Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The multigenerational shop Kaneshichi Shoten uses traditional techniques to make umami flakes The latest episode of Vendors: International explores the meticulous process of making bonito flakes at renowned shop Kaneshichi Shoten in Makurazaki bonito flakes are made from smoked and fermented tuna and give dashi broth its signature umami flavor are a seasoning ingredient made by boiling This method has existed in Japan for centuries and has been passed down for generations at the 60-year-old Kaneshichi Shoten which provides the ingredients to restaurants like Adi in Tokyo and the Nobu pop-up in Kyoto “These traditional techniques that we’ve inherited from the past perhaps it’s too much to say I want to preserve them but that’s how I feel,” says Yusuke Sezaki “Makurazaki produces half of all the katsuobushi made in Japan.” The process starts at a bonito auction where 30 different companies bid on the best fish the fish is simmered at high temperatures to stop the decay of inosinic acid lifting and strengthening the umami flavor craftspeople remove the bones by hand to prevent the shape from warping and they add fish paste to fill the gaps where the bones were removed it might seem like meaningless work,” Sezaki says this little task was proof that it was done by an amazing craftsman.” the fish is brought to a three-story smoke room where rising smoke removes moisture from the fish and imbues a unique flavor profile the fish is left out in the sun to dry for a week developing a green mold that Sezaki says is “best to be powdery not sticky.” Next up is the fermentation room where oil from the fish is broken down and the umami flavor continues to heighten “Being able to grow in a relaxed and comfortable state might have an impact on the quality of katsuobushi,” Sezaki says “This is where the bonito grow to their fullest.” These bonito flakes end up in dishes like green curry with golden eye snapper from chef Kanchan Adhikari of Adi Adhikari steeps the bonito flakes to make a dashi broth and adds that to spinach cilantro and combines that with traditional Nepalese spices like white coriander and cumin “You have to really understand your ingredients and the best way is to build a close relationship with your suppliers,” Adhikari says Seeing how hard everyone worked made me want to be more thoughtful about how I use katsuobushi.” Watch the newest episode of Vendors: International to watch how bonito flakes go from the fish auction to high-end dishes. 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Read our Privacy notice Japan is on high alert as powerful Typhoon Shanshan edges closer, with high waves and wind prompting flight cancellations The storm is expected to hit southern Kyushu on Thursday with winds reaching up to 155mph (250kph) at its centre On Wednesday, the storm was 70km south-southwest of Yakushima Island, moving slowly northward off the country’s southwest coast, bringing extreme winds and heavy rain The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima Prefecture as the typhoon threatens flooding and landslides The agency has issued a rain forecast of up to 23.6in (600mm) over the next 24 hours No damage or injuries have been reported so far but two people were rescued in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan on Wednesday morning after a landslide struck their home, the public broadcaster NHK reported. Two other residents have also been rescued. As the typhoon approached, dozens of domestic flights were cancelled. Japan Airlines announced the cancellation of some Wednesday flights scheduled to arrive or depart from airports in central Japan, including Osaka Kansai Airport, one of the country’s largest. All Nippon Airways, Japan's largest airline, said that the storm is expected to impact flights at Osaka airport. Japan’s high-speed rail network, the Shinkansen, began canceling some services on Tuesday, with further cancellations anticipated on Wednesday and Thursday, according to its operators. Japan Railway has announced that most bullet trains and local services on Kyushu will be suspended. Similar steps may be taken on the main island of Honshu until Sunday. Postal and delivery services in the region have been halted, and many stores are planning to close early. The JMA has warned that the risk of disaster could increase suddenly as the storm progresses. 