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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. Japonica rice originated from Central China, where it was first ...
Camellia japonica is a flowering tree or shrub, usually 1.5–6 metres (4.9–19.7 ft) tall, but occasionally up to 11 metres (36 ft) tall. Some cultivated varieties achieve a size of 72 m 2 or more. The youngest branches are purplish brown, becoming grayish brown as they age. [citation needed]
v. t. e. A Japanese auction[ 1] (also called ascending clock auction[ 2]) is a dynamic auction format. It proceeds in the following way. An initial price is displayed. This is usually a low price - it may be either 0 or the seller's reserve price. All buyers that are interested in buying the item at the displayed price enter the auction arena.
Cryptomeria is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to 70 m (230 ft) tall and 4 m (13 ft) trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips. The leaves are arranged spirally, needle-like, 0.5–1 cm ( – in) long; and the seed cones globular, 1–2 cm ( – in) diameter with about 20–40 scales.
JPMorgan Chase’s profits jumped sharply in the second quarter as the bank cashed in billions of dollars of its holdings in Visa Inc. But the bank's results were also helped by higher interest ...
A Japanese rice field in Nara. Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice ( uruchimai) and glutinous rice ( mochigome ). 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 ...
Lonicera japonica, known as Japanese honeysuckle[ 2] and golden-and-silver honeysuckle, [ 3] is a species of honeysuckle native to East Asia, including many parts of China. It is often grown as an ornamental plant, but has become an invasive species in a number of countries. Japanese honeysuckle is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1–5 m (3 ft 3 in – 16 ft 5 in) tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. [3] The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm (20 in) long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth.