« Back Wildcats Welcome Kikugawa As Head Football Athletic Trainer4/18/2018 3:18:00 PM | Football, Sports Medicine spread out around the restaurant’s front door as a hostess greeted guests inside The wait for a table was around 20 minutes The Riverside County breakfast spot, along with a handful of other local businesses, opened to the public last week despite not being approved for reopening by state officials who owns and operates the Norco location of the national pancake franchise with his daughter said he had received approval from Riverside County officials to resume dine-in service last Thursday “Some guy drove all the way from San Diego County to come eat (Paul Duginski / Los Angeles Times) Jose Arballo Jr. a public information specialist for the Riverside County Department of Public Health said that his department had not approved the restaurant’s request to open but allowed the request may have been handled by other departments in the county Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has stated publicly that he would not be enforcing the county’s stay-at-home orders the decision to reopen was motivated more by financial statements than political ones Since closing its dining room in mid-March the restaurant — best known for airy Dutch baby pancakes dusted with powdered sugar — had been doing about 10% of its usual business in takeout orders Kikugawa estimated he was about 45 days away from closing the restaurant permanently and laying off 30 employees “I’ve been in the restaurant business my entire life I’ve never experienced anything like this,” he said “We borrowed and invested a lot of money to open and all of it was at risk Vince Kikugawa says he’s taking every precaution and following CDC safety guidelines at his restaurant: limiting seating having patrons wait outside or in their cars until a seat is available and requiring face coverings and gloves for all staff members (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Kikugawa said the restaurant had gone “above and beyond” to implement safety measures outlined by the CDC and state officials The dining area has reduced its seating capacity by half with tables spaced at least six feet apart changed them regularly and washed their hands in between tables and chairs were wiped down and sanitized Pump bottles of hand sanitizer lined the room Original Pancake House employee Yaely Morales disinfects a chair between seatings (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Yaely Morales a busser who has worked at the Original Pancake House for six years said she was relieved to return to work but still a little nervous Riverside County has had more than 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 according to numbers on the county’s public health website Earlier in the week, Riverside County officials signaled they would begin moving forward with business reopenings after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced relaxed criteria that would allow most of the state’s 58 counties to restart restaurant dining and other services soon. California The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to adopt an alternative plan to reopen the local economy. Several diners at Original Pancake House said they felt comfortable with the health precautions the restaurant had put in place, as well as the reopening of dining rooms in general. Norco residents Bob Carr and Ron Couch, both retired, said that before the COVID-19 pandemic they had dined at Original Pancake House twice a week. “We’re very happy to come eat breakfast again and would recommend it to anyone,” Carr said. “They’re cleaning the booths so well you almost slip out of your seat when you sit down.” David and Tina Gallup of Ontario said they were looking forward to their first restaurant meal out since stay-at-home orders began and were happy to support a local business. “Obviously there’s still a concern because of the virus,” David said. “But we already go to the grocery store and gas station. To me, this isn’t too different.” If business maintains its current pace, Kikugawa feels confident that his restaurant will be able to survive the pandemic and remain open. So far he’s even been able to increase hours for some of the restaurant’s workers. But he’s also aware that many people on social media voiced concerns about the restaurant’s decision to reopen without say-so from the state. “Everything is a concern right now. You have to use common sense and be safe but you also have to live life,” Kikugawa said. “I don’t think there is an issue with what we’re doing. If you’re concerned about it, don’t come here. That’s your right too.” Restaurants and bars implement their own health policies as Delta-variant cases rise Aug. 2, 2021 Updates 12:33 p.m. May 21, 2020: This story has been updated to include a comment by a Riverside County Department of Public Health official. Garrett Snyder is a former staff writer for the Food section of the Los Angeles Times. He previously edited the food sections of Los Angeles magazine and L.A. Weekly and has co-authored several cookbooks. He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and believes in driving long distances for a good sandwich. World & Nation Food Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Some little kids dream of building a treehouse But one Japanese man followed through on his dream to create a luxury escape that adults can enjoy too Soviet spacecraft to crash land on Earth in less than 2 weeks Northeast: Days of showers and storms for some Soggy South Central states: Intense downpours to renew flooding risk Two people killed when small plane crashes into California homes Staffing shortage causes 7 days of major delays at Newark Airport Coyote drinks from Los Angeles salon's skylight The REAL ID deadline is less than a week away Fungi could be used to build homes one day Get AccuWeather alerts as they happen with our browser notifications Metrics details The magnetic field-induced changes in the conductivity of metals are the subject of intense interest both for revealing new phenomena and as a valuable tool for determining their Fermi surface Here we report a hitherto unobserved magnetoresistive effect in ultra-clean layered metals namely a negative longitudinal magnetoresistance that is capable of overcoming their very pronounced