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20 January 2022
Nissan testing energy control system using green power, EV batteries in Namie town
Nissan Motor Co. has kicked off an experiment in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie to verify an energy management system based on electric vehicle (EV) batteries for efficient use of power generated by renewable energy. It is the world's …
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14 January 2022
Fukushima Sky Park set to take off as more attractive "sky station"
The Fukushima city office and the nonprofit Fukushima Flight Association are engaged in a project to turn Fukushima Sky Park, a farm road airstrip, into an even more attractive tourist facility that would host a wide array of sky-themed events …
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24 December 2021
Elementary school 6th grader wins health-themed "Fukushima Junior Challenge" grand prix
Kaho Kikuchi, a sixth grader of Matsunaga elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, won the top award in an annual contest on children's ideas for community-based health promotion programs sponsored by Fukushima-Minpo Co., the publisher of the …
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20 December 2021
Crocodiles lived in water since Jurassic age: Fukushima Museum-led team finds from fossil analysis
A team of researchers led by Junki Yoshida, a 30-year-old curator at the Fukushima Museum in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, has found that ancestors of the crocodile may have adapted to living in water about 155 million years …
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9 December 2021
Fukushima Medical Univ. team pins down factor in cancer cell growth, provides clue for new drugs
In a world first, a team of researchers at the Department of Anatomy and Histology of Fukushima Medical University's School of Medicine has discovered a mechanism to restrict cancer cell growth by halting the activity of activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription …
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2 December 2021
Western-style Aizu Hongouyaki ware from Fukushima to debut in N.Y.
Western-style versions of Aizu Hongouyaki ware crafted in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Aizumisato will be displayed at an exhibition to be held in New York from December 9 to 23. Local potteries have developed tableware sets for dinner to …