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30 Jan. The LCC terminal opened in Kansai Airport for international flights, the first flights brought passengers traveling in the Luna New Year holidays
The low cost carriers (LCC) terminal for international flights opened in Kansai Airport was opened on 28th of Jan. The first flight from Hong Kong landed at 6:07 a.m., with travelers spending holidays of the Luna New Year’s Day (which was on the same day this year) in Japan.
Comments: It’s good to improve access for Asian passengers.
31 Jan. Oxygen of the earth travels even to the moon, confirmed by study team of Osaka University and JAXA
The study teams of Osaka University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) , etc. confirmed that oxygen in the earth arrived to the moon, which is 380,000 km away. The team concluded that “the Solar wind”, i.e. the charged gas blowing from the sun, drifted the oxygen from the earth. The article is published in Nature Astronomy, a British science magazine.
Comments: It’s nice to imagine what’s happening in the universe!
1 Feb. Heart-shaped strawberries 1’270 yen (CHF 11) per piece, how about it for a Valentine gift?
Heart-shaped strawberries produced in Yanai-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, is becoming popular in view of Valentine’s Day.
“Kurahju Create”, a company that produces and sell strawberries, successfully created the heart-shaped ones after four years’ trials and failures. The company named it as “Heart of strawberry” and started selling in markets in December 2015.
Comments: Valentine Day provides a popular gift sales season in Japan, where girls buy gifts to boys.
2 Feb. Levying copy right tax from music classes, JASRAC said it’s policy, repel may happen
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) decided to levy a copy right tax from music classes organised by Yamaha or Kawai Musical Instruments Mfg, etc. for their playing of music. An estimated amount of the collected tax is between 1,000 -2,000 million yen a year. The classrooms reject the decision. This may call for intervention by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs or lead to a legal suit by the JASRAC.
Comments: JASRAC has a point. We must be sensitive and respect intellectual property rights of music creators.
3 Feb. Japan to accept Syrian refugees, about 300 over 5 years to begin with, paving a way for settling down
The Government of Japan is ready to accept about 300 refugees from Syria who are foreign students and their families over the coming five years starting from this year. The foreign student may come with a spouse and children, and family allowance will be paid. These refugee students are not obliged to go back to their home country after the study. This program thus will eventually open a way for the refugee students to settle down with a family n Japan.
Comments: Japan has accepted refugees only on exceptional basis. This program, while being still very timid, would open a way to a comprehensive system for refugees to settle down.
- All the news items are picked up from “Asahi Digital”, and summarized and translated by Europe-Japan Dynamics. The articles are not an official translation by the Asahi Newspaper.