orbital one This effect is correlated with the interlayer coupling disappearing for fields applied along the so-called Yamaji angles where the interlayer coupling vanishes it is intrinsically associated with the Fermi points in the field-induced quasi-one-dimensional electronic dispersion implying that it results from the axial anomaly among these Fermi points the anomaly is predicted to violate separate number conservation laws for left- and right-handed chiral (for example PtCoO2 and Sr2RuO4 suggests that the anomaly affects the transport of clean conductors (a) Crystallographic structure of the delafossite PdCoO2 with Pd (b) Configuration of contacts for measuring the interplanar longitudinal resistivity (ρc) showing concentric contacts at the top and at the bottom surface of each hexagonal platelet-like crystal (c) Configuration of contacts for measuring the in-plane longitudinal resistivity for currents flowing along the axis and fields applied along the same direction (a) Normalized interplanar magnetoresistivity Δρc/ρ0=(ρc(μ0H)−ρ0)/ρ0 for a PdCoO2 single crystal and as a function of axis at T=1.4 K The very pronounced negative longitudinal magnetoresistance arising in the presence of cyclotron motion in the ab plane is noteworthy (b) Δρc(μ0H)/ρ0 as a function of μ0H applied along the direction and for several temperatures T describing positive transverse magnetoresistance Δρc surpasses 350,000% under a field H=35 T (c) Kohler scaling of the transverse positive magnetoresistance Δρc(μ0H) It is noteworthy that (i) all data collapse on a single curve as a function of μ0H/ρ0 and (ii) at low fields Δρc(μ0H)/ρ0∝(μ0H/ρ0)2 as expected for classical orbital magnetoresistance (a) Interlayer resistivity ρc normalized by its zero-field value ρ0 as a function of the external field μ0H and for μ0H parallel to current I (itself parallel to the sample interlayer c-axis) and for several temperatures T It is noteworthy that the very pronounced negative magnetoresistivity ρc/ρ0 decreases by a factor >60% when sweeping the field from 0 to 5 T It is also worth noting that this effect disappears when the T approaches and/or surpasses ∼200 K (b) ρc as a function of μ0H from a third crystal at T=1.8 K and for several angles θ between μ0H and the c axis It is noteworthy how the negative magnetoresistivity observed at low fields is progressively suppressed as θ increases the mechanism leading to the negative magnetoresistivity is observed to overpower the orbital one at higher fields and higher angles (c) Kohler plot for all the temperature-dependent ρc/ρ0 In-plane longitudinal resistivity normalized by its zero field value ρ0 as a function of the field applied along the direction for a PdCoO2 single crystal and for several temperatures The absence of negative magnetoresistivity is noteworthy From the width Δθ of the peak at half maximum one can estimate the value of the interlayer transfer integral tc=2.79 meV from equation (1) (c) Interplanar resistivity ρc as a function of μ0H at T=1.8 K and for two angles It is noteworthy how the pronounced positive magnetoresistivity observed at θn=1 is strongly suppressed when μ0H is rotated by just ∼0.3° (d) ρc as a function of μ0H under T=1.8 K and for θ=21.5° after increasing by several orders of magnitude displays negative magnetoresistivity at higher fields thus indicating a clear competition between the orbital and another mechanism we show how these frequencies disappear when the group velocity vanishes at θn Interplanar resistivity ρc normalized by its zero-field value ρ0 for a PtCoO2 single crystal at a temperature T=0.35 K and as a function of the magnetic field μ0H applied along two angles with respect to the c axis respectively θ=0° (pink line) and 17° (blue line) Dashed magenta line describes the smoothly varying background Inset: ρc/ρ0 as a function of μ0H applied along the first Yamaji angle θn=22.8° None of the compounds described in this study are near a magnetic instability nor do they contain significant amounts of magnetic impurities or disorder to make them prone to weak localization The magnitude of this anomalous magnetoresistivity coupled to its peculiar angular dependence are in fact enough evidence against any of these conventional mechanisms we discuss an alternative scenario based on the axial anomaly which in our opinion explains most of our observations (a) The dispersion of Landau levels for a conventional three-dimensional metal placed in an external magnetic field applied along the z-direction Owing to the underlying parabolic dispersion each Landau level disperses quadratically as a function of kz the momentum component along the applied field Each partially occupied Landau level intersects the Fermi energy EF at two Fermi points In the vicinity of the two Fermi points located at kz=±kF,n for the n-th partially filled Landau level the quasiparticles disperse linearly with opposite group velocities v±,n=±ħkF,n/μ where μ is the effective mass The ± signs of the group velocity respectively define the chirality of the right- and the left-moving one-dimensional fermions for quasi-two-dimensional metals the Landau levels possess a periodic dispersion relation as a function of kz owing to the tight binding term 2tc cos(kzd) with interlayer hopping strength and spacing Within the first Brillouin zone defined as −π/d<kz<π/d each partially filled Landau level again gives rise to a pair of one-dimensional fermions of opposite chirality around the Fermi points The situation depicted here corresponds to 4tc<ħωc or when only one Landau level is partially filled (c) Landau levels for 4tc>ħωc or when multiple Landau levels are partially occupied and each of them gives rise to a pair of chiral fermions with multiple partially occupied Landau levels describes PdCoO2 for fields along the c axis or for arbitrary angles away from the Yamaji ones one can suppress the Fermi points by aligning the field along an Yamaji angle and this should suppress the associated axial anomaly the suppression of the Fermi points suppresses the negative magnetoresistivity indicating that the axial anomaly is responsible for it our results suggest that the axial anomaly among pairs of chiral Fermi points may play a role in ultra-clean systems even when they are located far from the quantum limit is likely to be relevant to a number of physical