Yokohama Green Expo faces low awareness one year out

A Kanagawa Prefectural Government survey last autumn found less than 50% of residents outside Yokohama aware of the Yokohama Green Expo. The event is one year away.

One year before the Yokohama Green Expo, awareness remains low. A survey conducted last autumn by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government showed that less than 50% of residents in the prefecture, excluding Yokohama, were aware of the event. The Japan Times reported this on March 20. Keywords include Yokohama Green Expo, Yokohama, gardening, and flowers. This finding highlights challenges in public recognition ahead of the expo.

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Elderly lacquerware artisans in trailer workshops amid temporary housing on Noto Peninsula, two years after the earthquake, highlighting recovery struggles.
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Noto peninsula earthquake marks second anniversary amid ongoing challenges

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Two years after the January 1, 2024, Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which caused 698 deaths across three prefectures, about 18,000 people remain in temporary housing in Ishikawa Prefecture. While infrastructure restoration progresses, challenges like population outflow and aging hinder full recovery. In Wajima, production of traditional lacquerware continues in trailer houses.

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Japan's hay fever crisis has human-made roots, reports The Japan Times. Efforts to thin forests and breed low-pollen cedar are advancing, even as labor gaps and neglected land complicate the work. Tokyo, Chichibu, and Okutama are highlighted in keywords.

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Japan's Environment Ministry plans to launch full-scale efforts to recycle soil collected during decontamination work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after the 2011 meltdown. The ministry seeks to reuse soil with low levels of radioactive contamination from areas polluted by the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' facility. It began using the soil in the front garden of the Prime Minister's Office and flower beds at central government offices in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district last year.

Japan's green tea exports in the first 10 months of this year hit the highest level in over 70 years, driven by booming demand for matcha powder abroad and a weaker yen. Shipments rose 44 percent from the previous year to 10,084 tons. The United States led imports with 3,497 tons.

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