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Camp Zama leadership, volunteers support Japanese cultural tradition of giant kites

ZAMA, Japan – Camp Zama leadership attended joint festivals here May 4 celebrating the giant kite, a touchstone of Japanese culture that goes back more than 200 years. The cities of Zama and ...
United States Army

Beyond the Gate: Soldier Takes Part in High-Flying, 200-Year Japanese Tradition

From participating in park clean-ups and volunteering to give English lessons to holding the rope of an airborne, ...
WGAL

Giant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions

You may have seen kitesurfers in action, harnessing the power of the wind to pull them over the sea. Now imagine the same concept applied to a 1,000-square-meter kite, flying 300 meters above the ...
ABC 10 News

Fact or Fiction: Company making giant kites to pull ships?

(KGTV) — A story that caught our attention claims a company is developing giant kites that can pull ships across the ocean and slash their carbon emissions. It's true. A French company called Airseas ...
autoevolution

The Crazy Kite Sailing System Starts a New Chapter Under Japanese Ownership

Seawing made headlines a few years back as the first and only automated kite sailing system in the world. Developed by the French startup Airseas, it proposed a unique mechanism for harnessing the ...