systems Single crystals of PdCoO2 were grown by the self-flux method through the following reaction PdCl2+2CoO→PdCoO2+CoCl2 with starting powders of PdCl2 (99.999%) and CoO (99.99+%) These powders were ground for for up to 60 min and placed in a quartz tube The tube was sealed in vacuum and heated up to 930 °C in a horizontal furnace within 2 h and subsequently up to 1,000 °C within 6 h and then cooled down quickly to 580 °C in 1 or 2 h The tube is heated up again to 700 °C within 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Present address: Present address: Institute for Solid State Physics Present address: Present address: Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry Present address: Present address: National Research Council performed the measurements and analysed the data contributed to the collection of experimental data at high magnetic fields synthesized and characterized the single crystals performed electron probe microanalysis of the measured single crystals wrote the manuscript with the input of all co-authors The authors declare no competing financial interests Supplementary Notes 1-4 and Supplementary References (PDF 582 kb) Download citation Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Yutaka Kikugawa (BA Geography 1995; MA Sociology of Education 1996) was working for the Japan Committee for UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) when the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck north-eastern Japan several hundred thousand people were displaced and a number of nuclear power plants were plunged into a crisis which still presents issues 12 years on Yutaka was appointed to run UNICEF’s emergency and recovery operation The following year it led to him establishing El Sistema Japan part of a global movement using free music education to improve the lives and prospects of disadvantaged children Its initial focus was on the children affected by the disaster El Sistema Japan now operates in eight prefectures, and as Executive Director you would imagine Yutaka to have his hands full. And yet, he has also found time to run the UCL Alumni Club Japan for eight years It’s typical of a man whose career has been focused on facilitating the betterment of others and who seems to have the ambition to change the world but also with deep interest in Finno-Ugric languages and literature So it was that the family moved to Helsinki were ingrained in him by these influences and experiences “I was only in kindergarten in Helsinki,” he says “But somehow I think that inspired me to study abroad.” It was seen as unusual by his peers when Yutaka came to UCL for his undergraduate Geography degree in 1992 as most Japanese students at the time would begin their higher education in their home country “I was already thinking my future career would be working for international organisations,” he explains “And I took geography as it was just at the start of everyone really thinking about environmental issues The course really opened my eyes to different places I started to become interested in development and education issues in general After undertaking an MA in Sociology of Education at London’s Institute of Education (which has since become IOE Yutaka returned to Japan to work for a private think tank before landing a dream role – working for UNESCO in South Africa in 1998 It was a challenging environment but I learnt a lot and met many people who had an impact on me.” working on education projects as well as confronting the huge problem of HIV on the African continent He spent seven years in Lesotho and Eritrea I was working in fundraising – a completely different role El Sistema is a music education programme which builds the confidence and social skills of disadvantaged children It was founded in Venezuela in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu and has inspired similar programmes in more than 70 countries While running UNICEF’s relief efforts following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Yutaka became acutely aware of its impact on youngsters and when a goodwill ambassador mentioned El Sistema to him “I started to realise that all these things connected I love music – I played piano and saxophone growing up And in South Africa I had seen how music and dance could drive people’s struggle to survive.” Yutaka’s El Sistema Japan is now over a decade old and has benefitted thousands of young people – firstly in the areas most affected by the 2011 disaster (2012 saw the foundation of the Soma Children’s Orchestra and Chorus in Soma City I’m really proud that children from when we started are now coming back to teach for us or are finding other ways to contribute to their communities In volunteering to run the UCL Alumni Club Japan over the last eight years Yutaka mirrors the community-minded approach he is so proud of in his El Sistema graduates He says the network’s value partly comes from its diversity “You meet so many people from different fields and areas of work because UCL is such a big university with so many departments International collaboration is the focus of the group going forward: “UCL has such a big network of alumni communities globally,” says Yutaka “And so the vision is to strengthen our regional networking with places such as Korea This year’s annual Alumni Club party had particular significance celebrating the 160th anniversary of the arrival at UCL of the Choshu Five – the Japanese students who would all go on to prominent roles in the foundation of modern Japan They were the trailblazers who established UCL as a destination university for Japanese students “I don’t know how many of today’s students know the Choshu Five story when they apply to UCL,” laughs Yutaka It’s good that people learn this way – the link between Japan and UCL had a big impact.” Yutaka says he will remain connected with UCL for the rest of his life – it is something he values highly and we also want to work hard to reach those we haven’t yet reached “The most important thing is that the children gain confidence All of them have been through difficult moments but with this music and the friends they make they find ways to share joy and that can have a big impact on their lives I think I’ll be doing this work for at least another five or 10 years.” Wherever you are in the world, you won't be far from