“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】 ZEN-NOH’s affiliate to initiate marketing prepared ingredients of local farm products for preschools (June 28, 2016)
Pure Dish Co., Ltd., an affiliate of ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations), based at Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi in Chiba prefecture, plans to increase supplies of prepared ingredients to preschool education facilities such as kindergartens and nursery schools this year. Most of these facilities are suffering from a labor shortage at their kitchen, which makes it difficult for the cooking staff to take a lot of time to cook lunch meals for the children. People of the preschool facilities have been growing their interests in the Pure Dish’s high technologies of producing and preserving meal ingredients without spoiling flavor and nutrition of the ingredients. Supplies of these ingredients by the … Continue reading
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【Interview series】 2016 Election: Questions at issue – Mayumi Taniguchi, acting leader of women’s online community Zen Nihon Obachan To (National Aunties’ Party) (June 16, 2016)
[Last in a series] <The upcoming Upper House election focuses mainly on economic policies and less on agriculture and rural villages. What will happen to our food resources under the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement? How did lives in rural areas change under the “economy comes first” policy? These are significant issues that are closely related to the Japanese people. The Japan Agricultural News asked three experts what they think are the issues which need to be addressed in the election.> When we decide which party or candidate to vote for, we should not forget to check whether they kept the pledges they promised during the previous election campaigns and what they … Continue reading
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【News】 Seppetobe agricultural festival: young men dance in muddy paddy field to pray for huge harvest (Hioki-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture) (June 12, 2016)
On the first Sunday of June every year in Hioki-shi, Kagoshima Prefecture, there is an exciting rice planting festival called Seppetobe. Seppetobe means “leap as high as possible” in the Kagoshima local dialect. Young men in white costumes jump in a paddy field, which is covered with mud, to pray for the productiveness of the year. The young men from some groups according to the districts they live and compete how well a man from each group can carry a long bamboo rod from one corner to another for about 50 meters without tipping it over. A large figure of about 3 meters tall called deodon (meaning the great king … Continue reading
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【News】 “Wagyu” feeders join fifteen-month national competition to win the entitlement to international publicity toward Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (June 24, 2016)
The 11th National Competitive Exhibition of Wagyu (Japanese beef cattle) kicked off at a prefectural-level elimination round held in Kyoto prefecture on June 24. The National Exhibition has been organized once every five years aiming to provide livestock farmers throughout the country with an opportunity to compete in qualitative improvement of “wagyu” breeds. The 11th National Exhibition is to be held at Sendai-shi in Miyagi prefecture during five days since September 7, 2017. 517 heads of “wagyu” cattle, the largest number ever, are expected to participate in the Exhibition, named “Miyagi-Zenkyo (national competition),” from 39 prefectures in the country. Feeders of these beef cattle aim to win the national championship … Continue reading
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【News】Two months after Kumamoto Earthquake, agricultural volunteers continuously playing essential part in helping quake-hit farmers make up for delayed farm work(June 14, 2016)
Two months after the Kumamoto quakes, volunteers are still helping farmers in Nishihara-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture, the village hit by the intensity-7 major earthquake. So far (by June 13, 2016), a total of 1,354 volunteers came to the village from all over Japan through the support of the village’s volunteer center for agricultural recovery, each saying that s/he wants to do something for Kumamoto. Their help with the farm work is also helping the quake-hit farmers manage and recover post-quake trauma.
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