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The government has also cancelled its annual earthquake drills to ensure disaster response resources are available for the typhoon. Localized heavy rain is also impacting other regions of Japan, including the Tokai region, where rain is intensifying as warm, moist air flows in. The city of Shinshiro in Aichi Prefecture has already recorded about 12in (304.5mm) of rain in 48 hours, the highest for August since record-keeping began in 2003. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Metrics details The “Dual Structure” model on the formation of the modern Japanese population assumes that the indigenous hunter-gathering population (symbolized as Jomon people) admixed with rice-farming population (symbolized as Yayoi people) who migrated from the Asian continent after the Yayoi period started The Jomon component remained high both in Ainu and Okinawa people who mainly reside in northern and southern Japan while the Yayoi component is higher in the mainland Japanese (Yamato people) The model has been well supported by genetic data but the Yamato population was mostly represented by people from Tokyo area We generated new genome-wide SNP data using Japonica Array for 45 individuals in Izumo City of Shimane Prefecture and for 72 individuals in Makurazaki City of Kagoshima Prefecture in Southern Kyushu and compared these data with those of other human populations in East Asia and Tohoku populations are slightly differentiated from Kanto (including Tokyo) These results suggest the substructure within Mainland Japanese maybe caused by multiple migration events from the Asian continent following the Jomon period and we propose a modified version of “Dual Structure” model called the “Inner-Dual Structure” model Geographical map of Yaponesia. The different regions are color-coded and numbered to correspond to Fig. 3 Re-drawing of the dual structure model from Hanihara [5] some regions in Japan are under-represented in population genetics studies We therefore generated new genome-wide SNP data from people in Izumo and together with data from other parts of Japan we tested whether the “Dual Structure” model still applies to these populations A total of 90 and 72 individuals from Izumo City of Shimane Prefecture and Makurazaki City of Kagoshima Prefecture, respectively (see Fig. 1) We later collected saliva samples at the Archeological Museum of Kojindani only 51 DNA samples from Izumo contained enough good-quality DNA for genotyping Six individuals from Izumo and eight from Makurazaki with up to 3rd degree relations (kinship coefficient more than 0.06) were omitted from further analysis 45 and 64 genome-wide SNP data for Izumo and Makurazaki The genotyping data obtained by SNP array was downloaded from Japanese genotype-phenotype archive on the approval of NBDC Data Access Committee (JGA Accession ID: JGAD000123) The genotype data were converted into VCF format After excluding duplicate samples and those with cryptic relatedness by KING the principal component analysis (PCA) was performed using PLINK1.9 to remove outlier samples The number of BBJ samples remaining after this step was 169,169 To reduce computation times for subsequent analyzes we decided to further trim down the BBJ dataset the mean values of the top 10 principal component values were calculated for each region and the deviation of the principal component values from the mean were assessed for each sample by Euclidean distance The top 1000 samples with the smallest Euclidean distances were selected from each region and used for subsequent analyses Principal component analysis (PCA) plots of individuals from various regions in Japan corresponding to Fig. 1 map Non-Japanese individuals are indicated by gray dots Two major clusters were observed in the BioBank Japan Kyushu cohort Admixture analysis for k (number of ancestral components) = 9 only 100 randomly selected individuals from each region of the BioBank Japan dataset are included in this figure Neighbor-Net network from pairwise Fst distances between populations A Network when all populations were included; B Network after Ainu was omitted; C Magnified view of reticulations involving Yamato people Makurazaki) test showing Makurazaki having more gene flow with Okinawa and Kyushu-A than with other Yamato past capitals of Japan and thus has a history of human migration from the Asian continent Representation of “Inner-Dual Structure” model The “Inner-Dual Structure” model might explain why people in the