The wonderful things in which Japan is number one in the world.
Kyosaburo Ohta started an import business for Japanese general merchandise in Manila in 1901. In 1905 he moved to Davao (Mindanao) with seventy immigrants and started managing a hemp plantation in undeveloped land in Bago, the Mintal Region, which at the time was avoided by Americans and even Filipinos. Read More »
At the beginning of the 1980’s, Seiji Shinkai succeeded in creating a “supermolecule” (molecular nano-machine) that can be manipulated in the same way that meter sized or centimeter sized machines can. He developed methods of making atoms and molecules assemble, form a structure and function cooperatively. Read More »
Dogen(道元)was a prominent Zen master during Kamakura period(1192-1133) in Japan. He introduced Zen to Japan in the form of the Soto school of Zen (曹洞宗) and elaborated the meditation practice of shikan taza (只管打坐)or “just sitting.”
Dogen is world-widely known for his collection of Dharma essays, Shobogenzo (正法眼蔵). Read More »
In May 2005, Terumo Medical Corporation launched Nanopass 33, the world’s sharpest insulin injection needle. It has a tip diameter of 0.2mm, which is 20% sharper than the conventional 0.25mm. This creation was made possible thanks to high-tech stainless steel press technology of medical equipment manufacturer Terumo Medical Corporation and stainless steel company Okano Industrial Corporation (with headquarters in Tokyo). Read More »
The Hakkoda Tunnel, completed in February 2005, is located between Tenmabayashi-mura and Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture, with a total length of 26,455m. It is the longest land-based double track tunnel in the world. Read More »
In July 1853, a Russian named Putyatin arrived in Nagasaki by ship to open Japan. There he demonstrated a model steam locomotive’s mechanism. Kisuke Nakamura and others, engineers in the smelter of the Saga domain, observed this model and then completed one themselves using reference documents and experimentation. Read More »
Zero-type fighters on warships(Reisen or Zerosen) were the mainstay fighters of the great Japanese navy. They drove away fighters of the Allies in the early stages of the Greater East Asia War, and brought fear to the U.S. Forces by mere mention of the name “Zero fighter”. Read More »
