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【News】 Far-red light irradiation of strawberry farm bringing about good harvest of larger berries, researchers demonstrate in Tottori prefecture (Oct. 19, 2016)
Tottori University, Corporation Fuji Electric, a lighting apparatus maker based at Iwami town, Tottori prefecture, and a research group organized by the Tottori Prefectural Government have recently found out that strawberry plants bore larger berries when they were continuously irradiated with far-red light for three hours per day after sunset. The irradiation was effective for increasing a harvest ratio of large and larger-sized strawberries per plant by 10 percent as well as an output of those strawberries by 30 percent. The Tottori Prefectural Government plans to spread uses of this lightning technology among strawberry producers, expecting the irradiation of the far-red light will be most effective particularly in areas with … Continue reading
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【Research】A study of the Latest Amendments to the Agricultural Cooperatives Act of Japan
October, 1st. 2015 Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd. AKEDA Tsukuru, Visiting Fellow ■Abstract The latest amendments to the Agricultural Cooperatives Act has been carried out by amending wide-ranged provisions of the Act, although some of them were not subject to arguments at the deliberations of the Diet. It contains a number of provisions which were deemed important from a practical point of view. Many stakeholders, however, have found it difficult for them not only to understand the necessity of the latest amendments to the Act, but also to accept it forthrightly. No such amendment has ever been found in the history of the Act. The cause lies in the legislative … Continue reading
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【News】 Artificial “Crows’ conversation” to scare off harmful crows from orchards and livestock houses: SOKENDAI University developing new device (Oct. 19, 2016)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies or SOKENDAI, based at Hayama town, Kanagawa prefecture, has launched a new project to develop a device for scaring off harmful crows from farming areas by making them mistake artificial “crows’ conversation” for cries of wild crows with a crow-shaped drone of a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The flying crow-shaped drone exchanges “artificial conversations” with a robot crow staying on the land. The conversations, which are recorded with sounds of crows’ cries produced by artificial intelligence (AI), are replayed through a built-in speaker of the stuffed-crow robot. Built-in AIs of the drone and the crow robot can also distinguish cries of wild crows. And … Continue reading
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【Opinion】Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement emerging as focus of U.S. presidential election (Sep. 20, 2016)
[By Masaru Yamada, The Japan Agricultural News Special Senior Writer] Television programs are showing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton all day long. Major newspapers are busy reporting about them. Staying in the United States for the past two weeks, I can feel that the momentum is growing towards the presidential election, with the election day coming in November. What surprised me was the fact that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal has become one of the major issues in the election campaign. Until about two years ago, the only place one could hear the word “TPP” was in parts of Washington, D.C. I’m sure 99 percent of Americans did not know … Continue reading
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【News】 BONSAI now “an honor student of the export” in Japan with overseas demands continuously increasing (Oct.18, 2016)
“Bonsai” or tray planting, which had been classified into a field of hobbies for aged men, has gained a considerable reputation as a global brand mostly popular among a number of overseas people. Kawaguchi city in Saitama prefecture is one of the biggest production areas of garden plants in Japan, which has a 400-year long history. The city is well known as “a town of Bonsai” to lots of Bonsai lovers in foreign countries. Many international buyers directly visit the city to purchase various kinds of Bonsai. Some of Bonsai tree growers in Kawaguchi are shipping more than a half of their products to overseas markets. The World Bonsai Convention … Continue reading
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