One of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm is Japan’s Fukushima Forward project. Operational since 2013, it now includes three turbines with a total capacity of 14 MW. This accounts for nearly half of the approximately 30 MW global capacity. Offshore wind has been one of the biggest renewable energy success stories. In 2016,…
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So what is winter like in your area? We are just about 15 minutes south of the 45th parallel on the Japan Sea side of Hokkaido. That means winds and systems come across from Siberia and pick up moisture and the sky falls out here, sometimes several days in a row. This year’s amount of…
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How quickly the new year began and a month disappeared. It has been a long time since we have written on our blog and we trust to be able to keep up much better this year. The month of February is also disappearing: short month, month filled with furlough planning and preparation, full schedule as…
DetailsEzo deer are only found in Hokkaido, the large northern island of Japan which is known for its agriculture, open expanses and harsh winters. The males can weigh more than 150 kg (330 lbs), and are the large subspecies of the Japanese Sika deer that weighs a mere 40–70 kg (88–154 lb). Ezo deer primarily…
DetailsWe apologize for not posting our monthly prayer letter and other news here since October. Below is our December news and January news as well.
A fleet of self-driving taxis is scheduled to take to the roads in Japan during 2016. A partnership has been formed between the Japanese government and a company called Robot Taxi. Fifty people will take part in a trial scheme in Kanagawa prefecture. The trips will cover about 3 km and will involve some of…
DetailsFor years, the Olympic opening ceremonies have been spectacles on a grand scale and for some it’s never too early to start planning. One startup company has a proposal for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo that is literally out of this world: launch fireworks from orbiting satellites to create a man-made meteor shower. This might sound a bit…
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Dear Praying Friends, Ex 1:8 ¶ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Another generation came and did not remember the great help that Joseph had been to Egypt. God did not forget Joseph and his family, people did. People and time have a way of forgetting the past. …
Details(2010) A group of Japanese musicians were loaned a piano from its owner Yoko Matsuba, an 84-year-old survivor of the nuclear bombing. The piano was used in a concert which took place in the autumn at the United Nations headquarters in New York in order to promote global peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.…
DetailsTOKYO — Japan’s shinkansen, or bullet train, was the world’s first high-speed train running at 200 km per hour, and today the Tokaido Shinkansen is the world’s most used high-speed rail line. Impressively, even with over 120,000 trains running on the line each year, the average delay time is a mere 36 seconds. Part of…
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