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【News】 Banking business network of agricultural cooperatives to promote mobile banking services in underpopulated areas (Aug. 18, 2016)
Norinchukin Bank (Central Cooperative Bank for Agriculture and Forestry) made an announcement on August 17 that JA Bank, a nation-wide network of banking business of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) headed by the Norinchukin Bank, has launched a project of “Mobile JA” this August. The nation-wide project will be contineously carried out specially through mobile banking service as well as supply business of consumer goods in underpopulated areas and other rural communities. The mobile supply service also plans to handle various goods necessary for farm works. Some JAs have aready started mobile banking service by themselves. And the Norinchukin Bank has decided to take the leadership in expanding the mobile service functions … Continue reading
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【News】 ZEN-NOH to assist aging residents at large-sized condominium buildings in opening their own marché (Aug. 9, 2016)
ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations), agricultural cooperatives’ (JAs’) national business organization, headquartered at Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, launched a business of assisting condominium residents in opening a small-sized farmer’s market named “marché” in their common area of the large-sized condominium building. The opening of marchés at condos in big cities’ residential resion is expected not only to be useful for the residents to create a network of communication among themselves, but also helpful for aged residents to access their own “marché” within their residential area. Aged people called “disadvantaged shoppers” are increasing among condo residents as well, who have difficulties in accessing grocery stores located at distant places. ZEN-NOH now … Continue reading
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【News】 Dialogue for developing agriculture into growth-oriented industry to continue: Agricultural Minister and JA group representatives agree (Aug. 6, 2016)
Representatives of agricultural cooperative (JA) organizations, led by Choe Okuno, president of JA-ZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives), paid a courtesy call on Yuji Yamamoto, newly appointed Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), at MAFF’s office in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo on August 5. inister Yamamoto and delegates of the JA group shared a common perspective of developing Japanese agriculture into a growth-oriented industry. They also agreed to promote close dialogue between themselves by meeting together on a regular basis. At the meeting with MAFF’s new leader, JA-ZENCHU’s president Okuno congratulated Yuji Yamamoto on joining the new Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Minister Yamamoto responded to the … Continue reading
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【News】 Rice produced in northern island Hokkaido is exported to Singapore along with snow-melted bottled water (July 28, 2016)
Hokuren, Hokkaido Economic Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, launched a new business of exporting Hokkaido rice along with mineral water to Singapore. The bottled water is newly developed specially for boosting exports of Hokkaido rice to a tropical country of Singapore, which is named as “Daisetsuzan (literally, great snow mountain) water in Hokkaido.” At a number of supermarkets in Singapore, Hokkaido rice and its water are displayed for sale in the same section with guiding information saying “Enjoy taste of Hokkaido rice cooked with Hokkaido water.” By exporting bottled water with rice packages, Hokuren has raised a filling ratio of the containers for rice shipment, which made it possible to transport … Continue reading
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【News】 JA’s hospital develops medical instrument for checking walking postures of backache and knee-pain patients: Saku Central Hospital in Nagano prefecture (July 27, 2016)
Saku Central Hospital, operated by Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives for Health and Welfare, based at Saku-shi, Nagano Prefecture, has developed a medical instrument to check whether walking postures are causing back and knee pains, in collaboration with a measuring instrument manufacturer in the city. The new instrument has made it possible for the doctor of the Hospital to instantly find out problems of walking postures of a patient and display them on the screen of a computer by checking the postures with sensors attached on the back and waist of the patient. These two sensors send information to the computer by detecting up and down movements of various … Continue reading
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