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【Series】 Disaster victims and their challenges – Part 3: Evacuees to metropolitan areas (Sept. 13, 2013)
Hiroko Obara Nearly 100 families who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident live in Shirasagi Apartment, a municipally-owned, 12-story apartment building located in a quiet residential area in Nakano ward, Tokyo. Evacuees have been holding meetings once a week in a temporary meeting room in the building since September 2011. Two and a half years after the accident, more than 30 people still attend the weekly meeting called Kirasse (meaning “welcome”) Salon. In the salon, elderly people take care of children and listen to young mothers’ worries. “I feel relaxed coming here, looking at children’s smiling faces,” says Norio Takamatsu, 66, who had … Continue reading
【Series】 Disaster victims and their challenges: Part 2 – Unclear future for hospitals in Fukushima (Sept. 12, 2013)
Jyunichi Miura Urgently wanted: young nurses who can work night shift. Kashima Kosei Hospital, located within 30 km of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, is suffering from chronic shortage of medical staff, especially nurses. With a number of temporary housing complexes built nearby, the hospital, run by an agricultural cooperative in Fukushima, has to accept increasing number of outpatients and emergency patients. The hospital has recruited nurses through newspaper ads and public job placement offices, but has not received many applications. Nurses, who are disaster victims themselves, are caring patients while struggling with their own psychological stress. “We are making desperate efforts to run the hospital with a … Continue reading
【Series】 Disaster victims and their challenges: Part 1 – Temporary housing units (Sept. 11, 2013)
Hiroki Sakaue Two and a half years after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, frustrations remain high for displaced victims struggling with worries over unclear future and isolation due to broken family ties and local community bonds. Local medical services which support the people’s health are also in a critical condition. The Japanese government insists on taking reconstruction measures with consideration for the people of the quake-hit areas, but it is questionable whether the measures really contribute to the top priority goal of rebuilding the people’s lives. 320 people who evacuated from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, after the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident live in temporary housing … Continue reading
【News】 Edamame beans in Akita gaining popularity as ingredient for desserts (Sept. 4, 2013)
Edamame green soybeans are becoming more than a classic sake nibble. Edamame produced by an agricultural cooperative in Daisen, Akita Prefecture (JA Akita Obako), is increasingly used as ingredients for other food products, especially desserts. Firms and hotels in Akita are developing original premium sweets using processed edamame, contributing to making Akita-grown beans more appealing. JA Akita Obako is the top producer of edamame in Akita, with acreage of 181 hectares in fiscal 2013, 1.3 times as large as five years ago. Along with the expansion of production, the cooperative was faced with the need to cope with the increase of non-standard products. To raise farmers’ incomes and to respond … Continue reading
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【News】 Shrinking production of non-GM soybeans abroad gives a headache to Japanese importers (Sept. 3, 2013)
Kazuhiro Takamatsu Japanese trading firms are having difficulty coping with supply shortage of imported non-GM soybeans which Japanese consumers prefer. Production of non-GM soybeans are declining, as the bad weather and increase of demand in emerging markets are pushing up soybean prices in the global market, prompting farmers to move away from time-consuming production of non-GM soybeans. Soybean dealers, also hit by the weakening yen leading to rising prices of imports, are turning to domestically-produced soybeans and are calling on the government to take measures to encourage soybean production. An official of a major Japanese trading company which imports non-GM soybeans from the United States and Canada says all the … Continue reading