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【Editor’s column】 Mourn for Ei, Lyricist of Sukiyaki Song (July 12, 2016)
It was a pleasant surprise during a visit in Tanzania. I was gathering news in the far-away distant land and saw a band playing the famous Japanese song, Ue o Muite Aruko (Look at the Sky) at a local restaurant. It touched my heart deep inside. Receiving the sad news of the passing away of Japanese lyricist Rokusuke Ei on July 7, 2016, I’m recalling profound lyrics and messages he left with us. His iconic works include the Sukiyaki song, Toku e Ikitai (I want to go somewhere so far away alone) and Kuroi Hanabira (Black flower petals). Ei was not just a famous lyricist but one of the pioneering … Continue reading
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【News】 JA Bank’s new project named “Caravan & Mobile Kitchen Car Go to Farmer’s Markets” to begin this August (July 23, 2016)
The Norinchukin Bank (Central Cooperative Bank for Agriculture and Forestry), a national center of the banking business network of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) in the country, plans to sponsor a five-year project of sending a caravan team with a mobile kitchen car to all the farmer’s markets operated by JA and JA’s organizations throughout the country. A chef of a popular TV cooking show “Today’s Cooking for Everyone” broadcasted by the public broadcaster NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) also joins the caravan team. The caravan team kicks off a long journey of the project on August 6 by visiting a farmer’s market of JA Azumi in Nagano prefecture with a new-model kitchen … Continue reading
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【News】 New combination of cold beverages and fruits leading popular “cool” fashion (July 22, 2016)
Iced beverages added with sliced cuts of fruits are now receiving attention this summer. Some of beverage manufacturers are suggesting a new fashion of drinking iced tea or apple cider vinegar added with fresh fruits such as blueberry, lemon, kiwi fruit, strawberry and the like. Such an iced drink served in a tumbler or cup has also a “cool” appearance in the summer season. Unilever Japan Customer Marketing Co., Ltd., well known with its brand of Lipton, based at Meguro-ku, Tokyo, is marketing a new drink of iced tea named “Fruits in Tea” at its special shop located in the busy streets of Omotesando, Tokyo. The sales will continue until … Continue reading
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【News】 Growth rate of international tourists’ consumption in Japan declines in April-June: “Explosive buying” by Chinese consumers beginning to wither (July 20, 2016)
The Japan Tourism Agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released on July 20 a result of the consumption trend survey for foreigners visiting Japan during the period from April to June 2016. Total spending by international tourists in the three months grew 7.2 percent to 953.3 billion yen, the Tourism Agency said. However, the so-called bakugai, literally “explosive buying” in Japan by Chinese tourists, which had driven the growth of overall spending by foreign visitors in recent years, has begun to slow down. And their spending declined to 353 billion yen in the last three months, down 1.5 percent. The decline took place mainly because the … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Trace the origin of cooperative in JAPAN― Mind of benevolence, and executing skills （Jan 1, 2015）
At any age, people are living having difficulty of their own. The cooperative movement began trying to solve their economic and social problems, such as tyranny of loan sharks in the Meiji era, food shortages during the war and post-war, pollution during the period of high economic growth, and expansion of the income gap…. By tracing the origin of cooperative movement, we can learn that the pioneers of movements had overcome such various difficulties with their own “benevolence of heart” and “executing skills”. ・Yugaku Ohara and Sontoku Ninomiya ・Tosuke Hirata and Yajiro Shinagawa ・Toyohiko Kagawa and Masayo ObaMr. ・Yuichiro Nakagawa, Professor of Meiji University
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