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14 noticiasEl Ministerio de Transporte de Japón establece un plan de riesgo de inundación de cuatro niveles para los pasos inferiores
El Ministerio de Territorio, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo de Japón publicó el 6 de octubre directrices que clasifican los pasos inferiores de todo el país en cuatro niveles de riesgo de inundación y piden barreras operadas a distan…
Japan audit finds ¥14.9bn in road repair subsidies used for ineligible work
Japan's Board of Audit found that about ¥14.9 billion in state subsidies for bridge and tunnel repairs went to work outside the subsidy programme's scope, in 469 contracts at 88 municipalities, according to Asahi Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimb…
Big Issue Japan founder Shoji Sano dies at 84
Shoji Sano, founder of the Japanese edition of the street magazine Big Issue, died on September 19 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 84, at his home in Osaka Prefecture. NPO Big Issue Japan announced the death on October 5 and said the fun…
Shizuoka to charge for off-season Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues, aligning with Yamanashi
Shizuoka Prefecture will make climbers rescued by prefectural disaster helicopters during Mount Fuji's closed season pay for the rescue, Gov. Suzuki Yasutomo formally announced at the prefectural assembly. An ordinance is to be enacted with…
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum adds paper crane folding space
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum opened a space where visitors can fold paper cranes on October 6, on the first floor of its East Building inside the “Hiroshima Appeals” exhibit area. Cranes can be taken home or placed in a drop box to b…
Fukushima's Futaba to lift evacuation order for two districts in December
Two districts in Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba Town are expected to have their evacuation orders lifted around December, which would let residents live there again after about 15 years and 9 months. It would be the first lifting in a “speci…
LDP approves bill to cut food consumption tax to 1% for two years
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill at its general council on Oct 6 to cut the consumption tax on food to 1% for two years from next April, according to TBS NEWS DIG and NHK. The bill also includes an income-linked benef…
Nishinomiya Shrine packs chitose ame bags ahead of November Shichi-go-san visits
Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture is at the peak of packing chitose ame candy into celebration bags for the November Shichi-go-san season. Miko shrine maidens are filling the bags, and the shrine expects about 5,000 visiting families, …
Japan minister: two Futaba districts may see evacuation orders lifted by December
Reconstruction Minister Hosono said on October 6 that the government will work with relevant ministries so that evacuation orders can be lifted in two districts of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, possibly within December. The districts a…
Hiroshima survivors' group urges Hidankyo continue with 2nd, 3rd generations
Hiroshima Prefecture's A-bomb survivors' organization has compiled an opinion that Nihon Hidankyo should keep operating with second- and third-generation survivors at its centre once survivors can no longer take part or die, according to pe…
Blue Impulse actúa en el festival aéreo de la base de Matsushima en Miyagi
La base de Matsushima de la Fuerza de Autodefensa Aérea, en Higashimatsushima, prefectura de Miyagi, celebró su festival aéreo el 4 de octubre, con una exhibición del equipo acrobático Blue Impulse. Nippon TV informó de que el evento se tra…
El Reino Unido evalúa aranceles de hasta el 45% a los vehículos eléctricos chinos, en sintonía con la UE
Tokyo Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun y Sankei Shimbun informan de que el Gobierno británico está considerando reforzar los aranceles a los vehículos eléctricos de fabricación china, en sintonía con la Unión Europea, con una tasa que podría s…
Yokota Megumi cumple 62 años; su madre Sakie, de 90, insta a un regreso rápido desde Corea del Norte
Yokota Megumi, secuestrada por Corea del Norte a los 13 años, cumplió 62 años el 5 de octubre. Su madre, Sakie, ahora de 90 años, declaró a Jiji Press que siente frustración e ira porque, tras casi 50 años, todavía no puede escuchar la voz …
La prefectura de Fukushima presenta anuncios de arroz y carne de res con Sambomaster y Matsuoka
La prefectura de Fukushima anunció el 5 de octubre que ha producido nuevos comerciales para promocionar la seguridad del arroz y la carne de res cultivados localmente, como parte de los esfuerzos por disipar el daño reputacional causado por…