Cars to Automatically Send Accident Information
June 22, 2018
Tokyo- Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have fully put into operation a system in which vehicles equipped with communication functions automatically send information on accidents to hospitals and fire authorities to help enable swift rescue activities. In November
Okinawa Faces Difficulties Maintaining War Memorials
June 21, 2018
Itoman, Okinawa Pref.- Okinawa Prefecture, which marks its war remembrance day on Saturday, faces increasing difficulties maintaining memorials for about 200,000 victims of World War II as their keepers are aging. The remembrance day, a public holiday in the southern
Quake-Hit Schools Resume Classes in Osaka
June 21, 2018
Takatsuki, Osaka Pref.- Some 160 public elementary and junior high schools in Osaka Prefecture resumed classes on Thursday after closing following Monday’s strong earthquake that rocked the western Japan prefecture hard, damaging more than 1,000 buildings. They included Juei Elementary
Japan Agency Probes Airbnb over Alleged Illegal Listings
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- Since a new law regulating “minpaku” private lodging business came into effect on Friday, properties with fictitious registration numbers have been listed on the website of Airbnb, a global online home rental service operator, it was learned Thursday. On
Record 3,111 People Lost in Mountains in Japan in 2017
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- The number of people who got lost in mountains in Japan stood at 3,111 last year, its highest level on record, police data showed Thursday. The number of cases in which people got lost in mountains came in at
Arrested Shizuoka Man Suggests Random Attack as “Revenge”
June 21, 2018
Shizuoka- An 18-year-old man arrested in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, earlier this week has suggested that he intended to commit a random attack on children as “revenge,” investigative sources have said. The Shizuoka prefectural police are investigating him on suspicion of
150,000 Intractable Disease Sufferers in Japan Lose Aid
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- Some 150,000 sufferers of intractable diseases in Japan have lost their right to special subsidies for medical expenses, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday. They were excluded from the subsidy program in line with a change carried out in
EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Improve Info Sharing among Child Centers
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s welfare ministry will improve the information-sharing system among child consultation centers to strengthen measures to prevent child abuse, informed sources have told Jiji Press. The ministry plans to switch to using an email mailing list that includes all
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