News & Stories

This blog is for my daily practices. The articles were translated from Japanese news sites, assisted by English teachers.

Aug 9, 2018

Production of biodegradable plastics

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One of the biggest chemical industries in Japan, Kaneka has the ability to produce vegetable-based plastics and they announced to increase its production five times more than their current. Recently, the Starbucks decided to abolish the usage of plastic straw. Since the issue of plastic waste is drawing worldwide attention, Kaneka anticipates that the demand for vegetable-based plastics...
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Aug 8, 2018

Rusted weapons under school grounds

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Nearly 2,900 weapons were found under an elementary school in Nishi-Tokyo district, Tokyo, Japan. They found guns, swords and grenades which are normally used for military training and they found them while digging a new site for the administration building. Although there was no danger of an explosion, troops from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces came and collected them. On July...
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Jul 22, 2018

A turtle traveled from Mexico to Japan in 9 years

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A turtle, captured in the Mexican ocean nine years ago for scientific study and was returned after being tagged, was found off the coast of Japan last week. It was a wild loggerhead turtle, a kind of sea turtle, and was found near Muroto city, Kochi prefecture, Japan. According to the Sea Turtle Association of Japan, that was the second occurrence of a wild loggerhead turtle crossing...
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Jul 9, 2018

Offshore wind energy in Japan

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Nowadays, many foreign companies are starting to invest in the field of offshore wind energy in Japan. Since Japan is an island country surrounded by the ocean, it is regarded as one of the best places to develop that field. But foreign invests were rare because constructing new equipment costs high, legal systems haven't sufficiently developed. After Japanese government decided to...
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Jun 22, 2018

Nagoya castle restoration without an elevator

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Nagoya city is planning to complete restoring work of Nagoya castle in 2020 and will not put an elevator in it. Handicapped people are objected to this decision declaring that it isn't the only issue of Nagoya city but must be a universal problem. On 19th, about 600 people from Aichi...
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Jun 19, 2018

Hayabusa 2 gets close to Ryugu

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For the purpose of studying the origin of life, an asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 was launched four years ago, and now it is getting closer to the target asteroid Ryugu. On 14th, the newest pictures of Ryugu was released. They have recognized that the asteroid looks almost round, approximately...
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Jun 14, 2018

The Restoration Work of a Stained Glass

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A stained glass manufacture in Hiroshima city, Baroque announced that they have finished restoring stained glasses for the World Peace Memorial Church, which is designated as an Important Cultural Property in Japan. The CEO of the Baroque, Usui said, "We seldom work for cultural heritage....
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Jun 6, 2018

An Exhibition themed on Japanese Traditional Mathematics

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An exhibition which introduces Japanese traditional mathematics is being held from April 28th to June 17th, in Sano city. The display consists of 70 pieces of valuable historical materials. A "sangaku", wooden mathematical puzzle tablet to dedicate to Shinto shrines or temples, is included...
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Jun 4, 2018

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Mitsumine Shrine, in Saitama prefecture, announced that they will stop selling their white charm after June, which is a kind of charms that makes your luck increase. That is because it evoked traffic jam by visitors wished to have one of them. The shrine, which is located 1400 meters...
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May 27, 2018

Computer Equated with Quantum Computer

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A new type of computer, which is equivalent in the meaning of calculation capability with a quantum computer, is put into practical use in Japan. As far as processing "Combinatorial optimization problem" is concerned, the quantum computers are already developed in the level of practical...
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May 24, 2018

Lack of English Teachers in Junior High

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In April, there were a shortage of English teachers in The Third Junior High School in Matsui city. No English lessons for third grader students were held that month, so the lack of classes were alternated with other subjects. Originally, there were 3 English teachers in that school, but one of them moved to another school from this school year. The school did not succeed in recruiting...
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May 23, 2018

Online Shopping with Fashion Coodination Advices

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Because smartphone use is becoming popular, people shop online more and more. Nowadays, in the world of fashion, a new trend is on the rise. A japanese IT venture company, Air Closet started a service to give customers choose and send monthly five garments. The most specific feature...
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May 22, 2018

The Japanese Prefer Aisle Seats

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According to the research conducted by Expedia Japan, around 18,229 people from 23 countries which were asked a question which seat would the choose in an airplane. The choices included a seat near the window or the aisle. The results of the conducted study showed that more than...
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Leaflets for Foreigners to Precaution Heat Stroke

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Since May this year the temperature in Tokyo rose to 30 degrees. So Metropolitan office handed out leaflets for foreigners living the city. The leaflet was prepared by the Japan Weather Association since the population of tourists that visit the country is increasing. The contents...
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May 21, 2018

Solving a Rubik's Cube with Blindfold

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A Japanese man named Yuki Yamamoto, won four awards for solving Rubik puzzles blindfolded in Rubik's Cube's contest which was held in Japan last winter. He even made a record to memorize the color arrangement of 25 Rubik's cubes in one hour and solved 24 of them blindfolded! At first...
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