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The Generation That Loved \u201cTomorrow\u2019s Joe\u201d<\/h1>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n
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A question I want to ask UNI-SIGHT readers.
\r\nHow do you feel when you open a new issue?<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Oh! Just when I am so busy, here it is again!
\r\nYou regret just skimming it, or forgetting to read it\u2026
\r\n(Forgive me, Juan.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I must apologize to younger folks who won\u2019t understand, but I think the missed something by not watching Star of the Giants, Tomorrow's Joe, and Tiger Mask<\/em> (all TV anime that were huge hits in the 1960s and 1970s) when they were in school. To offer this comment when everyone prefers \u201chappy talk\u201d seems wrong. Still, it would be a good thing, I think, if UNI-SIGHT would be as popular as the characters like Hoshi Hyuma, Tange Danpei, and Tiger Mask.<\/p>\r\n

That is why I want to introduce here the Ashita no Joe? project underway at UNIVA Japan, a company with fewer than 20 employees.<\/p>\r\n

There is a town on the island of Hokkaido, on the northernmost edge of Japan. With a population density of only 2.2\/\u33a2, it ranks 1955th on this measure; only Hinoemata, a village in Fukushima Prefecture ranks lower at 1956. This is Japan\u2019s most sparsely populated town.<\/p>\r\n

And the winter temperature is minus 41.2 degrees. The town with the lowest temperature record in Japan. The lowest temperature in Japan! Three meters of snow in winter, which is okay.<\/p>\r\n

This town is small but proud.
\r\nIt is No. 1 in Japan in land area devoted to soba (Japanese buckwheat) cultivation.
\r\nShumarinaiko, Japan\u2019s largest artificial lake, is home to a rare freshwater fish, the Sakhalin taimen.
\r\nIts Horokanai High School has only thirty students and, thus, the best student-teacher ratio in Japan.
\r\nIt does not, however, have a convenience store.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

On September 4, this small town in the far north, filled with hopes and dreams despite the reality of depopulation, inked a comprehensive contract with UNIVA Japan to promote workcation, renewable energy, and caf\u00e9 and workplace businesses, recruit high school students, and market locally grown soba.<\/p>\r\n

The joint workcation proposal developed by UNIVA Japan and Horokanai was one of only thirty workcation promotions from all over Japan selected as a model project for fiscal 2022 by the Japan Tourism Agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ashita no tame (for the sake of tomorrow)
\r\n1.Workcation business experiment
\r\n2.Intention to construct renewable energy facility
\r\n3.Caf\u00e9 and workplace renovation
\r\n4.Increase high school enrolment from 30 to 50 students
\r\n5.Soba (Japanese buckwheat) marketing\r\n<\/p>\r\n

*Only 22% of the soba consumed in Japan is produced in Japan and the price is slightly higher. This project is \u201cAshita no Joe.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The workcation experiment is scheduled to begin this autumn.
\r\nWhat is possible? How much is possible? For anyone who wants to shovel snow while working!
\r\nAnyone who wants to enjoy snowball fights with Japan\u2019s most powdery powder snow!
\r\nAnyone would like to go ice fishing for Japanese smelt and eat tempura made with the catch!
\r\nWho would like to give this a try?!
\r\nWe are looking for one UNI-SIGHT reader to serve as a monitor, at no cost to themself!
\r\nIf chosen, you will have to write about your experience for UNI-SIGHT and our home page.
\r\nIf you would like this amazing experience, please comment!
\r\nIf you are interested, don\u2019t miss this chance!!
\r\nDo send us your reply!
\r\nOr, instead of a comment, send an email to:
\r\ny.yao@univacap.com\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Today, as always, let\u2019s show what we can do!!<\/p>\r\n

President, UNIVA Japan Limited
\r\nPresident, UNIVA Staff Limited
\r\nYoshiaki Ubatani<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MESSAGE The Generation That Loved \u201cTomorrow\u2019s Joe\u201d A question I want to ask UNI-SIGHT readers. How do you feel […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2269,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-discussion.php","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/?page_id=2258","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2273\/revisions\/2303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/univacap.com\/uni-sight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}