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Sigma Corporation (株式会社シグマ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shiguma) is a Japanese company, manufacturing cameras, lenses, flashes and other photographic accessories. All Sigma products are produced in the company's own Aizu factory in Bandai , Fukushima , Japan .
One gō is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before cooking), used to this day for the plastic measuring cup that is supplied with commercial Japanese rice cookers. [3] The koku in Japan was typically used as a dry measure. The amount of rice production measured in koku was the metric by which the magnitude of a feudal domain ...
The Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Company, Limited (Nihon Denshi Kogaku Kenkyujo) [13] was founded in 1949 by Kenji Kazato and Kazuo Ito in Mitaka, Tokyo. [12] [14] It produced its first commercial model transmission electron microscope, the JEM-1, [12] a year later. Overseas sales began in 1956 with the sale of a system to France.
Ordinary Japanese rice, or uruchimai (粳米), is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists of short translucent grains. When cooked, it has a sticky texture such that it can easily be picked up and eaten with chopsticks. Outside Japan, it is sometimes labeled sushi rice, as this is one of its common uses. It is also used to produce sake ...
Rice production is important to the food supply, with rice being a staple part of the Japanese diet. Japan is the ninth largest producer of rice in the world. [1] The rice seasons in Northern Japan last from May–June to September–October. In central Japan, it is from April–May to August–October.
Wage growth, an important measure for gauging inflation pressures, rose 0.4% in November, in line with October's increase and higher than the 0.3% rise economists had expected.
Japonica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. japonica), sometimes called sinica rice, is one of the two major domestic types of Asian rice varieties. Japonica rice is extensively cultivated and consumed in East Asia , whereas in most other regions indica rice is the dominant type of rice.
Oregon defensive back Nikko Reed (9) intercepts a pass intended for Penn State wide receiver Harrison Wallace III (6) during the second half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game ...