“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【News】 Young females fill Hotel buffets serving both strawberry sweets and fresh strawberries (Feb. 28, 2016)
“Strawberry Buffets” at luxury hotels in the Tokyo metropolitan area are now enhancing its reputation among young female guests. Those buffets are almost fully booked everyday by those guests visiting the buffets to have various kinds of strawberries as much as they can eat for a fixed price. A main purpose of these guests is to eat fresh strawberries rather than sweet cakes made with strawberries. Buffets serving many varieties of fresh strawberries are becoming most popular among young females who wish to simply enjoy a fun like joining a “strawberry picking tour” organized at hotels in the metropolitan area. Most of these buffets have two special sections: one is … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Sending vegetables to refugee camps – health, agriculture and peace stand together as one (March 7, 2016)
Minoru Kamata, doctor and writer A farm in northern Iraq, located at 30 minutes drive away from the city of Erbil, is growing big broccolis in a greenhouse. For about two years, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been offering technical assistance to the farm during the fall and winter fallow periods to grow broccolis. In the beginning of this year, I visited the farm to get broccolis to give to refugees whom I would meet when I give a lecture at a refugee camp. Since broccolis are not so commonly eaten in Iraq, I was worried if the refugees would help themselves to the vegetable. However, they appreciated … Continue reading
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【News】Life with gift of Kitakami Rive for ever Water reed beds in Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi Prefecture (March 6, 2016)
Almost five years have passed after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, and today, in Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi Prefecture, which is one of Japan’s leading yoshi (water reed)-growing areas, it’s the busiest time of the year harvesting yoshi as an essential material for making thatched roofs. The size of the reed beds found near the mouth of the Kitakami River is still much smaller than before, but the reed beds are growing back and people are rebuilding their life with deep appreciation for yoshi in small but steady steps. “This year’s yoshi is the best in quality after the earthquake,” said Akio Kumagai, a 51-year-old president … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Mounting pressure on mutual aid societies (Feb. 24, 2016)
Yoichi Tashiro, professor of agricultural economics at Otsuma Women’s University The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan has released this year’s report on mutual aid societies, or kyosai. The ACCJ has long been attacking kyosai, but in 2014, the chamber focused on the Japan agricultural co-operatives (JA) group’s credit business, proposing that it be put under the supervision of the Financial Services Agency. The chamber said it will work with the Japanese government and the Regulatory Reform Council to support such “reform.” The chamber’s proposal of achieving a level playing field between farm co-ops and financial institutions regulated by the Financial Services Agency has been realized through the revised law … Continue reading
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【News】 Meat wholesale markets to get ready for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (Feb. 20, 2016)
【News】 Meat wholesale markets to get ready for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (Feb. 20, 2016) All of 10 central meat wholesale markets located at major cities in the country have launched new projects of introducing a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system into their markets. They plan to reform their total system of handlings and shipments in their markets on the basis of the global standards for food safety management with a view to boosting exports of Japanese meats and supplies for foreign tourists visiting the country. People of these wholesale markets believe that demands for local meats will most increase especially in 2020 when the Tokyo Olympic … Continue reading
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