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【Photo series】Typhoon Lionrock leaves widespread damage in Hokkaido and Tohoku, flooding farmlands (Sept. 1, 2016)
Farmlands were flooded with muddy water on Wednesday, Aug. 31, a day after Typhoon Lionrock landed in Japan,bringing recordamount of rainfall in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region. Agricultural cooperatives in the area are rushing to grasp the damage situation, as rivers flooded and swept away the crops which were nearly ready for harvest. In Iwate Prefecture, at least 12 people were reported dead. With four typhoons hitting the nation in August, farmers are completely at a loss as to how to recover the losses. ■Nearly harvestable sugar beets and potatoes uprooted by storm – Hokkaido … Continue reading
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【News】 Root vegetables and underground stem crops heavily damaged by Typhoon No.10 in Hokkaido (Sep. 1, 2016)
The cost of damage to agriculture in areas affected by Typhoon No.10 is rising. Especially a number of farm crops in Hokkaido prefecture have been heavily damaged. As many as four typhoons made landfall in the prefecture or passed close to the region just in past two weeks since Typhoon No.7 attacked Hokkaido for the first time this year on August 17. In some of the major producing areas of root vegetables and underground stem crops such as onions and potatoes, floodwaters inundated lots of farmlands. People of wholesalers in the Hokkaido prefecture are worrying that the market will soon go into great confusion. At Ota Market of the Tokyo Metropolitan … Continue reading
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【News】 NARO’s Institute develops moth preventing technology with artificial supersonic waves similar to those of bats (Aug. 31, 2016)
Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science of the National Agriculture and Research Organization (NIFTS), based at Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki prefecture, made an announcement on August 30 that NIFTS successfully developed a new technology for preventing moths from flying to fruit trees by using supersonic waves similar to those emitted by bats. The technology was experimented against moths called “Conogethes punctiferalis,” causing damage to fruits, and the Institute found out that the supersonic waves are effective for reducing moth’s flying down to less than one-sixth of the usual flying in the orchard. It is expected that the technology will be useful for fruit growers to decrease use of agrochemicals against the … Continue reading
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【Opinion】Arrogance of the world’s superpower (Aug. 15, 2016)
[By Katsuto Uchihashi, economic critic] With less than three months before the United States presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump still has not stopped making outrageous remarks. When Trump announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election, he was seen only as a minor candidate. However, it was his wild, populist messages that has created a fierce political sensation and propelled his candidacy from the fringes of the race to the summit of the Republican nomination leaderboard. His roars, which made people excited, can be symbolized by his famous remark: “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.” … Continue reading
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【News】 Moss’s popularity steadily grew especially among young females: Shimane prefecture to increase moss production (Aug. 30, 2016)
Mosses are now gaining slowly, but surely, popularity among city people. Gardening service industry has been increasing its demand for mosses replacing lawns in the garden. Mosses are also popular especially among young females as their favorite goods for interior decoration and the like. In Gotsu-shi, Shimane prefecture, farmers and a cosmetic company based at Osaka, president of which comes from the city, jointly established a moss producers’ association to meet growing demands for mosses on contract basis. Only a few examples of such organization are available in the country. Reiji Ishihara, 36, quit his corporate job last year and joined the moss production with his wife, because he … Continue reading
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