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☆ These Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there’s a 43-year waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Founded in 1926, Asahiya sold meat products from Hyogo prefecture – Kobe beef included – for decades before adding beef croquettes to the shelf in the years following WWII. An unprofitable business ideaThe highly coveted “Extreme Croquettes” are one of four types of Kobe beef croquettes available at Asahiya. The shop’s Premier Kobe Beef Croquettes currently have a more palatable four-year waitlist. Our shop only sells meat that was produced in Hyogo Prefecture, whether it’s Kobe beef, Kobe pork or Tajima chicken. Production boosted but popularity growsThe cheap price tag of the Extreme Croquettes flies in the face of the quality of the ingredients.

Persons: Asahiya, Shigeru Nitta, “, ” Nitta, Nitta, ”, Sanda –, Asahiya’s croquettes, Nitta chuckled, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Premier Kobe Beef, ”, “, Asahiya Locations: Kobe, Asahiya, Takasago City, Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, it’ll, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe city

Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN —A Japanese sushi chain targeted in a spate of pranks that has sparked concern over hygiene has devised a digital conveyor belt to serve food to customers. The chain had been subject to a string of pranks dubbed “sushi terrorism” since the start of the year. Inspired by viral online videos, pranksters filmed themselves licking shared soy sauce bottles or tampering with food rotating on conveyor belts at the chain’s restaurants. Three Sushiro outlets have been fitted with the new digital conveyor belts. The student from western Hyogo prefecture said he would miss the convenience of being able to pick up sushi directly from the conveyor belts, if they are eventually phased out completely.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, —, Akindo, pranksters, Sushiro, ”, Alessio Procopio, Hideki Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Police, NHK Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Osaka, Nagoya, Gifu, Japan, Hyogo

☆ Typhoon Lan Knocks Out Power for Thousands in Western Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Hikari Hida | More About Hikari Hida | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Typhoon Lan pummeled western Japan on Tuesday, prompting local officials to issue evacuation warnings, knocking out power to thousands of homes, canceling hundreds of flights and disrupting summer traditions like a nationwide baseball tournament. Moving in from the Pacific Ocean, the tropical storm had maximum sustained winds of 67 miles per hour, with gusts of 89 m.p.h. All commercial flights out of Kansai airport had been suspended for the day, with more than 800 canceled nationwide. Train and bus services in the region had also been suspended. Tornado warnings were issued for central Shizuoka Prefecture just before noon by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which warned of thunderstorms, wind gusts, and hail.

Persons: Lan Organizations: Japan Meteorological Agency Locations: Japan, Shionomisaki, Wakayama Prefecture, Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Kansai, Shizuoka Prefecture

☆ San’in: Japan’s least-populated region is home to some of its finest treasures
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Claire Hannum | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Matsue, Japan CNN —San’in isn’t the Japan most travelers picture on their first visit to the country. Japan’s famous high-speed rail system does not pass through San’in, which leaves it off many travelers’ radars altogether. The San’in region consists of Japan’s two least populous prefectures, Shimane and Tottori, which sit between the Sea of Japan and the northern side of the country’s Chukogu mountains. “The Kojiki,” an important eighth-century Shinto text, depicts the San’in region as an annual gathering place for the gods. The region is also the backdrop to Japan’s only desert, a 10-mile cluster of rolling sand beside the Sea of Japan known as the Tottori Dunes.

Persons: Japan CNN — San’in, Mount Daisen, Daisen, Masako Ishida, San’in, Mitoku, it’s, “ It’s, ”, Baye Cooper, ” Cooper, “ Organizations: Japan CNN, UNESCO, Getty, Adachi Museum of Art, Journal, Alamy, Hong Kong Airlines, Air Seoul, San’in Tourism Organization Locations: Matsue, Japan, Honshu, Japan’s, San’in, Shimane, Tottori, Nara, Hyogo, Inasa, amana, Inasa Beach, Uradome, Mount, Chugoku, Kaike Onsen, Tokyo, Kyoto, Yamaguchi prefecture, One, Osaka, Shimane prefecture, Okayama, Hiroshima, Izumo, Hong Kong, Hong, Seoul, Air