Central Axis region appear closely related in the PCA and network analyzes whereas people from the Periphery such as Makurazaki or Tohoku were less genetically influenced by the more recent migrations However it is still not clear when those new and old migrants came to Yaponesia these results appear to support the “Inner-Dual Structure” model however other explanations such as very recent migrations might contribute to the observed patterns The addition of samples from under-represented regions in Japan together with whole genome sequence data is needed to properly decipher the genetic make-up of Yaponesians Origin of Japanese based on nuclear DNA data analyses (in Japanese) die Aino und andere kaukasier-ahnliche Reste in Ostasien (in German) Dual structure model for the population history of the Japanese Prehistoric Japan: new perspectives on insular east asia Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 1996 Umetsu K.Japanese Archipelago Human Population Genetics Consortium et al The history of human populations in the Japanese Archipelago inferred from genome-wide SNP data with a special reference to the Ainu and the Ryukyuan populations based on snp genotypes from 7003 individuals compared to other ethnic groups: effects on population-based association studies The fine-scale genetic structure and evolution of the Japanese population Detection of ancestry informative HLA alleles confirms the admixed origins of Japanese population Implications of HLA diversity among regions for bone marrow donor searches in Japan Language diversity of the Japanese Archipelago and its relationship with human DNA diversity Japonica array: improved genotype imputation by designing a population-specific SNP array with 1070 Japanese individuals Robust relationship inference in genome-wide association studies Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: study design and profile Korean Genome Project: 1094 Korean personal genomes with clinical information The international Genome sample resource (IGSR): a worldwide collection of genome variation incorporating the 1000 Genomes Project data Freed D, Aldana R, Weber J, Edwards J. The Sentieon Genomics Tools—A fast and accurate solution to variant calling from next-generation sequence data. bioRxiv; 2017. https://doi.org/10.1101/115717 Second-generation PLINK: rising to the challenge of larger and richer datasets Fast model-based estimation of ancestry in unrelated individuals Inference of population splits and mixtures from genome-wide allele frequency data The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees Neighbor-net: an agglomerative method for the construction of phylogenetic networks The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population Watanabe Y, Isshiki M, Ohashi J. Prefecture level population structure of the Japanese based on SNP genotypes of 11,069 individuals. J Hum Genet. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-00847-0. Deep whole-genome sequencing reveals recent selection signatures linked to evolution and disease risk of Japanese The distribution of the ABO blood groups in Japan The distribution of several serological and biochemical traits in east Asia The distribution of genetic markers in blood samples from Okinawa Download references The authors would like to thank the following people and organizations: the people in Izumo and Makurazaki cities who kindly donated their DNA to this study; Mr Yoshinori Okagaki and Tokyo Izumo Furusato Kai Daisetsu Fujioka and Izumo City Kojindani Museum Makurazaki City Medical Doctors Association This study was supported by SOKENDAI Cooperative Research grant on modern human evolution MEXT Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Yaponesian Genome” (grant number 18H05505) cooperative research of the Inter-University Research Institutions (grant number I-URIC18P01) and a cooperative research with Genesis Healthcare These authors contributed equally: Timothy Jinam Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) National Center for Global Health and Medicine Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-00898-3 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Recent research has shown that the increasing severity of recent typhoons is not just a coincidence.A team from Imperial College London in the UK analyzed Typhoon Shanshan and issued a warning based on their findings.As long as humans continue to drive global warming typhoons will keep getting more intense.They say that the likelihood of super typhoons like Typhoon Shanshan occurring may have increased by more than 20 percent due to climate change cars continuously arrived at the waste disposal site following the disaster caused by Typhoon Shanshan A resident spoke to the camera that "the roof was about half torn off by the typhoon and had brought disaster debris several times." the strongest maximum wind speed of 51.5 meters per second was recorded during this typhoon. According to the research team in the UK the maximum wind speed of typhoons may have increased by 7.5 percent due to global warming.  