pollen

Masks galore: Japanese ward off pollen, pollution
Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, its polluting rival across ...
VOX POPULI: Looking forward to warmer weather...
Pollen from cedar trees drifts through the air in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 20. (Haruki Morishita)
Although the season is different, the following old-style senryu poem suddenly came to mind: "The sound of 100 people slurping soba noodles/ On New Year's Eve."
Pollen counts soaring due to global warming,...
A shopper examines a surgical mask for hay-fever sufferers at the Shinjuku outlet of Tokyu Hands in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 6. The store sells 200 kinds of face masks. (Yosuke Akai)
Hay fever sufferers in Japan know all too well that pollen counts have been getting worse with each passing year.
PHOTO: 'Pollen Robo' to help track pollen season
Dozens of Pollen Robo devices, which use their "mouths" to measure the amount of pollen in the air, crowd Weathernews Inc.'s office in Chiba on Jan. 30. (Yosuke Fukudome)
With pollen season approaching, weather forecast company Weathernews Inc. has started deploying an army of small, pollen-counting robots at about 1,000 locations throughout the ...
Forestry Agency: Pollen won't be carrying much...
Pollen dispersed by male cedar flower (Chiba prefectural government)
With health concerns arising before the onset of hay fever season, the Forestry Agency said on Dec. 27 that the impact of cedar pollen being contaminated with radioactive...
Agency to study cesium content of cedar pollen
Male cedar flowers release pollen. (Provided by Chiba Prefecture)
Ahead of hay fever season next spring, the Forestry Agency said Oct. 31 it will investigate the extent to which radioactive cesium is transferred from cedar leaves to pollen.
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