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Okinawa · OkinawaSerrini (Serrini) and Hui Yin appeared on the ViuTV program “Happy Fishing” press conference today (11th). During the program, they learned about fishing and various types of fish from scratch, and even took outdoor photos while diving in Okinawa. Serrini laughed that Xu Xian didn't know how to swim and often took pictures of her when diving, making her feel like she was drowning. Both of them were introduced to fishing for the first time. Serri…See the Story
Fishing is full of fun丨Serrini laughs, Xu Xian doesn't know how to swim and is afraid of eating fish, and is often held back when diving in Okinawa, and he feels drowned
Okinawa · OkinawaOn a Float A team of researchers at the Quantum Machines Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan have showed off a small piece of "gravity-free" graphite to levitate almost perfectly still above a grid of magnets. Besides being a fascinating demonstration of magnetic levitation, the researchers' platform doesn't rely on any external power sources, as detailed in a new paper published in the journal Applied Physics…See the Story
Scientists Show Off Levitating Material
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Trains · OkinawaMagnetic levitation is used to float everything from lightbulbs to trains, with varying levels of success, but usually it requires a power source. Now, scientists in Japan have developed a way to make a floating platform that requires no external power, out of regular old graphite.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Levitation, Maglev, Magnetic, Magnetism, Magnetic field, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, GraphiteSee the Story
Graphite platform levitates with no need for external power source
Okinawa · OkinawaThe total sales of department stores and supermarkets in Kyushu and Okinawa increased 9.3% year-on-year for 29 consecutive months in February, as announced by the Kyushu Bureau of Economics and Industry on February 10.The total sales of all department stores and supermarkets in Kyushu and Okinawa increased 9.7% year-on-year for the same month for the first time in 29 consecutive months.The total sales of all department stores and supermarkets in…See the Story
Sales value at department stores and supermarkets in Kyushu/Okinawa increased 9.3% in February
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Okinawa · OkinawaAs the U.S. and Japan tighten their alliance and strengthen their military presence in the country's southwest Okinawan islands near China, Okinawa's long-running peace movement is in difficulty.See the Story
Okinawa's peace movement struggles as military presence on the islands grows
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Okinawa · OkinawaBy Brad Lendon and Moeri Karasawa, CNN (CNN) — Fighter pilots practice scrambling their jets so they can take off in minutes should a military threat arise. But what do they do when Mother Nature is the enemy? At one Japanese air base, they take to the streets. After a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Taiwan last week prompted a tsunami alert for Okinawa, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Naha Air Base, attached to the low-lying Naha Airport on the…See the Story
Taiwan quake led to traffic jam of Japanese air power
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