Japan to Increase Hotel Rooms for Wheelchair Users
July 16, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese land ministry plans to revise the standards on barrier-free rooms at hotels to increase the number of guest rooms accessible to wheelchair users ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, informed sources have said. Currently,
Heads of Fukushima Associations in Europe Hold Meeting in Germany
July 16, 2018
Duesseldorf, Germany- Four European-based associations of people from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima held a meeting of their leaders in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Sunday. The participants from the associations in Germany, Britain, France and the Netherlands discussed how
Search for Missing Continues in Rain-Hit Western Japan; Heatwave Strikes
July 16, 2018
Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- Rescuers kept working on Sunday to search for people who went missing after recent torrential rain mainly in western Japan regions, as sweltering summer heat continued to batter the Japanese archipelago, including the disaster-hit areas. A number
Okayama Pref. Starts to Supply Temp Housing to Disaster Victims
July 16, 2018
Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- The government of the western Japan prefecture of Okayama, which was hit hard by floods and mudslides from heavy rain this month, started on Sunday to supply apartments and other housing leased from the private sector to
Abe Tweets Back to Thank Trump over Disaster Message
July 16, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his Twitter account on Sunday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for the sympathy he expressed the previous day over recent torrential rain that knocked out wide areas in western Japan. “Sincerely appreciate Donald’s
LDP Calls for More Spending to Make Japan Resistant to Disasters
July 16, 2018
Tokyo- An increasing number of lawmakers in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are calling for making the country resistant to disasters by improving related infrastructure. They hope to see steady growth in spending on such infrastructure in the wake of
Farm, Forestry, Fishery Damage from Japan Rain Swells to 43.6 B. Yen
July 15, 2018
Tokyo- The amount of damage on the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries from recent record rain and subsequent floods and mudslides mainly in western Japan totaled 43.69 billion yen as of Sunday morning, the agriculture ministry said. The figure was
Search for Missing Continues after Western Japan Downpour
July 15, 2018
Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- Rescuers kept working on Sunday to search for people who went missing after recent torrential rain mainly in western Japan regions, as sweltering summer heat continued to batter the Japanese archipelago, including the disaster-hit areas. On the
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