another UCL graduate! If you want to connect with other alumni in your region, visit our alumni groups page Japan — A group of nearly 20 Americans and Japanese teamed up here recently for a discovery expedition into the aisles of a Japanese supermarket said the trip to an off-base grocery story made her a savvier and more confident shopper “I have some food allergies and so trying to figure out how to navigate that is a bit more difficult when you can’t read the package labels,” Williamson said Sept “That’s probably relevant to a lot of people so it’s nice to be able to talk with somebody who can speak the language and help navigate that.” a private organization at this base south of Hiroshima arranges the trips to help military families navigate the challenges of shopping on the local economy because fresh produce and other unique ingredients are more readily available and affordable the society’s membership committee co-chair “SOFA [members] have a fantastic opportunity to team up with Japanese locals to learn about local products including trying delicious new foods,” she said during an interview Sept Off-base shopping can be intimidating for some Americans stationed in Japan “We’ve only lived here for a short time and I’m nervous to go off base because of the language barrier,” Marine spouse Haylee Clark said Sept With the yen valued at a record low this year some Americans are taking advantage of their purchasing power by shopping in local stores When Navy spouse Stephanie Drury arrived here in April but I didn’t know where to start,” she said Sept “I kept joking I’m going to buy flour but end up with sugar or something else instead.” Drury’s Japanese guides showed her their favorite tofu “I think I’m saving a lot of money every time I check out and I’m happy to see how little I spent,” she said bread and bananas at the MCAS Iwakuni commissary was 22% more expensive than the same items at Fuji Mart according to an informal survey Monday by Stars and Stripes Few food brands in the commissary overlap with items sold in local stores so Drury still shops for some items on base The guided shopping tour has been an annual event for more than a decade a friendship society membership committee co-chair “We noticed that a lot of SOFA members want more than just one time,” she said military families are primarily buying fresh produce in Japanese supermarkets they still shop at the commissary for familiar items and for convenience “I prefer to shop off base for produce,” Jasmine Herion spouse of a Department of Defense contractor The number of customer transactions at commissaries in Japan has remained steady from October 2022 through August Defense Commissary Agency spokesman Keith Desbois said by email Sept “DOD’s investment to DeCA’s operating budget allows commissaries to deliver a goal of 25 percent overall savings against local market baskets outside the gate if our patrons shop their commissary regularly,” he said 2017 – FedEx Express (FedEx) and Junior Achievement an organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in the global economy hosted the qualifying round for the Japan teams of the FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge (FedEx/JA ITC) 2017 on July 17 The three winning teams selected to represent Japan at the FedEx/JA ITC regional finals held August 20 – 24 in Singapore and their proposed products are: Team Tatsuki Kikugawa (Eiko Gakuen High School) and Keisuke Ebihara (Seiko Gakuin High School): Herb-based mosquito repellent and a mosquito repelling fragrance Team Taishi Nishizawa and Satoki Shimamune (Kaisei Senior High School): Tablet that can provide fast and reliable Internet access in areas without high-speed connectivity Team Kyoka Miura (SKG Shibuya Senior High School) and Yuka Motoda (Shoei Girls High School): Mini-fridge that runs on energy generated by stepping on pedals attached to the device for areas lacking reliable electricity This year’s regional finals will feature a change from the previous competition format To further promote cross-border collaboration finalists will not be competing in the same groups but will instead go through a random shuffle to form a mixed team of two team members from different countries we are committed to helping develop future business leaders and are very proud to sponsor this exciting student program together with Junior Achievement,” said Ken McMahon “More than 50 student teams from across Japan took part in the International Trade Challenge where they developed business plans that highlighted both creative thinking skills and strong entrepreneurial spirit We were very impressed with the high level of teamwork and enthusiasm demonstrated by all of the participants.” this year marked the 11th FedEx/JA ITC program which aims to help young people understand how entrepreneurship can improve the quality of their lives and the communities where they live Student teams from ten countries and regions will participate in the 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Send Mother Lode News Story photos to news@clarkebroadcasting.com For local news delivered to your email daily, sign up myMotherLode’s FREE Daily Newsletter here Not a single industry has gone unaffected by the spread of Covid-19 We sat down with six fresh graduates with impeccable timing who happened to join Avex last spring to see what they think about their new employer （From left）Mai Kitagawa、Mariko Ishibashi、Gen Kikugawa、Kagatsugu Shichijo、Kairin Ho、Yumi Tokunaga Avex switched over to a work-from-home environment early on in hopes of containing the spread of Covid-19 That of course included the newly hired employees who joined the company in April Even the intern programs where held remotely Let’s find out what these six fresh faces had to say about their new working environment during these challenging times Kitagawa “I was really impressed by the hash tag ‘#avex_no_asobiba.’ I was surprised at how fast they were able to provide a place for the general public to create and share content.” Kikugawa “The new PPAP -2020- that taught people how to properly wash their hands appeared on regular TV and there were tons of posts on social platforms of children washing their hands to the song It was even played over the announcements at large shopping malls for customers who ventured out during the pandemic Despite the short amount of time they have been at the company these newly grads have already developed seasoned employee-like viewpoints Ishibashi “It was so great that they were able to respond with the live broadcast projects with such speed But live broadcasts are something you want to watch not because you can’t go to the concerts anymore so I’m always thinking of what we could make that would be better than a concert I want to create strong content that people will want to watch exactly because it is live streaming.” Shichijo “It’s a genuinely exciting situation we’re in now where major artists are performing without anyone in the crowds and participating in something new that they would never have done if it weren’t for the Corona virus after witnessing an audience-less concert myself but there are many things that need improvement as well So I think it would be great if we differentiate the two and have the value of real live concerts increase thanks to the very existence of concert streaming without audiences.” and to what severity has the sudden change made things harder Ishibashi “There is a lot less outside stimuli Like going to the club and finding new music or hearing a new cool band for the first time at a music festival The information I get from going out and discovering things has decreased.” Ho “I work online and I get my entertainment from the internet too so in that respect there hasn’t been much disruption I don’t feel like I’m enjoying it as entertainment as much as I used to though.” Kitagawa “Up until now I would listen to music while I commuted for an hour to school or to work but now I find it harder to make time to include new music into my lifestyle.” Kikugawa “It has reminded me about the important relationship between travel and music I’m definitely aware of the decrease in audio content and information I get from listening to music and the radio But a lot of content has shifted over to the internet and we’re seeing a gradual increase in the quality of it all I see the value between living your normal life at home and the “premium” feeling of intently tuning into online entertainment is going to continue to get bigger and eventually create a new norm.” entertainment might not be as essential or necessary when compared to clothing But I think that in the modern world we live in now and you wouldn’t be wrong to say that there are even people out there who pour their whole life into following pop idols or anime I really like sports and I use to watch sports games on the weekends But now I don’t really look forward to the weekends I don’t feel that life is as rich as it used to be.” it was interesting to see how accepting all of them were towards the benefits of online One could say they are the “first corona generation.” They are un-proportionately positive about it Tokunaga “While I was doing my job training I had an online discussion with Alumni from my school who were already working here and after I was placed in my department I held an online recruitment event as recruitment staff We used to have to travel to different regions of the country to attend recruiting events if we wanted to talk to students outside of Tokyo but now since everything has shifted online and the physical distance between us is no longer important we’ve been able to meet and talk to many more regional students I’ve learned that a lot of them are watching more online concerts at home instead of having to travel to Tokyo like before.” Kikugawa “Fans were chosen at lottery drawings after online concerts of Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE and TVXQ (Tohoshinki) Their names were shown on the screen and they were able to talk with the artists which was a totally new attempt that would have never been possible at concerts up until now That’s one of the benefits of doing things online.” Ho “With online concerts you don’t need a venue Artists like Marshmello and Travis Scott have performed on Fortnite and Lady GaGa has done collaborations with artists all over the world I was placed in the overseas project department so I would love to try out some similar projects as well.” The newly grads have been working hard in their respective departments since entering Avex last spring “It means a lot that they are willing to listen to and implement ideas of employees who have only been in the company for a month,” says Kitagawa regarding her superiors Avex has been more than open and welcome to their honest opinions Shichijo “I work in the new project department. We are working on a project, an entertainment crowdfunding service that supports new creators and artists that we plan to roll out in September We had been planning to do so even before Corona happened so we’re actually trying to speed things up at the moment And we’ve also been thinking of things other than support For instance how to sell quality things during a time like this I think crowdfunding would be a great tool to efficiently sell tickets to concerts by giving seats added-value for fans to purchase since seating capacity has been cut in half due to Covid-19 prevention measures and each seat is now worth more I feel that Japan has a very fair seating system which stems from our view of customers as being God We don’t have a developed and diverse VIP system I think if we utilize crowdfunding and improve this aspect and bring in fans who can afford to spend more we would be able to make a business out of it and even increase the value that artists already have.” Kikugawa “I joined the alliance department where we use our hit-making knowhow for PR and help improve the products and services of other companies After having to deal with Covid-19 we have been coming up with much more new online promotions on top of the “real life” ones up until now One in particular that I’ve been brewing over personally is that now that we must open a space of 2 meters in between people at our concerts that we live stream why not use that space for some type of promotion Since we can’t do things the conventional way I’m thinking of how to turn it around and use that to our advantage.” Kitagawa “My department takes care of live streaming sales and I’m in charge of music subscription services Up until now people used streaming services mostly while commuting but things are changing Our next hurdle might be