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[Editor’s column] The next generation in agriculture (April 25, 2016)
Farming nurtures people. The main character of “Silver Spoon,” a popular manga on students of an agricultural high school, is not an exception. Being brought up as a son of a company employee, the main character experiences farming for the first time in his life after entering the high school and struggles to grow up. Hokkaido Obihiro Agricultural High School, which the manga is based on, will be introduced in a high school English textbook. The textbook will include descriptions of students at the school, such as learning the preciousness of life through births and deaths of livestock animals. It will hopefully help convey the joys of farming to high … Continue reading
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【News】 Agricultural cooperative medical teams taking physical and mental cares of evacuees at public shelters in Kumamoto quake-hit areas (May 7, 2016)
Doctors and nurses dispatched by hospitals of Prefectural Welfare Federations of Agricultural Cooperatives (JAs) to Kumamoto prefecture have been striving to provide medical and health care services to people living at evacuation centers in Kumamoto earthquake-stricken areas where aftershocks are still continuously occurring. As of May 6, 18 medical teams of JA welfare federations in the country, consisting of 78 doctors and nurses, have visited disaster-hit towns and villages in Kumamoto prefecture to assume responsibility for health management of the evacuees at a number of public shelters since the powerful earthquake struck the Kumamoto region on April 14. Those medical teams carried out various jobs not only of checking physical … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Losing trust in the two political party system in America. It has become a plutocracy (May 02,2016)
［By James R. Simpson, Affiliate Professor and Senior Fellow Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service Washington State University］ The campaign for election of America’s president began in earnest nearly two years ago. This time frame, which has doubled since the 1960s, is unbelievable to Americans as well as the rest of the world. Much of the reason campaigns have dramatically lengthened is demise of reading newspapers. That media has been replaced by Internet, Smartphones and TV that have turned viewing into an entertainment media. Another crucial change is that party loyalty has significantly declined. Twenty two% of voters identified themselves as independents in 1952. That percent … Continue reading
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【News】 Sweet cakes containing edible flower as best gift on “Mother’s Day” (May 5, 2016)
Prior to the “Mother’s Day,” the second Sunday of May in Japan, a number of new goods have been available in the gift market of the country. They are appealing a collaboration of sweet cakes and edible flowers with a catch phrase such as “How about flower cakes as your Mother’s Day gift?” According to a survey on the most favorable gift on Mother’s Day, conducted by a private company, sweet cakes rank first, followed by flowers. Hibiyakadan Company, based at Minato-ku, Tokyo, one of the largest flower shop chains in Japan, is now selling special sweet cakes containing petals of edible rose flowers and “rose water” which are directly … Continue reading
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【News】 Cold rice good for weight loss diet, “Rice ball diet” gains popularity (May 5, 2016)
Cold rice, including Japanese rice balls, o-nigiri or also known as o-musubi, is now winning popularity among young females considering it is good for a weight loss diet. In February, Zen-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations), a business organization of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) in Japan, conducted a campaign named a “rice ball diet program” in collaboration with 90 fitness clubs of Renaissance, Inc. headquartered at Sumida-ku, Tokyo, one of the major fitness business companies with a network of sport and fitness clubs around the country. One of the participants in the diet campaign achieved an amazing success in losing her weight by 4.7 kilograms just in a month. It … Continue reading
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