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商品名は英語で隠れ場を意味する「バロウ(BURROW)」。直径は2.1メートル共通で、奥行きが各1.5メートル、2メートル、3メートル、4メートルの4種類。大きさに応じた利用人数は3〜10人。ユニークな円柱形の発想は、元従業員がかつて千葉県銚子市のしょうゆメーカーで木樽の職人だったことから。 小型は家庭・個人を、大型はキャンプ場や旅館をターゲットに想定。付帯工...

　依然としてまん延防止等重点措置対象区域での感染者数が多く、居住地別では千葉市が１９人で最多。２１日以降、新たに対象区域となった内房５市では、千葉市に隣接する市原市で５人の感染が分かったが、袖ケ浦と木更津、君津、富津の４市は０人だった。 　柏市は３人の感染を発表した。このうち４０代男性１人に肺炎の症状があり、程度がやや重い。 　県は�...

Apr 25, 2021 A team of Japanese and Austrian researchers has named a new mite species after Twitter following its discovery through photos posted on the social media platform by an amateur photographer visiting a fishing spot near Tokyo. The new species — formally called Ameronothrus twitter — was spotted after Satoshi Shimano, a professor who specializes in the study of mites at Hosei University, came across the tweeted photos by chance and then contacted the poster to find out wh...

Bug spotted on Twitter a new species AFP, TOKYO Call it the mite of Twitter: Japanese and Austrian researchers have confirmed that a bug they spotted posted on Twitter is a previously unknown species, now aptly dubbed Ameronothrus twitter. Satoshi Shimano, a professor at Tokyo’s Hosei University, stumbled upon snaps of the black mites — posted by an amateur photographer — as he was browsing Twitter last year. The pictures showed a group of the tiny arachnids massing in a crack in a concre...

Meet Ameronothrus twitter, new bug discovered via a tweet Updated: Updated: April 21, 2021 12:44 IST At just 0.7 milimetres long, the mites are miniscule and harmless to people, Shimano said. They are a type of coastal mite that eats algae and lichen and lives in a group. Share Article Ameronothrus twitter Pfingstl and Shimano, sp. nov. Credit: Twitter/@yatsume_project   At just 0.7 milimetres long, the mites are miniscule and harmless to people, Shimano said. They are a type of coastal mite...

New bug discovery proves mite of Twitter AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Lionel BONAVENTURE A Twitter posting helped scientists in Japan and Austria identify a new species of mite, which they named after the social network Call it the mite of Twitter: Japanese and Austrian researchers have confirmed a bug they spotted posted in a tweet is a previously unknown species, now aptly dubbed "Ameronothrus twitter." Satoshi Shimano, a professor at Tokyos Hosei University, stumbled upon snaps of...

FEATURE: New mite species named "twitter" discovered via tweet in Japan A team of Japanese and Austrian researchers has named a new mite species "twitter" after its discovery through photos posted on the social media platform by an amateur photographer visiting a fishing spot near Tokyo. The new species -- formally called "Ameronothrus twitter" -- was recognized after Satoshi Shimano, a professor who specializes in the study of mites at Japans Hosei University, came across the tweeted photos by...

Japan Cultural Expo presents showcase of performing arts Mar. 5 06:00 am JST Mar. 5 | 09:53 am JST TOKYO On Feb 28, a stunning showcase of traditional Japanese performing arts took place at the foreigner-friendly National Theatre of Japan in the Hanzomon district of Tokyo. The event was sponsored by the Japan Cultural Expo, a nationwide festival presenting a year-round program of the arts. The Cultural Expo’s goals include making Japan into a stronger arts and culture hub, ...

"Dumpling" monkeys on western Japan island endure winter cold Monkeys at a zoo on Shodo Island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa endure winter weather by huddling together, with their "dumpling" growing bigger day by day amid severe cold waves. The Choshi Valley Nature Zoo feeds some 500 wildlife monkeys. Their dumpling is often seen in winter, particular after around 3 p.m. when the sun begins to go down. It becomes larger as the mercury falls, sometimes consisting of nearly 200 monkey...

Japan Photo Journal: Mt. Fuji seen silhouetted in evening sun from 200 km away January 15, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) (Mainichi) Mount Fuji is silhouetted in the evening sun as seen from the Iioka Gyobu cape observatory facility in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 13, 2021. Mount Fuji is about 200 kilometers away from the observatory in a straight line, but it can be seen on a sunny day when the air is clear. Cape Gyobu is located at the western end of Byobugaura coastal cliff, which is designat...