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Shale gas and natural gas vehicle

Icon Written by admin on 11th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 There are many companies participate in the race of developing lithium-ion battery in Japan. The number is increasing. It indicates that Japanese industry considers EV is becoming mainstream of next generation vehicles. Professionals say that the factors, which prevent the prevalence of EV, are “Price of lithium-ion battery” and “Number [...]

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Recent situation of Japanese hospitals

Icon Written by admin on 11th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 In Japan, there is a company which sells secondhand medical equipments. Because the number of closed hospitals is increasing. There are two causes why they had to be done so. One is due to the aging of doctor who is runner. Another is the bankruptcy due to the revenue decrease, [...]

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Making use of Sekai Camera

Icon Written by admin on 6th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 In Japan, Orix Auto Corporation has operations of Car Sharing Service. Most users had complained they could not find places of cars easily. Therefore, the company determined to make use of “Sekai Camera”, which can put data on actual image. If a user holds his iPhone over the place nearby [...]

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The patient following anticancer treatment found a way for the parturition.

Icon Written by admin on 6th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On April 16th, 2010, Juntendo University announced to start the following treatment. It is to remove the ovary of patient and make the freeze preservation of it and then replant it into the patient before becoming sterile because of side-effects by radiation against cancers and cancer drug.
 It seems that the [...]

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Comic Market Opened!

Icon Written by admin on 29th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The sale and exhibit of doujinshi (coterie magazine) related to animation, comics, game and so on was held from March 21st to March 23rd, 2010. The host consisted of voluntary agents of Mito municipal government and then made use of vacant buildings in the center of Mito-city to do so. [...]

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The Shanghai Expo cribbed from the song of Mayo Okamoto.

Icon Written by admin on 27th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The problem, which the Shanghai Expo might crib from the song of Mayo Okamoto, who is one of popular singers in Japan, as its official song, occurred. The bureau of the Expo, which will open on May 1st, 2010, acknowledged it and requested Mayo Okamoto to approve to use it [...]

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Setagaya started rental power assisted bikes at Sakura-Shinmachi, too.

Icon Written by admin on 22nd Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Setagaya-ward, Tokyo, opened the parking place for rental power assisted bicycles in front of Sakura-Shinmachi Station. 40 bicycles are put there and people will use them for cycling and so on. The electric power, which is generated by solar batteries on the roof of the parking place, is used to [...]

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Personnel Evaluation in Japan

Icon Written by admin on 8th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 There is a maxim that Eloquence is silver, but Silence is gold. In Japan, its meaning is that Silence is superior to Eloquence. Most Japanese place importance on person who speaks many things. Japanese have a tendency to recognize such a person as bad lot.
 Most Japanese companies adopt bad-mark systems [...]

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Japan made a formal decision of targets of “25%” for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but ….

Icon Written by admin on 18th Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On January 26th, 2010, the Japanese government made a formal decision of targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent until 1990 levels by the year 2020 under the agreement in Copenhagen at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate [...]

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The effectiveness of railroad network made by slime mold may superior to actual one.

Icon Written by admin on 11th Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Slime mold is one-celled creature and grows proliferously like ameba. Atushi Terou, researcher of Japan Science and Technology Agency and his fellows put its foods on the board like the layout of stations, and then it forms a network just like actual railroad network. The network made by slime mold [...]

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