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23-490: The hall hosted some of the group games for the 2006 and 2010 editions of the official Women's Volleyball World Championship . It hosted Dream 16 , the mixed martial arts promotion in Japan on September 25, 2010. The card was headlined by a triple main event, as Shinya Aoki takes on Marcus Aurelio in a Lightweight non-title match, MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba met Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Gegard Mousasi vied in

46-546: A new Western Standard Time ( 西部標準時 , Seibu Hyōjunji ) at 120° longitude as the time zone for the Japanese Miyako and Yaeyama Islands , as well as Taiwan and its Penghu Islands . While Korea came under Japanese rule in 1910, Korea Standard Time of GMT+08:30 continued to be used until 1912, when it was changed to Central Standard Time. Western Standard Time, which was used in Taiwan and some parts of Okinawa ,

69-497: A significant effort to introduce daylight saving time, but was ultimately unsuccessful. However, it is not clear that DST would conserve energy in Japan. A 2007 simulation estimated that introducing DST to Japan would increase energy use in Osaka residences by 0.13%, with a 0.02% saving due to lighting more than outweighed by a 0.15% increase due to cooling costs; the simulation did not examine non-residential buildings. On May 22, 2013,

92-475: A sports venue in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women%27s World Championship The 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the competition, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament

115-596: Is 19:01, from 26 June to 1 July, despite being at 35°41'N latitude). Since 2000, a few local governments and commerce departments have promoted unmandated hour-earlier work schedule experiments during the summer without officially resetting clocks. The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Cabinet Office is expected to propose that the Japanese government begin studying DST in an attempt to help combat global warming . Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe made

138-457: Is particularly in favour of this movement because daylight starts as early as 03:30 (in standard time) there in summer due to its high latitude and its location near the eastern edge of the time zone, with much of the region's solar time actually closer to UTC+10:00. Because of this, the sun sets shortly after 19:00 in much of the eastern part of the country (in Tokyo, the latest sunset of the entire year

161-583: The Allied occupation of Japan . In 1952, three weeks before the occupation ended, the Japanese government, which had been granted increased powers, abolished daylight saving time, and the Allied occupation authorities did not interfere. Since then, DST has never been officially implemented nationwide in Japan. Starting in the late 1990s, a movement to reinstate DST in Japan gained some popularity, aiming at saving energy and increasing recreational time. The Hokkaido region

184-474: The Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination . As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minutes behind

207-487: The Dream Light-Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. The card was broadcast live by HDNet at 2AM US Eastern time. Nippon Gaishi Arena is a smaller adjacent facility, which is used as a swimming venue, predominantly. It is used as an Ice rink in winter. 35°05′45.32″N 136°55′23.78″E  /  35.0959222°N 136.9232722°E  / 35.0959222; 136.9232722 This article about

230-401: The average of aces per set. Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set. Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set. Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage. Japan Standard Time Japan Standard Time ( 日本標準時 , Nihon Hyōjunji , JST ) , or Japan Central Standard Time ( 中央標準時 , Chūō Hyōjunji , JCST ) , is

253-500: The final. Serbia and Montenegro won the 3rd place match and its first medal, defeating Italy in straight sets. Yoshie Takeshita from Japan was selected as the MVP. Source:FIVB Source: The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round , the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format

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276-502: The first round are taken into account for the second round. Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall , Nagoya Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium , Osaka Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium , Osaka Venues: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium (OMCG) and Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (OPG), both in Osaka Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium , Osaka The statistics of each group follows

299-487: The first to open in the world at any given time. The two-time-zone system was implemented in Japan between January 1896 and September 1937: From October 1937, Central Standard Time was also used in western Okinawa and Taiwan. The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Japan in the file zone.tab , named Asia/Tokyo . From 1948 to 1952, Japan observed daylight saving time (DST) between May and September every year. The United States imposed this policy as part of

322-494: The next round. In the Final round , the 12 teams were allocated to semifinals for placement matches according to their Second round group positions. First and second of each group played the semifinals, third and fourth played the 5th-8th semifinals and fifth and sixth played the 9th-12th semifinals. Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 12th places. Source:FIVB The drawing of lots for

345-451: The qualified teams took place in Tokyo , Japan on 29 November 2005. All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00 ). Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium , Tokyo Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center , Sapporo Venue: Kobe Green Arena , Kobe Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall , Nagoya The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during

368-547: The second Saturday in September at 24:00 (with the exception of 1949, when the spring forward transition was the first Saturday in April at 24:00). More recently there have been efforts to restore daylight saving time in Japan but these have not succeeded. In May 2013, former Tokyo governor Naoki Inose proposed permanently moving the country's time zone ahead by 2 hours to better align global markets and make Japan's stock market to be

391-530: The standard time zone in Japan , 9 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+09:00 ). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II , the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time . Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Korean Standard Time , Pyongyang Time ( North Korea ), Eastern Indonesia Standard Time , East-Timorese Standard Time , Palau Time , and Yakutsk Time ( Russia ). Before

414-486: The third says the standard time zone would be in effect from 1888. The city of Akashi in Hyōgo Prefecture is located exactly on 135 degrees east longitude and subsequently became known as Toki no machi (Town of Time). With the annexation of Taiwan in 1895, Ordinance 167 (pictured on the right) was issued to rename the previous Standard Time to Central Standard Time ( 中央標準時 , Chūō Hyōjunji ) and establish

437-485: The time in Tokyo. In 1886, Ordinance 51 was issued in response to this problem, which stated: Ordinance 51 (on the precise calculation of time using the Prime Meridian) – July 13, 1886 According to this, the standard time ( 標準時 , hyōjunji ) was set 9 hours ahead of GMT (UTC had not been established yet). In the ordinance, the first clause mentions GMT, the second defines east longitude and west longitude and

460-454: The vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of 16 November 2006. Best scorers determined by scored points from attack, block, and serve. Best attackers determined by successful attacks in percentage. Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set. Best servers determined by

483-454: Was abolished by Ordinance 529 in 1937 and replaced by Central Standard Time in those areas. Territories occupied by Japan during World War II, including Singapore and Malaya , adopted Japan Standard Time for the duration of their occupation, but reverted after Japan's surrender . Between 1948 and 1951 occupied Japan observed daylight saving time (DST) from the first Saturday in May at 24:00 to

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506-516: Was held from 31 October to 16 November 2006 in Japan . The finals involved 24 teams, of which 22 came through qualifying competitions , while the host nation and reign champion qualified automatically. Of the 32 teams, 16 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2002, while Cameroon , Costa Rica , Kazakhstan , Turkey and Serbia and Montenegro made their first appearances at a FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Russia won their sixth world title, defeating Brazil in five sets at

529-533: Was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the four best teams of each group (total of 16 teams) progressed to the next round. In the Second round , the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the First round were counted in this round. The six best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to

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