigeru Yagi, 55, to hang for masterminding the crimes.・mastermindv. to plan and organize a difficult or complicated operation, especially a crimen. someone who plans a difficult or complicated operation, especially a crime-----Whistle-blower: NHK president let LDP interfereThe Asahi ShimbunSatoru Nagai talks to reporters Thursday in Tokyo.A producer says Ebisawa should resign.Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), is to blame for bowing to politicians' demands that the public broadcaster heavily revise a program about wartime sex abuses, a producer said Thursday. ・be to blame (…の)責めを負うべきである*for**:I am to blame for his lateness. 彼が遅れたのは私のせいだIt is they who are to blame. 彼らが悪いのだ.-----TokyoNow: Music group of LDP lawmakers to sell 1st CD(Kyodo) _ The music band Gi!nz, whose four members come from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is making music to support bone marrow donation and promote decentralization, and will launch it first CD this month.Part of the profits from the CD, which will sell for 2,000 yen, will go to the Japan Marrow Donor ProgramThe band began playing in 1997. But before its first live concert, some LDP executives criticized it, saying that it was inappropriate to hold a concert while the Diet was in session.But these musical lawmakers were a success, and they have held more than 30 live concerts since then.The four members are Yoshimasa Hayashi, 43, a House of Councillors member, Yasukazu Hamada, 49, a House of Representatives member and former deputy director general of the Defense Agency, Hachiro Okonogi, 39, a lower house member and former deputy minister of economy, trade and industry, and Masaji Matsuyama, 45, an upper house member. 初耳でした。