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Japan's Takara Bio to produce mRNA vaccines possibly from January

Kyodo 04 Nov 2021

Japanese biotech firm Takara Bio Inc ... Takara Bio is expected to launch in January a production base capable of manufacturing annually the equivalent of 12 million doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine at its factory in Kusatsu in western Japan's Shiga Prefecture. Photo taken Feb ... drugmaker Pfizer Inc. (Kyodo) ... of the United States ... Related coverage..

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Panasonic launches 5 kW fuel cell system for commercial applications

PV Magazine 04 Oct 2021

The system has dimensions of 834×417×1,766 mm and weighs 205 kg including the design panel ... Image of generators installed on the rooftop of a building- ... The device was used by the Japanese conglomerate in a pilot hydrogen plant combined with photovoltaics and storage it built at its fuel cell factory in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, in central Japan.

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Residents turn to balconies for recreation amid long pandemic

Asahi News 03 Oct 2021

When a man in Konosu, Saitama Prefecture, had his 30-year-old home remodeled this past summer, he replaced a room on his second floor with a 33-square-meter balcony ... Tokyu Land Corp. started making balconies larger at some apartments within the Branz City Minami-Kusatsu housing complex in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, which went on sale in July ... .

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Takara Bio enters into a license and supply agreement of RetroNectin® with BioNTech Cell & Gene Therapies GmbH

Pharmiweb 24 Jun 2021

Kusatsu/Shiga, Japan — June 24, 2021 – Life Science Newswire – Takara Bio Inc ... Under this agreement, Takara Bio provides BioNTech with reliable supplies of RetroNectin® ... About Takara Bio Inc ... Takara Bio is committed to preventing disease and improving the quality of life for all people through the use of biotechnology. .

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More movement during Olympics, Paralympics may increase infections: panel

Kyodo 28 May 2021

A roadside in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu in western Japan is crowded with people ahead of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on May 27, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo ... Prior to the meeting, the panels' members visited the athletes' village ....

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Panasonic combines hydrogen fuel cell generators with PV and storage

PV Magazine 25 May 2021

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic is building a pilot hydrogen plant combined with photovoltaics and storage at its fuel cell factory in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, in central Japan ... cell factory located within the Kusatsu site,” the company said in a statement.

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New humanoid robots closing in on humans with better dexterity

Asahi News 06 May 2021

The scene straight out of a sci-fi movie is right around the corner from becoming reality ... Developed by Man-Machine Synergy Effectors Inc., in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, as an enterprise of Ritsumeikan University, the robot was being operated by a human "pilot" using control sticks, seated in a cockpit beside it ... group company.

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Hook proves a hit for commuters avoiding holding train straps

Asahi News 29 Jul 2020

KUSATSU, Shiga Prefecture--A local company has developed a handy item shaped like the number "6" that can be hooked onto train hand straps so people can avoid touching handles during the pandemic ... Around that time, a cluster infection was reported at an office in Kusatsu, and the ...

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Cars powered by hydrogen cells: Japanese research is key input in Govt’s SC reply

Indian Express 02 Dec 2019

Advertising ... Advertising ... Japan had earlier this year announced plans to ramp up its exposure to the hydrogen ecosystem ... As a step in bolstering Japan’s hydrogen push, Panasonic Corporation had, last month, announced it had fabricated a hydrogen station in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture with the aim of “verifying the practicality of using hydrogen” ... .

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GI-TEC restaurant hosts lunch for exchange students and chaperones

Mount Pleasant Morning Sun 05 Sep 2019

The JCMU operates out of Michigan State University and one of the programs offered is�the Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange program�which takes 15 Michigan students to stay in Shiga, Japan for a little over two weeks in the summer while Michigan hosts 15 Shiga students in late August or early September.

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Pipe case among trove of articles left by travelers at Edo Period inn

Asahi News 17 Aug 2019

KUSATSU, Shiga Prefecture--On May 9, 1865, key members of the Shinsengumi special police force organized by the Tokugawa Shogunate let their hair down at an inn in this western city ... 1 likely refers to the room where the senior Shinsengumi officers stayed,” said Jun Yasugi, director of the municipal Kusatsu-juku Kaido Koryukan museum of history.

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Factories hope wildlife ‘oases’ show they aren’t nature’s enemy

Asahi News 12 Aug 2019

FUKUOKA--Think of a factory and what likely comes to mind is smog billowing out of smokestacks. Foul odors. Pollution ... set aside a 2.6-hectare greenery area for "coexistence" at its factory site in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture. It found about 840 kinds of animals and plants in the area, about one-third of the creatures discovered in Kusatsu by 2016 ... .