Toshihiro Suzuki holds green onions at his farm in Yokoshibahikari, Chiba Prefecture, in December 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tractors and trucks came and went, and sharp incline conveyors transported naganegi green onions when I visited Green Gift, a farming enterprise at Kujukurihama beach in Chiba Prefecture.
The company grows rice, cabbage and hakusai (napa cabbage) on its 50-hectare farm. But the green onions are the passion of Toshihiro Suzuki, 36, the president of Green Gift.
Raised in the coastal sandy soil, the allium goes by the trademark name of Shirasuna Negi (literally, white sand onion).
But right after the trademark had been registered and the onions were all set for distribution, the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
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As the global economy adapts to the transition away from carbon-based sources of energy, there is an increased focus on the use of renewable energy to provide a zero-emission source of electrical power. An integral part of the solution is batteries and energy storage systems. One Japanese company that is leading the field in this respect is The Furukawa Battery Company (Furukawa Battery).
Furukawa Battery traces its origins back to 1914, when Furukawa Electric established its battery factory in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and started production of lead-acid batteries. In 1950 Furukawa Electric spun off its battery business, and Furukawa Battery as a separate company was formed. Since then, the company has continued to evolve & expand, and now employs over 2,400 people.
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More than ten years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster-prevention technology continues to evolve and grow to address future threats.
Among the projects is a program connecting businesses in the disaster-hit areas of Sendai City and neighboring Fukushima Prefecture with companies working in the field abroad.
The two municipalities run the program alongside the central government and the Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO.
Sendai City official Arakida Osamu acknowledges there is substantial work to be done. “The next ten years will be about sharing our knowledge learned during the recovery with the world,” he says. “We would like to build a system that fosters cooperation between industry, governments and other groups, to develop the field of disaster prevention and come up with new solutions.”
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