Meat-eating Aichi plant new species
Source: Japan Times
Nagoya :: Japan | updated 2013-04-06 09:20:50 -0700 | green-news
A carnivorous plant found only in Aichi Prefecture has been confirmed as a new species, a researcher at Aichi University of Education announced Saturday. The pitcher plant with purple-red flowers was initially believed to be a variant of the white-flowered...
Toyota to make new Prius in China
Source: Japan Times
Shanghai :: China | updated 2011-11-14 11:06:35 -0800 | technology-news
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to begin making its popular Prius hybrid in China to bolster sales of the environmentally safer vehicle in what is now the world's largest car market, company officials said Sunday. Toyota has recently obtained approval from...
National › 'Heat advisory' to be issued to prevent heatstroke
Source: Japan Today
Shizuoka :: Japan | updated 2011-08-10 06:23:33 -0700 | health-news
The Japan Meteorological Agency will start issuing a heat advisory'' this summer on days when the temperature is expected to reach 35 degrees Celsius or higher the next day, as there are growing concerns about heatstroke with energy saving by...
Team manages to sequence fern genome
Source: Japan Times
Nagoya :: Japan | updated 2011-07-07 06:19:19 -0700 | political-news
Among land plants, the genomes of the simplest variety mosses and of the most complex seed plants have already been sequenced. But the genome of ferns, which evolved from mosses about 350 million years ago, has yet to be sequenced...
UN Convention On Biodiversity Breakthrough In Nagoya
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Nagoya :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 00:53:35 -0700 | green-news
The Nagoya UN Convention on Biodiversity has agreed 20 goals to be implemented over the next 20 years in an attempt to secure the most threatened species of animals and plants on Earth from extinction. Delegates from 190 plus countries...
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