finding a way to get people to choose listening to music over watching videos other companies have artists that are putting out tunes that are one minute long The whole concept of songs being four or five minutes may change Ho “I work with overseas artists in our label department Of course since we can’t go to other countries and I’m constantly thinking of how we’re supposed to advance the promotion of our artists there We might even have to take photos online.” Figuring out how to advance projects online that would normally be offline is growing crucial are flexible when it comes to taking on new challenges they each have their own hopes and passion Since the university lessons have shifted to online classes I often hear that students have more leisure time at home that they use for entertainment The great thing about entertainment is that it allows people to get a taste of the non-norm to change things up in the everyday mundane especially now that the pandemic has removed a lot of stimulation and change out of day to day routine So I think there is a totally increase in need for it I’m always thinking about how to get across how great Avex is in the limited amount of time we have to talk online.” we’ve discovered this new experience of watching concerts on our smartphones our image of ‘entertainment’ has been some large scale event like festivals and fireworks But I think that almost everyone has begun to realize that entertainment is surprisingly all around you I think it will no longer be that we go out to be entertained That’s the kind of thing I’d like to aim at.” I think each newly grad has the drive to do something that interests them and that it’s only the method in which we do that that has changed I think the Japanese sports industry can evolve much further and I think it can become much more interesting and engaging I think there is much more potential for business in there I want to come up with new ideas to improve the sports industry Ho “I graduated from a music university where I composed songs and I joined Avex in hopes of creating those kinds of stories through music I think our brains don’t just store memory but they also allow us to recall memories through smells and music and the sort or the ability to be able to remember past memories just by listening to music and I hope to make content that’s centered around that.” Kitagawa “I applied to Avex hoping that I could help bring out the charm bring the best of artists who chase after their dreams Now it is so easy for people to broadcast on an individual level and many artists that started out on YouTube have landed major label deals I want to do work that supports people like that.” Ishibashi “I was in the orchestra in school and there was one person in a wheelchair who came to our concert to watch us play every year and said that it was their reason to live I came to Avex in hope of producing concerts that become someone’s drive in life I think that the value in offline concerts is in the fact that there is always unpredicted things happening there are talks and stories that you can only hear then and there So I thought that if we’re going to make online concerts then we might as well give them un-recreatable values too For example each viewer can use their smartphone and personalize the video that they see to their liking I want to continue to produce performances that become the energy and vitality in people’s lives.” one could easily tell that even during the times we’re in these newly grads showed no signs of anxiety or timidness Perhaps it is because they lack preconceived ideas tied to the past that they are able to change so flexibly and propose new and wild ideas that don’t heed to common sense If there were more companies that give more chances to young talented minds then the future of the entertainment industry This interview taught us the vast possibilities of entertainment Enrolling in Hawaiʻi’s public schools is a straightforward process that involves determining school eligibility and completing an application either online or in person We are committed to providing a high-quality education for all 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selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links Below, a selection of some of the book’s most spectacular treehouses—just in time for Earth Day. Inside The Spiral (Treeful) in Nago, Okinawa, Japan by Satoru and Maha Kikugawa. Playa Viva, a bamboo treehouse built by Artistree in Zihuatanego, Mexico by Will Beilharz and Artistree. Interiors of The Half Tree House in Barryville New York, 60 miles away from New York City, by Jacobschang. The property is heated by a generator and woodburning stove. The Snake Houses, a group of treehouses in  Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal by Rebelo de Andrade. “The Snake Houses most undoubtedly bring to mind one’s childhood and its heritage of dreams. Who never wished to have a treehouse, or never to grow old, like Peter Pan?” the architectural firm wrote in a statement after the projects were completed. “Pigna,” designed by Claudio Beltrame in Malborghetto, Italy. The architect imagined treehouses that would “represent the forest.” As such, the structure mimics a pinecone. The Kikugawa Test Course has been in the works for years with construction originally scheduled to start in October 2009 for completion in the fall of 2012 Construction was shelved however when the recession hit Yamaha is now ready to build the Kikugawa Test Course The new facility will span about 121 acres and feature a 1.18-mile closed course The course will be shorter than the originally planned 1.86-mile course but it will include hilly terrain and dust-resistance testing sections The Kikugawa Test Course will be used for evaluating safety and environmental performance for medium to small displacement motorcycles for emerging markets such as Asia and Central and South America The Kikugawa Test Course will be Yamaha’s largest test facility in terms of total area Motorcycle.com presents an unrivaled combination of bike reviews and news written by industry experts More by Motorcycle.com Staff Advertise | Donate Submit a tip Submit an Op-ed she immediately opened her laptop to learn that a 30-foot tsunami and a 9.0-magnitude earthquake devastated northern Japan and was felt throughout the