In a press conference held at the Japan Meteorological Agency chair of the Abnormal Weather Analysis Review Committee said that it is reasonable to consider this year’s heat as part of abnormal weather. This year’s summer temperatures in Japan were 1.76 degrees Celsius higher than the average making it the hottest summer in over 120 years. Maeda Shuhei Head of the Climate Information Division of the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Atmospheric and Oceanic Department revealed that there is a possibility that precipitation during heavy rain events has increased due to the effects of global warming precipitation on the Pacific side of Eastern Japan was the highest recorded since statistics began.An expert knowledgeable about typhoons point out the following regarding their relationship with global warming Professor of  University of Tokyo mentioned that "The sea surface temperatures around Japan have remained very high and Typhoon Shanshan passed through such areas Regions where sea surface temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius have extended as far as Japan’s coast This is a recent trend and is believed to be influenced by global warming" he warns that when people think "oh we were fine with previous ones" that would be wrong from now on. "When refered to “previously,” we were comparing to 10 or 20 years ago but recent typhoons show that such assumptions no longer hold true It’s important to prepare and consider evacuation before a typhoon arrives" so he encourages people to use hazard maps and evacuate early. The research team in the UK recently issued a warning to Japan.It said the people of Japan are paying the price for climate change.A climate change expert points out that the effects of global warming extend beyond typhoons What are the harmful effects of global warming Professor at Institute for Future Initiative University of Tokyo mentioned that "Even typhoons of similar strength can bring more rainfall if there is more water vapor This is evident in phenomena like the torrential rainstorms we experienced this summer often referred to as 'guerrilla rainstorms'.'Additionally is expanding northward due to global warming Is there anything we can do to help stop global warming?The United Nations has outlined 10 actions.For individuals they suggest measures such as reducing electricity use at home and choosing environmentally friendly products when shopping University of Tokyo emphasized that It’s important to raise a voice or even just liking posts from people who are speaking out can make a difference I believe it is crucial to express your views in some form".   About Nippon Television Japan's weather agency issued a rare special typhoon warning Wednesday for most parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in the country's southwest as powerful Typhoon Shanshan which has already caused several injuries in affected areas The Japan Meteorological Agency said the storm is heading in a northerly direction south of the prefecture's Yakushima Island off the southwestern main island of Kyushu maintaining its strength and possibly making landfall in Kyushu on Thursday suspended its 14 plants nationwide late Wednesday and railway operators announced the cancellation of some services a total of nine people had sustained injuries due to the typhoon according to the prefectural governments of Kagoshima and neighboring Miyazaki JR West said operations of its Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train between Hiroshima and Hakata will be suspended after Thursday afternoon while JR Kyushu said it will cancel all of its local train and bullet train services by the afternoon of the same day bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen line between Shizuoka and Kakegawa were suspended adding that a rain gauge installed in central Japan had