In Tanizaki’s case, following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 he had actually moved from Tokyo to Kyoto, where he immersed himself in traditional Japanese culture. Tanizaki deliberately set up his ideas on Japanese aesthetics in contrast to those of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Scientists have now invented non drip ice cream
Researchers had reportedly asked a pastry chef to create a dessert using polyphenol liquid, extracted from strawberries, in an effort to help out strawberry farmers whose crops were suffering after the earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan in 2011. ( read original story ...)
MLS gaining respectability, soccer league ‘on a good path’
It's ahead of France's Ligue 1 (21,029), Japan's J1 League (19,107 ... but I think it's on a good path." Fox, the Earthquakes president who was previously CEO of English Aston Villa, said MLS is starting to play at a level hardcore soccer fans are ... ( read original story ...)
Zen monk Seigaku: A life with less can be so much more
Japanese monk Seigaku lives a Zen life with as little money ... Buddhist Study that would grant him ¥1 million for one year. But then the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in Fukushima occurred and he changed his destination. ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Shingu in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Shingu in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 135.9047 East, latitude 33.251 North, depth = 437.31 km. Event id: us2000a3ly. Ids that are associated to the ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Iwo Jima in Japan
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 227 km WNW of Iwo Jima, Japan (141 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.85 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude 139.3385° East, latitude 25.7423° North, depth = 15.85 km. ( read original story ...)
How a 9.2 earthquake in Alaska in 1964 changed our understanding is explained in ‘The Great Quake’
Plafker had laid out the dynamics of what is today called the “megathrust” earthquake, the type that decimated parts of Japan in 2011 and now imperils the Pacific Northwest. He’d also cemented acceptance of plate tectonics, the idea the Earth is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Discovers How to Keep Popsicles From Melting
But this summer in Japan, people are enjoying better living through chemistry ... which is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The pastry chef charged with using strawberry polyphenol in confections complained that it made dairy cream ... ( read original story ...)
Scientists Discover New Fault Line Off The Coast Of Alaska – Could Produce Fukushima Size Tsunamis
The feature closely resembles one that produced the 2011 Tohoku tsunami off Japan, killing some 20,000 people and melting ... is capable of causing a 9.0 earthquake that would undoubtedly spawn a massive tsunami. The scientific community was completely ... ( read original story ...)
Slowly, U.S. growth has the world’s attention
First-year San Jose Earthquakes president Tom Fox said ownership groups ... It is ahead of France’s Ligue 1 (21,029), Japan’s J1 League (19,107) and Brazil’s Série A (16,286). In a market where American football is king, stadiums can be the ... ( read original story ...)
Preparing Alaska’s Communities for a Tsunami
After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake quake in Japan, a wave hit Santa Cruz, California. Afterward people came back to the harbor, but hours later water surged into the harbor again, causing an estimated $10 million in damage to the infrastructure at Santa Cruz ... ( read original story ...)
New results from T2K conclusively show muon neutrinos transform to electron neutrinos
This discovery was made possible with the unyielding and tireless effort by the J-PARC staff members and the management to deliver high quality beam to T2K after the devastating March 2011 earthquake in eastern Japan which caused severe damage to the ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Hachijo-jima in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 221 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (137 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:49:07 ... ( read original story ...)
High tsunami danger in Alaska, perhaps elsewhere
This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Scientists Make “Unmeltable” Ice Cream
Fortunately, a team of Japanese engineers has the solution. Strangest of all, the story of this dessert development began with the massive tsunamis and earthquakes that struck Japan six years ago. The Biotherapy Development Research Center in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Ice cream that doesn’t melt! Japanese scientists create a recipe that includes a secret strawberry extract to keep the treat cool in warm weather
The initiative was part of efforts by the company to help strawberry farmers affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The chef realised the cream would solidify when put in contact with the strawberry extract. Although this made the ... ( read original story ...)