country “Basically we always talk about how the big earthquake will come in Japan and we’ve always had drills back in elementary school,” Bishop said “When she said ‘it finally happened,’ she meant that what we were scared of finally occurred.” Bishop repeatedly tried to contact family members in Tokyo but received no response “I was just terrified the whole time because I didn’t know what happened I heard that Disneyland was under water which is only about an hour away from my house “My mom said that all the trains were basically shut down,” Bishop said “Nobody could move and everybody had to walk home My dad slept over his office because he couldn’t get home so he stayed with his colleagues because our house is way too far.” According to the National Police Agency of Japan the earthquake and tsunami left 9,700 people dead and 16,501 missing as of Wednesday “My friends’ relatives are still not found in the area,” said Maha Kikugawa “There are so many people dying and people are just sad and depressed Japan is completely different from two weeks ago.” when her boyfriend heard of the earthquake happening back home “When I was in Japan I had earthquakes maybe every one or two weeks so it wasn’t a big deal But this was one was very big so I couldn’t believe it,” Kikugawa said Unlike the northern city of Sendai where entire communities were swept by the tsunami Tokyo experienced strong tremors but was not as directly affected there is growing concern over the country’s food and water supply as well as the radioactive effects of malfunctions at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima “In Tokyo they have to bring umbrellas outside because the gas explosion poisoned the air,” Kikugawa said “My family fortunately evacuated to Okinawa Island because they didn’t want to get exposed to the nuclear radiation They’re staying there until my brother starts school on April 10 Because the families of Bishop and Kikugawa are overseas the university is trying to accommodate the needs of students alike that have been affected by the earthquake “We have 14 students that are from Japan that attend UM the department of international students and scholar services We contacted every student to make sure that their families were okay,” said Dr The Asian American Students Association is also developing fundraisers to donate all proceeds to the Japanese people hosting origami lessons and partnering with the Red Cross are among the tentative ideas to be performed in upcoming weeks “To see our members affected by what happened was devastating,” said Brooke Lemaire vice president of the Asian American Students Association but with the amazing community we have at UM I know we can all make a difference and help a wonderful country rebuild.” Jonathan Borge may be contacted at jborge@themiamihurricane.com The Miami Hurricane is the student newspaper of the University of Miami in Coral Gables The newspaper is edited and produced by undergraduate students at UM and is published in print every Tuesday and online everyday during the academic year Your browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check the site policy for more information National Report Shizuoka Prefecture--A tribute to animator Yuki Omura among 36 killed in the arson attack on Kyoto Animation Co. has appeared in a rice field in his mother's hometown re-creating one of his works across a rice field which stretches over scores of rice plants has appeared just a month before the one-year anniversary of the July 18 mass murder at the animation studio in Kyoto Locals said the piece was created to keep the talented animator’s work alive “I still cannot find the words to describe the loss of this great aspiring man I want many people to come out and see this artwork,” said Tadashi Ikeda who used to go there with his family to view other artworks done across the paddies The artwork is the final scene of a picture book Omura created when he was a university student and shows the story's protagonist united with his parents after returning from an adventure The artwork honoring Omura was created by 10 types of rice plants some of which were planted by the animator's parents and an observation deck is opened to the public on weekends and holidays Tribute organizers have constructed the special observation deck so people can view the picture from above Suspect in deadly arson in Kyoto to take psychiatric evaluation Police: No signs Kyoto Animation stole work of murder suspect Kyoto arson suspect tells police he thought only '2 or so' died Suspect arrested over 36 deaths in arson attack at Kyoto Animation Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions Please right click to use your browser’s translation function.) A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II In-house News and Messages No reproduction or republication without written permission 443 runners out yesterday on what really did feel like the first day of spring Not that the ground wasn’t wet - it will be some weeks before it dries up - but the daffodils and early blossoms were a welcome sight after the gloomy weather that shrouded Brueton last week I took a walk in the park as the event was setting up and met up with Brueton regular Anju Bansal who was volunteering She’s a bit of a veteran at Brueton having started parkrun in 2018 and has run 227 times in total which given her regular attendance should not prove too much of a problem One early runner to arrive was Siu Hung Chan who has run 20 parkruns in total Sui Hung started in 2024 after joining us from Hong Kong and is now a committed regular The wet ground meant we started on the path instead of the usual grass but we got off just a couple of minutes after nine the route was the usual two laps and with the finish up the hill We had three parkrunners entitled to wear the 500 shirt There were 53 entitled to wear the 250 shirt - but I won’t name all of those! 