“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【News】 ZEN-NOH’s program of “onigiri (rice ball) diet” attains success rate of nearly 70 percent (July 6, 2016)
ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations), agricultural cooperative’s (JA’s) national business organization, headquartered at Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and Renaissance, Inc. at Sumida-ku, Tokyo, one of the major fitness business companies in the country, unveiled a significant effect of a healthy weight-loss program on July 5, which is a combination of “onigiri-centered meals” and exercises. The diet success rate of participants in the program reached to as much as nearly 70 percent. The weight-loss program was created jointly by ZEN-NOH and Renaissance. Daily calorie-intake is advised for respective dieter, which is calculated with his or her basal metabolic rate based on age, gender and size as well as quantity of motion. … Continue reading
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【News】 Kasumi Ishikawa visits ZEN-NOH, commits to go all out in Rio to win gold and 12 tons of rice (July 6, 2016)
Kasumi Ishikawa, a professional table tennis player and a member of the table tennis club of National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (ZEN-NOH), made a visit at the ZEN-NOH office in Otemachi, Tokyo, on July 5 to express her firm commitment to win medals at the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting on August 5. Speaking in front of 100 ZEN-NOH workers and officers, she said, “Rice is the source of power for me.” Masanobu Yoshinaga, senior executive vice president of ZEN-NOH, presented her a Japanese good luck flag with messages like “I look forward to seeing your powerful play” and “Be a star … Continue reading
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【News】 JA-ZENCHU sets up new shop of processed foods shipped by farmers’ groups and agricultural cooperatives at business district of Otemachi in Tokyo (July 5, 2016)
JA-ZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives), an apex body of agricultural cooperative (JA) organizations in Japan, opened a shop on July 4 for exhibiting and selling processed foods shipped by farmers’ groups and JAs from various parts of Japan. The shop was set up on the fourth floor of JA Building located at Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku in Tokyo. It is the first time for JA Group organizations to exhibit and sell exclusively their processed foods in Tokyo. According to JA-ZENCHU, processed foods manufactured by farmers’ groups and their JAs now exceed one thousand items in the country. However, it was rather difficult for city people to get a place for easily … Continue reading
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【News】 Survey on Internet searching shows growing tendency to find agriculture-related jobs with keyword of “agriculture” (July 5, 2016)
A survey on what is searched with a Japanese keyword of “agriculture” through the Internet was conducted jointly by the Japan Agricultural News and Faber Company Inc., one of the major information technology corporations in Japan, headquartered at Minato-ku, Tokyo. According to the analysis on the survey, there is a growing tendency that the keyword of “agriculture” is searched through the Internet with additional words related to “labor.” It has been also found out that “agriculture” is the keyword for Website users mainly to look for information on how to join the farming sector as well as on agricultural businesses. The results of the survey were analyzed with the software … Continue reading
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【News】 Noh no IKEBANA: Let’s exhibit respective characters of each material (4) Keep leaves and roots of fruit vegetable to make powerful arrangement (July 1, 2016)
<Noh no Ikebana” is an art of arranging agricultural products together with agricultural implements and other familiar instruments. It’s a type of Ikebana but mainly for farmers. The series “Noh no Ikebana” will show you how to best feature the materials and containers you choose, with the help of fans of this style of Ikebana nationwide.> Fresh fruit vegetables often come in bright colors and are suitable for the arrangement to highlight the power of the agricultural products. Yellow corn, green peppers and red tomatoes are good examples. I try to keep their original shape when I use them in the arrangement. When I have a turnip or a Japanese … Continue reading
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