The first woman who will lead the Japanese research expedition to Antarctica a year from now has expressed her strong commitment and enthusiasm to her upcoming mission.
University of Tokyo professor Naomi Harada was chosen on Oct. 30 to lead the 66th Japanese research expedition to Antarctica, which will set out next fall.
Our Gunma-based reporter Takamichi Furusawa was looking for somewhere to eat in Gunma’s Tatebayashi City the other day when he heard about a dish called Antarctic Curry Udon. That sounded like exactly the kind of dish he needed on this hot summer’s day, when the temperature was hitting 38 degrees Celsius,…