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The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version Shizuoka — When the city of Kakegawa found that foreign children were struggling in school due to insufficient Japanese language skills and a lack of staff to help them it came up with a novel idea to help them keep up with their studies please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent The Shizuoka Prefecture city decided to held facilitate on-line learning for the students through cooperation with educational institutions in their home countries allowing them to be taught in their native language The number of students requiring Japanese language instruction is increasing but it has been difficult to find support staff who are able to handle the various different languages Kakegawa sees the new program as an effective way to address the problem According to the city’s Board of Education the introduction of such a program in schools is a rarity in Japan Four of the city’s 22 elementary schools will begin trials of the program in arithmetic in the second semester The schools will tell the overseas school what content they would like to be taught and classes will be formulated accordingly The Philippines’ Tagalog will be among the first languages tested it will be expanded to other languages and subjects in moving toward full implementation 386 of the 9,454 students in its elementary and junior high schools Although there are eight staff members assigned to assist foreign students at the city’s 31 elementary and junior high schools nearly half of the students have special needs such as needing help with school subjects or Japanese language instruction The city said that it is difficult to find staff for each language in Japan due to the costs and the lack of human resources It plans to provide support until the students have become sufficiently proficient in Japanese and can follow along in classes at school In preparation for the enrollment of foreign students in public elementary and junior high schools and Omaezaki subcontracted Japanese language and arithmetic/math classes to a special Kikugawa-based classroom operated by an NPO called the “Shizuoka Prefecture Education Forum.” The classroom formed an alliance with “e-Education,” a non-profit organization that provides IT-based educational support to children in Asia the organizations arranged for students to learn arithmetic online from local cram school instructors back home starting in mid-May two from the Philippines and one from Nepal currently receive lessons in their native language once or twice a week The program that Kakegawa is developing will also be implemented with the cooperation of e-Education Science and Technology Ministry found that in the 2023 academic year there were 57,718 foreign students enrolled in public elementary and high schools in need of Japanese-language instruction — an increase of about 10,000 from a similar survey in the 2021 academic year The number of such students in Shizuoka Prefecture increased by 492 to 4,275 “I am sure that the new program will enable us to provide more attentive guidance than before,” said Yoshiaki Sato “I think this will serve as a model for the rest of the country.” which has the highest percentage of foreign residents in the prefecture at about 8.5% is also considering a trial program for arithmetic classes in elementary school Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting © 2025 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun Leaf KYOTO [2023] Eat and charge your power and many people are feeling tired in the summer recharge your energy with highly nutritious eel The crisp yet fluffy texture and the aromatic aroma of the sauce are sure to whet your appetite we'll be picking up eel dishes recommended by our editorial team which you can enjoy not only on the day of the ox 2023 (Sunday) May be fully booked due to busy season which has been selling eels at Nishiki Market for a long time which is cooked to order in a special earthen pot at Isshiro Kiln in Hikone You will definitely be impressed by its powerful and deep flavor Grilled eel and rice bowl (reservation required) 7,000 yen The eel from Mikawa Isshiki is grilled white and then grilled with sauce to bring out its deliciousness Unagi Yondaime Kikukawa is operated by an eel wholesaler that has been in business for over 90 years has a fragrant skin and is so thick that it does not shrink even when grilled.The crisp skin and melting fat in your mouth are irresistible You can enjoy the unaju with large eels for 4,180 yen for 1 piece We also recommend the extravagant eel box “Gokujo” which has one kabayaki and one white grilled eel on top Open as usual on Midsummer Day of the Ox (however reservations are not possible on a first-come Reservations required for takeout by the day before Unajyu from 4,180 yen (takeout from 4,104 yen) Live eels are in the tank set behind the counter so you can enjoy the Kanto-style deliciousness it is dipped in a less sweet sauce and then broiled three times and only the rich flavor spreads in your mouth While a single fish is enough to satisfy your appetite the extravagance of one and a half fish on top is exceptional Rice is Kinuhikari from Shiga (price is subject to change) Thick domestically produced eels are carefully grilled over Binchotan charcoal ``The food is steamed and then grilled after you order it so you'll have to wait about 20 minutes but the freshly steamed food is exceptional.''As the owner says Reservations are required for Doyo no Ushi no Hi Lunch-limited eel bowl set meal 2,420 yen (takeout only eel bowl of the same size is 2,200 yen) A long-established eel restaurant that has served Kyoto's townspeople for over 100 years The large-sized dashi roll that protrudes from the bowl is essential for Edo-yaki eel which is steamed and then grilled over binchotan charcoal The elegant dashimaki seasoned with kombu seaweed is a perfect match for the rich flavor of the eel Kinshidon (regular) 2,800 yen (2,900 yen for takeout) A simple yet powerful combination of Kyoto-style dashi rolls and Edo-style grilled eel Enjoy the change of taste with Oi sauce and Japanese pepper An eel specialty restaurant [Kyoto Charcoal-grilled Eel Doi Ikatsu Eel] will open in Fushimi in 2018 and in Gion in 2021 The thick eel is kept alive in a low-temperature cooling circulator and grilled on the same day over charcoal for about 15 minutes The meat is plump and soft enough to melt in your mouth Pre-orders are available until July 28th (Friday) Unaju regular 3,000 yen (takeout 2,700 yen) plus fluffy kinshi omelet topping for 200 yen The umami of the eel and the taste of the dashi-flavoured egg are intertwined and you won't be able to stop your chopsticks.