“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese).-
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【News】 Kumamoto’s farmer wins seat at proportional representation section of Upper House election as representative of farmers and JA group (July 11, 2016)
Shinya Fujiki, 49, a candidate of the ruling party LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), won a seat in proportional representation segment of the Upper House election on July 10. He was recommended by a political wing of agricultural cooperative’s (JA’s) organizations named as the National Association of Farmers’ Agricultural Policy Movement Organizations or “Zenkoku-Noseikyo.” Farmers have been increasingly anxious about problems to be faced in coming years. And worries about radical reform of farm policies are widely prevailing among farmers at rural communities in the country. During an election campaign, LDP candidate Fujiki asserted his own view on the importance of reflecting opinions of farmers and their JAs into national farm … Continue reading
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【News】 High quality red-colored grapes named “Ruby Roman” marks record-high price of 1.1 million yen per one cluster in Ishikawa prefecture (July 8, 2016)
A single cluster of high-grade grapes named “Ruby Roman,” one of special products in Ishikawa prefecture, hit a record price of 1.1 million yen (900 grams・seedless grapes) at a season-opening auction held at the Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market in the prefecture on July 7, breaking a previous record of 1 million yen in 2015. The best quality cluster of red-colored grapes “Ruby Roman” was bought at the auction by “Konishi-Seika,” operating food markets in Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo prefecture. The company of “Konishi-Seika” received media and Internet attention when its representative bought two pieces of “Yubari Melon” at a record-price of 3 million yen at a season-opening auction held in the … Continue reading
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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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