☆ Silkworm sashimi, cricket curry on menu as bugs make a comeback in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Almond tofu with beetle larvae is pictured at Take-Noko cafe in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - On a recent vacation in Tokyo, Takumi Yamamoto opted for a special lunch of cricket curry and silkworm sashimi, washed down with a water bug cider. In particular, the water bug cider was quite refreshing and delicious, like a green apple." While some consumers think eating insects is just gross, Japan has a rich culinary history of insects as food. The delicate "sashimi" is the left-over casing of silkworms, and the cider is infused with water bug extract and topped with a whole insect, said to taste like shrimp.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Hoon, Takumi Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Entomophagy, Michiko Miura, Miura, Takeo Saito, Saito, Rocky Swift, Tom Bateman, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, United, Grasshoppers, Nippon Telegraph, Telephone, Takeo, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Hoon TOKYO, Hyogo, United Nations, silkworms, Pasco

Tokyo, Japan CNN —Move over, boomers and older millennials – Japan’s young people are stepping into office. Most members of Japan’s parliament are aged 50 to 70 – and are 75% male, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Making headlines is Ryosuke Takashima who, at 26 years old, is Japan’s youngest-ever mayor, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Shin the Hiratsuka YouTuber, who was elected to the Hiratsuka city council. Ayaka Nasuno, 25, is another Gen Z politician making her debut after winning the highest share of votes for the Kawasaki City Council earlier this month.

☆ Scandal în Japonia. Un oraș a cheltuit bani pentru măsurile anti-Covid pe o statuie uriașă cu un calmar roz
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un oraș de coastă din Japonia și-a atras critici aspre după ce a cheltuit fonduri de urgență destinate măsurilor anti-COVID pe o statuie gigantică cu un calmar, pentru a promova turismul local, scrie digi24.ro. Creatura roz cu alb are tentaculele răsfirate și o deschidere sub gură, unde oamenii se pot poza. Autoritățile locale nu au fost obligate să aloce banii direct pentru măsurile anti-coronavirus, însă cei mai mulți japonezi au spus că banii puteau fi cheltuiți mai bine. Guvernul japonez are în vedere extinderea stării de urgență pentru prefecturile Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo și Kyoto, scrie presa din țară. Japonia a anunțat peste 4100 de cazuri noi marți, ajungând la peste 614.000 de cazuri în total și 10.500 de decese.

Persons: ., Hirofumi Organizations: Guardian Locations: Japonia, . Noto, Ishikawa, Japoniei, calmarul, Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto

☆ Japonia va declara starea de urgență la Tokyo pe fondul creșterii incontrolabile a cazurilor de COVID. Jocurile Olimpice, sub semnul întrebării
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Japonia este pregătită să declare starea de urgență în Tokyo și în alte două regiuni, pe fondul unei creșteri a cazurilor de coronavirus cu doar trei luni înainte de începerea Jocurilor Olimpice. Osaka a raportat infecții record în ultimele zile, determinând guvernatorul, Hirofumi Yoshimura, să solicite o a treia stare de urgență de la începutul pandemiei, scrie The Guardian. De marți, Japonia a raportat un total de 542.000 de infecții și peste 9.700 de decese de la începutul pandemiei. Tokyo a raportat până acum peste 130.000 de infecții și 1.850 de decese. Luna aceasta Japonia a pus Osaka, Tokyo și alte opt prefecturi sub cvasi-state de urgență, cu ore de lucru mai scurte pentru restaurante și baruri și apeluri mai puternice pentru telemuncă.

Persons: Miercuri Organizations: Guardian Locations: Japonia, Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Yuriko, Europa, SUA, Brazilia, India

☆ O altă variantă a coronavirusului de tip nou depistată în Japonia
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( Corina Seremet | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

O altă variantă a noului tip de coronavirus a fost depistată în Japonia. Institutul Național de Boli Infecțioase a declarat că în prezent nu există dovezi că noua variantă să aibă o rată mai mare de transmitere sau o probabilitate mai mare de a cauza simptome grave. Șeful institutului a menționat că noua tulpină prezintă asemănări cu cele răspândite în Marea Britanie și Africa de Sud. Îngrijorarea față de noile variante de coronavirus potențial mai infecțioase descoperite în cele două țări a determinat guvernul să interzică intrarea în Japonia a cetățenilor străini nerezidenți. Peste 6.000 de cazuri noi de infectare cu noul tip de coronavirus sunt raportate zilnic în Japonia, iar sâmbătă, a fost depășit pragul de 7000 de infectați pentru a treia zi consecutiv.

Persons: Suga Organizations: News, Infecțioase Locations: Japonia, Brazilia, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Africa de Sud

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