reached the regulatory threshold Some flights were also canceled on Wednesday with the typhoon nearing mostly those serving airports in Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures Residents have been warned to prepare for strong winds as well as high tides and waves with the weather agency urging people to be ready to evacuate before conditions worsen The agency said the typhoon could pack winds capable of destroying some houses The Kagoshima prefectural government said it opened 478 evacuation centers in 28 municipalities as of 3 p.m As much as 600 millimeters of rain over 24 hours has been forecast in some areas The storm's sluggish pace could increase the danger posed as areas may be struck for a prolonged period by strong winds and heavy rains said it will suspend operations at its two factories in the western prefectures of Hiroshima and Yamaguchi from Thursday night through late afternoon the following day Special typhoon warnings are declared in cases of extraordinarily powerful storm systems The same warning was issued for Kagoshima Prefecture in 2022 as Typhoon Nanmadol approached which was at that time a first for any area other than Okinawa could also be released for both Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures the typhoon was moving northward at 10 kilometers per hour and was located about 40 km northwest of Yakushima Island It had an atmospheric pressure of 935 hectopascals at its center Transport disrupted as typhoon expected to hit western Japan Strong typhoon heading toward southwestern Japan To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox Simply enter your email address below and an email will be sent through which to complete your subscription Please check your inbox for a confirmation email Thank you for reaching out to us.We will get back to you as soon as possible The browser that you use doesn't correspond to JavaScript or be invalid Go to the text area on this homepage,skip 'seach' and 'main menu'   �������Ȥ˷Ǻܤε������̿���̵��ž�ܤ�ؤ��ޤ������٤Ƥ����Ƥ����ܤ����ˡ�¤Ӥ˹�ݾ���ˤ���ݸ��Ƥ��ޤ��� it is for a very different reason that its name is familiar in Japan It is in this small town in Brittany that the Japanese Makurazaki factory named after the city of the same name south of Kyushu set up a branch to produce dried bonito or katsuobushi and one of the primary ingredients in traditional Japanese cuisine when the space opened following almost two years of work during which the organisation of the factory was carefully considered and the product tested countless times ‘It was the result of a real team effort’ ‘Two craftsmen specialised in cutting and smoking-drying and another in woodchip smoking came until summer 2018 to train workers in production for 2-3 weeks every month and a half The real challenge was to create katsuobushi according to Japanese standards while adapting it to a modern context’ the French Makurazaki factory employed six people and mainly produced arabushi katsuobushi: unfermented tuna fillets with a fermented surface following smoking and drying horse mackerel (ajibushi) and mackerel (sababushi) There is also a shipping line in Concarneau fishing for skipjack tuna in the Indian Ocean according to very strict specifications is then chartered to the Breton port before being cut into fillets and cooked ‘Most of the operations such as cutting Next come the stages of smoking with wood chips and drying however; the Japanese manufacturing secrets are closely guarded All that remains to do is mature and package the dried fish shavings The fish then makes its way into the hands of the greatest Breton and Parisian chefs, like Julien Lemarié, head of the Michelin starred restaurant Ima in Rennes ‘We use it mainly to make our dashis (broth We cannot quite replicate the taste as it is in Japan especially because the bonito is not fermented It therefore has a hint of Breton identity that we appreciate’ says the chef who spent five years in Japan and who is always seeking to add a little foreign twist to his local cuisine ‘It is important for us to work with local people particularly to our feedback to improve the quality of their product again and again’ who currently serves bonito as an infusion with kombu and galanga One of the greatest achievements for Gwenaël Perhirin and his team is the fact that Makurazaki supplies Eiryo Kudo who served his katsuobushi when the new Japanese emperor was visiting the city ‘It seems that he enjoyed his meal’ A twinning