17 October, 2019
JAIF Holds Women’s Symposium, with Presentations by Weathercaster and Professor
On October 10, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF) held a symposium at the Industry Club of Japan in Tokyo for women belonging to its member organizations.
The symposium began with presentations by Yusuke Tezuka, a weather forecaster at Weather Map, and Noriko Endo, project professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University. Following those, the participants proceeded with table talks in small groups, among other activities.
Tezuka’s presentation was entitled, “Concerned About the Future of the Earth! Global Warming from a Weathercaster’s Perspective.” He started by telling the symposium participants, “In Tokyo, the average temperature rose 2.5 degrees (C) over the past century. By the end of the 21st century, that will be three to four degrees higher.” He pointed to the heat island phenomenon as another major factor in the distinctive rise in temperature in urban areas, in addition to global warming.
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7 October, 2019
Fukushima Joban Products Fair Begins, Featuring Seafood Sent Directly to Restaurants in Tokyo-Yokohama Area
Since October 1, the Fukushima Joban Products Fair has been making people in the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area more aware of the tasty and appealing marine products produced in Fukushima Prefecture. The fair is sponsored by the prefecture as one of the several Fukushima Restoration and Revitalization Projects supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In the fair, some twenty-five participating restaurants in Tokyo and Yokohama have created original dishes using fish and shellfish sent directly from the prefecture to boost consumer recognition of regional brands, known as Joban-mono in Japanese, and cultivate new sales channels.
According to data released in September by the Fisheries Agency, fishing ports in Fukushima that had been damaged by the massive March 2011 earthquake were able to restore their full unloading capabilities as early as 2017. Even so, the current quantity of products being handled by the Onahama Fish Market in Fukushima is only less than half of what it was the year before the earthquake happened, and their monetary value has fallen 39 percent. Efforts are still needed to not only restart fisheries operatio...more