project between Makurazaki and Concarneau is also planned Gwenael Perhirin and the Makurazaki factory team surely never dreamt of such success 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DOI:10.1038/s10038-020-00898-3 Press release (In Japanese only) dozens injured and flights grounded as typhoon makes landfall in Makurazaki Typhoon Vongfong barreled into Japan on Monday morning with at least one person missing and dozens injured while more than 300 flights were grounded Winds of up to 112 miles (180 km) per hour whipped ashore as the typhoon made landfall in Makurazaki on Kyushu island at around 8.30 am (2330 GMT) The typhoon is forecast to churn north-east through the Japanese archipelago at a speed of 30 kilometres per hour adding that it may reach the Kanto region – which includes Tokyo – late on Monday or early Tuesday Television footage showed the roof and walls of a house ripped off by gusts in Makurazaki while huge waves were smashing into breakwaters “We are calling on our residents to remain on alert as we are still within the storm zone,” said Naoki Jomori an official of Makurazaki’s anti-disaster office NHK said at least 45 people had been injured in typhoon-related accidents so far a figure which included the 23 injured as the monster storm pounded the southern Okinawa islands over the weekend Local authorities issued evacuation advisories to more than 440,000 residents mainly in southwestern Japan three Chinese people were swept away by high waves triggered by the typhoon on Sunday afternoon as they were fishing on the coast “Two of them were rescued safely but the remaining one aged 26 is still missing,” the police spokesman said high waves and heavy rains could hit a large swathe of the archipelago where a relatively wet summer brought numerous landslides including in Hiroshima where more than 70 people died stranding thousands of people travelling around the country at the end of a three-day national holiday celebrating health and sports Japanese airlines cancelled at least 372 flights while West Japan Railway said it planned to suspend all local services in the Kansai region The typhoon came just a week after another strong tropical cyclone whipped through the country the search was suspended for the bodies of at least seven hikers believed to be lying on the still-smouldering Mount Ontake The volcano was packed with walkers when it burst angrily to life on September 27 with many there to witness the spectacular colours of the countryside at the arrival of autumn The eruption was Japan’s deadliest in almost 90 years and nearly 1,000 troops firefighters and police have participated in a search made treacherous by the gases still rising from the peak as well as a knee-deep layer of sticky ash 　滋賀県の三日月大造知事が広島県庁を訪れ、山根健嗣副知事と平和施策を巡って意見交換した。三日月知事は次世代に戦争や被爆の悲惨さを伝えるため被爆地との連携を強める.. 　今回の調査では、壁画制作が実現しなかった主な理由として、広島訪問から２年と経（た）たない間にヘリングが他界したことが挙げられるという結論に至った。５月１８日ま.. 　「核廃絶は使命。このままでは死ねない」。その決意を胸に、広島で被爆した金本弘さん（８０）＝名古屋市＝が４月３０日、米ニューヨークの国連本部に集った各国の外交官.. 　１９４６年５月１日。中国新聞社が雑誌「月刊中国」を創刊した。広島市上流川町（現中区）の本社で印刷。「雑誌と言へば中央と考へられてゐた旧観念を脱し、地方文化の昂.. 　いつからだろうか。喜びあふれる光景が大通りになじんできたのは。広島市中心部を東西に貫く平和大通りは今月、鶴見橋から新己斐橋までの約４キロが全通して６０年を迎え.. 　私は長崎で生まれ育ったが、反戦・反核に対する思いが絶えず心の中で燃えていたかといえばそうではない。平穏に、平凡に暮らしてきた。それでも、先人たちの話を聞きなが.. 　中村キース・ヘリング美術館で５月１８日まで開催中の「Ｋｅｉｔｈ　Ｈａｒｉｎｇ：　Ｉｎｔｏ　２０２５　誰がそれをのぞむのか」展は、ヘリングの幼少期を振り返ること.. 　１９６６年、１９歳で中学を卒業した川下ヒロエさん（７９）＝広島市東区＝はこの年、被爆者健康手帳を取得した。当時住んでいたのは北九州市。母兼子さん（２０１４年に.. 　国際社会は危機感を持ち、歯止めの議論に入るべきだ。スウェーデンのストックホルム国際平和研究所（ＳＩＰＲＩ）が、２０２４年の世界の軍事費支出を発表した。２兆７１.. 　動物文学で知られる椋鳩十（むくはとじゅう）に、おどろおどろしい題名の異色作がある。「地獄島とロシア水兵」だ。舞台は萩の沖合４５キロに浮かぶ見島。１２０年前の５.. 　全ての命を守るため―をテーマに掲げていた。ローマ教皇フランシスコによる６年前の来日である。被爆地広島、長崎のほか、地震・津波・原発事故という三重の災害に見舞わ.. 俳優の吉永小百合さんは、これまで胎内被爆者の芸者を演じた「夢千代日記」などに出演してきたほか、原爆詩朗読CD「第二楽章」を制作しています。中国新聞創刊１３０周年記念として、３編の朗読映像を公開します。(写真は三浦憲治氏撮影) 中国軍管区司令部で被爆した八木さんの革脚絆＝１９７３年、八木実さん寄贈（撮影・山田尚弘） Makurazaki has a very high level of seismic activity Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900 there are about 875 quakes on average per year in or near Makurazaki Makurazaki has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900 which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years The quake had a very shallow depth of 7.1 km (4.4 mi) and was too small to be felt by people Makurazaki was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.4 There were also 43 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel The quake had a shallow depth of 60 km (37 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).